at Wolters Kluwer in Springfield, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Senior CX/UX Designer – Remote R0042349
We are excited to grow our team and are seeking a strong Senior CX/UX Designer. In this role you will have the opportunity to collaborate with a very talented group of designers, researchers, and developers to create meaningful user experiences that not only look great, but are intuitive, functional and practical, reinforce our brand, and delight our users! Do you want to be a key contributor to research, planning and design of user experiences for desktop, mobile and web-based projects with the potential to disrupt the market as we evolve? Do you have the ability to promote design centered thinking and best practices across our organization as we grow? If so, then come grow with us!
This is a remote position and will report to the Manager, CX/UX Design – DXG TAA US Professional Market and under the leadership of the VP, User Experience & Design – DXG Customer and User Experience. #LI-Remote
Required Job Qualifications (minimum):
+ Minimum of 4 years of experience designing or developing visual and interactive interfaces for desktop and cloud environments as a UX visual designer, interaction designer, information architect, front-end developer or similar role.
+ Strong working knowledge of usability standards (WCAG 2.1 AA), UCD methodologies and UX best practices including research-based user experience.
+ Must have a strong interest and understanding of information architecture.
+ Demonstrated skill and experience in creating concept designs, user flows/journeys, wireframes, mockups and other product deliverables to effectively communicate UX designs.
+ Proficient with Figma and Miro or similar design and collaboration tools.
+ Strong working knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, Angular, ng-Bootstrap and related technologies.
+ Proficient designing high performance applications and responsive web design.
+ Strong, clean visual design sense.
+ Experience in a formal Agile development environment.
+ Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills with the ability to bring simplicity and clarity to designs.
Other Qualifications (preferences):
+ 5+ years of UX design experience for large, enterprise applications (cloud environments).
+ NN/g UX certification or credits toward a certification.
+ Experience with designing solutions that incorporate AI/ML technologies
+ Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps preferred.
+ Understanding of common software project management practices.
+ Understanding of common software development practices.
+ Ability to break research and design work down into estimable tasks.
+ Experience with other front-end frameworks.
+ Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of departments.
+ Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with various deadlines.
Essential Responsibilities:
+ Collaborate with other designers, researchers, product owners and product development teams to design exceptional user experiences.
+ Facilitate discovery and research activities to gain a better understanding of our user’s pain points.
+ Collaborate with development resources, taking in technical considerations where required.
+ Develop design concepts, wireframes, workflow diagrams, mockups, prototypes and other product deliverables to effectively communicate design requirements.
+ Elicit feedback and iterate designs quickly.
+ Provide support to development and QA resources during implementation and testing.
+ Work closely with other UX team resources to ensure all designs meet usability standards, user experience best practices, industry design standards and branding guidelines.
+ Contribute to the ongoing effort of maintaining our UX Library and Design System.
+ Promote design centered thinking and best practices across teams
Additional Information:
Wolters Kluwer offers great benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave . Full details of our benefits are available – https://www.mywolterskluwerbenefits.com/index.html
Wolters Kluwer (EURONEXT: WKL) is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the healthcare, tax and accounting, financial and corporate compliance, legal and regulatory, and corporate performance and ESG sectors. We help our customers make important decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services. Wolters Kluwer reported 2022 annual revenues of 5.5 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide. We are headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.
+ Ranked by Forbes Magazine as among America’s Best Large Employers for 2022 – \#84 .
+ Wolters Kluwer secures 2nd place in Newsweek’s Most Trustworthy Companies List 2023
+ CEO Nancy McKinstry ranked 16th by Harvard Business Review of the best performing CEOs in the World.
+ WK \#1 for gender equality in the workplace in the Netherlands & \#47 worldwide for 2023 .
Diversity Matters
Wolters Kluwer strives for an inclusive company culture in which we attract, develop, and retain diverse talent to achieve our strategy. As a global company, having a diverse workforce is of the utmost importance. We’ve been recognized by employees as a European Diversity Leader in the Financial Times, as one of Forbes America’s Best Employers for Diversity in 2022, 2021 and 2020 and as one of Forbes America’s Best Employers for Women in 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018. In 2020, we placed third in the Female Board Index, and were recognized by the European Women on Boards Gender Diversity Index. Wolters Kluwer and all of our subsidiaries, divisions and customer/departments is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by most people assigned to this job. They’re not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and requirements. The job description provided is subject to revision and modification at any time.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Wolters Kluwer U. S. Corporation and all of its subsidiaries, divisions and customer/business units is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.