What are the responsibilities and job description for the UX/Design Thinking Architect for Pittsburgh, PA/ Dallas, TX position at TekShapers?
Job Details
Employment type Full Time or Contract
Job Title UX/Design Thinking Architect
Job Location Pittsburgh, PA/ Dallas, TX
Duration FTE or Contract
Experience level 10
Mandatory Skills UX/Design Thinking Architect
Job Description
The Role
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate Ideation Sessions: Lead collaborative brainstorming sessions with cross-functional teams to generate innovative ideas and solutions.
- Conduct Design Thinking Workshops: Organize and facilitate design thinking workshops to explore user needs, define problems, and prototype solutions.
- Guide Initial Discovery Process: Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business objectives, user needs, and market trends, ensuring alignment throughout the design process.
- User Research: Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to gather insights into user behavior and preferences.
- Create User Personas and Journey Maps: Develop detailed user personas and journey maps to visualize user experiences and identify pain points.
- Prototype Development: Work with designers and developers to create low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes that effectively communicate design concepts.
- Iterative Testing and Feedback: Implement user testing sessions to gather feedback and iterate on designs based on user insights.
- Documentation and Communication: Document design processes, decisions, and outcomes, and effectively communicate findings to stakeholders.
Requirements:
You are:
- Proven experience (10 years) in UX design, design thinking, or a related role
- Strong understanding of design thinking principles and methodologies.
- Experience in facilitating workshops and collaborative sessions with diverse groups.
- Proficiency in design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, or similar.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts to non-design stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with user research methods and usability testing.
Desired Skill:
- Experience in Agile environments.
- Knowledge of front-end development (HTML/CSS/JavaScript) is a plus.
- Certification in UX design or design thinking methodologies.
Tekshapers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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