Senior User Experience Designer

Akkodis is seeking a Sr. UX Principal Engineer for a 6 month contract with a client in Raleigh NC 27615 (Onsite).

Title: Sr. UX Principal Engineer

Location: Raleigh NC 27615 (Onsite)

Contract: 6 months Contract

Pay Rate: $70-$75/hr (The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.)

Job Description:

Applies a solid understanding of standard user experience (UX) design principles, techniques, procedures, and criteria toward the development of new or enhanced software products or processes. Plans executes, and functionally directs important UX assignments, which require independent judgment.

Has strong visual design and branding experience, including experience creating and executing a design language system (DLS) in FIGMA.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create user friendly interface designs, adhering to established UI design standards and practices, including design patterns and guidelines, W3C guidelines, Google Material Design guidelines, Apple Human Interface Guidelines, and Android Design Guidelines.
• Participate in customer interviews, interactions, and other user research to identify customer needs and wants.
• Create UI prototypes, which may be used for testing or marketing purposes.
• Participate in usability research, including creating test plans and scripts, moderating usability test sessions, and writing final reports.
• Document user experience designs and specifications.
• Provide UX and design input to cross-functional teams, including recommendations for product and process improvements based on UX expertise and knowledge.
• Act independently with minimal supervision.
• Utilize project team engineering methodologies and tools to manage work and communicate across teams and specialties.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. List knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

A solid understanding of UX design principles

• Experience using UI design and prototyping tools, especially advanced figma skills, including creating and using components, variables, auto-layout, and themes
• Passion for improving user experiences and willingness to advocate on behalf of the user and UX best practices
• Ability to explain and document UI designs and decisions, both verbally and in written form
• Ability to collaborate with other team members on design projects
• Ability to work independently while collaborating and communicating with software development project teams
• Ability to travel to client and/or customer sites and meet hospital credentialing requirements

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, term life insurance, short-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria.

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· The California Fair Chance Act

· Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

· Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

· San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance