What are the responsibilities and job description for the User Experience Designer position at Carson Harris Associates Ltd?
Our client is a dynamic, innovative, internationally recognised industry leader and one of Austin's most prestigious employers.
We’re looking for a skilled UX Designer with a strong background in product thinking, user-centered design, and cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate will bring at least 5 years of professional post-education experience, with expert proficiency in Figma and very strong familiarity with design systems.
This is a supporting role, well-suited to someone who enjoys working closely with senior designers to help maintain and apply design system standards across a range of projects.
Proven experience designing B2C applications is essential, with a strong understanding of user behavior, engagement patterns, and the nuances of creating intuitive, customer-facing digital experiences.
This contract opportunity is for an initial term of 1 year but may be extended.
Key Responsibilities:
- User-Centered Design: Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that improve usability and meet business objectives.
- Collaboration: Work closely with another UX designer, PMs, engineers, and other stakeholders to bring cohesive and effective design solutions to life.
- Design Systems Expertise: Utilize and contribute to our design system to ensure product consistency and scalability. Experience working with and contributing to robust design systems is essential to ensure seamless user experiences across our digital products.
- Figma Proficiency: Work efficiently in Figma, using components, auto-layout, variables, and other advanced features to create clean, scalable designs.
- Stakeholder Communication: Present and articulate design decisions effectively to cross-functional teams, leadership, and other designers.
- User Research: Leverage user testing and data analytics insights to inform and refine design solutions.
- Iterative Design: Take a hypothesis-driven approach to solving user problems, continuously testing and improving designs.
Must Haves:
- 5 years of professional experience in UX/UI design, with a strong portfolio showcasing real-world projects from inception thru iteration and delivery.
- Expert proficiency in Figma, including working with design systems, components, variables, and prototypes.
- Experience working with and contributing to robust design systems is essential.
- Strong understanding of UX best practices, interaction design, accessibility, and usability principles.
- Experience collaborating closely with designers, product managers, engineers, and stakeholders in an agile environment.
- Confidence in presenting and defending design decisions to peers and leadership.
- Ability to take ownership of projects while supporting other designers and contributing to a team-first culture.
- Must be able to travel regularly to our Austin, TX, office.
Nice to Have:
- Experience working with enterprise SaaS products or B2B platforms.
- Familiarity with front-end development principles.
- Previous work within a highly cross-functional team environment.
This is a superb opportunity to work with a leading multinational company and one of the best Product teams in the industry.