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Title: Lead UX/UI Designer
Type: Long Term Contract
Location: USA Remote: Must work East Coast Hours
Benefits: Top hourly rates, benefits, fully remote
Join a Fortune 500 company leading innovation in the energy industry. As a Lead UX/UI Designer, you’ll work on complex customer challenges in the utility space, guiding data-driven design decisions while advocating for user needs. You’ll contribute to transforming the customer experience by championing user research, facilitating design-thinking workshops, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact on enterprise-level energy solutions while mentoring and inspiring a team of designers.
Key Responsibilities
Mentorship and Coaching
- Provide feedback and guidance to enable designers to excel in their roles.
- Coach team members to enhance their skills and grow professionally.
- Improve and maintain existing design templates for consistency and efficiency.
- Facilitate onboarding and offboarding of designers on project teams.
- Foster high morale through team-building activities and engagement.
Relationship Building & Collaboration
- Build strong relationships with developers, data analysts, solution architects, and business stakeholders.
- Partner closely with product leadership, including Product Owners and Delivery Managers, to align on goals.
- Collaborate with design principals and managers, providing updates on progress and flagging potential challenges.
Facilitation & Active Participation
- Plan and facilitate design-thinking workshops to align user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
- Actively participate in leadership meetings to shape product backlogs and roadmaps.
- Advocate for user-centered design and inclusive practices during PI planning, product ceremonies, and collaborative sessions.
- Educate stakeholders on the value of user research and human-centered design approaches.
- Contribute to Design Studio meetings and discussions.
Deliverable Quality
- Ensure deliverables meet the highest design standards, driven by data, research, and measurable KPIs.
- Stay informed on industry trends and incorporate best practices into the work.
- Produce hands-on designs, including UX/UI, content, and research-based solutions.
- Address UX debt and maintain a design backlog informed by research and user insights.
- Leverage business and IT strategies to drive informed decision-making.
Required Qualifications
- Experience: Proven track record as a Lead UX/UI Designer in large-scale enterprise projects.
- Industry Knowledge: Experience in energy, utilities, or solar is highly desirable.
- Skills:
- Strong expertise in user research, design thinking, and customer empathy.
- Ability to create data-driven, accessible design solutions.
- Proficient in facilitating workshops and engaging stakeholders.
- Familiarity with product development processes, including Agile and PI planning.
- Leadership: Strong mentoring and coaching abilities to inspire and lead design teams.
- Collaboration: Exceptional relationship-building and communication skills.
- Tools: Proficiency in industry-standard design tools and platforms.
Why Join?
- Work with a Fortune 500 energy leader.
- Remote flexibility for a better work-life balance.
- Contribute to impactful, long-term projects shaping the future of energy and sustainability.
- Opportunity to lead a talented team while solving meaningful customer challenges.
Application Details
Apply now to be part of a dynamic team driving customer-focused innovation in the energy sector. Share your portfolio and resume to showcase your expertise and passion for exceptional design.
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