User Experience Designer

User Experience Designer
Job Description

Are you tired of the exorbitant cost of living in the Denver area? Does the inordinate amount of traffic make you crazy? Make the move to Cincinnati, OH! U.S. News & World Report ranked Cincinnati as the No. 1 city to live in Ohio for 2021-22 – but the accolades don’t stop there. Out of 150 cities across the country, it ranked Cincinnati as: No. 13 on the list of most affordable places to live in the U.S. No. 44 in best places to live. No. 82 in best places to retire! According to ASG “A tech worker in Cincinnati…may take home more money each year than the same job in Silicon Valley could offer. Indeed, echoed CompTIA’s findings by average annual salary for all tech jobs listed on its site between August 2016 and July 2017 in the top 25 large-market tech areas, factoring average cost of living, and found that the salaries offered in San Francisco don’t go as far. Trust us, we believe you’ll love Cincinnati as much as we do!

As a User Experience Designer at Tiny Home Consulting, you’ll be responsible for leveraging UX research insights, communicating your ideas visually, designing concepts for interactions, understanding, and organizing complexities, promoting modern interaction design patterns and best practices, and working with cross-functional teams to build and test your digital experiences. As a trusted advisor to our clients on their digital experiences, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact on their understanding and implementation of design practices. With passion and dedication to your job and there’s no telling what you could accomplish!

We are a small, but agile software development company in the Cincinnati area, building a highly skilled team. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver a full suite of design and technology solutions. Our strong sense of community drives us to be the best - we hold each other and our software to the highest standards! Are you looking to be a part of something that you can leave your mark on? Then we are the team you want to join! We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

https://www.tinyhomeconsultingllc.com

Relocation assistance is available! Relocation must occur within 60 to 90 days.

Why work with us:

• We love collaborative, agile software development, iterative design, and testing. We form tight teams with PM and UX which build rapid prototypes and release frequently. You won’t get bored!
• We encourage learning and integration of new technologies. You think you have a new technology solution you’d like to try? We’d love to hear it.

What you will be doing:

• Work directly with clients and developing team to confidently envision and execute design deliverables.
• Create low and high-fidelity prototypes to share with the team and clients across all desktop and mobile platforms
• Share knowledge and learning with the team and contribute to system architecture design decisions
• Interface with BA, Development, QA, and DevOps teams

What you need for the job

• 2+ years of experience as a User Experience Designer
• Strong understanding of the user-centered design process
• Familiarity with a variety of media to deliver prototypes, including mobile apps and websites/web applications
• Proficiency with Figma, Adobe XD, and/or Sketch
• User research and usability testing experience
• Demonstrated leadership and authority over design process
• Expert understanding of design fundamentals: typography, layout, proportion, and balance
• Testing experience (A/B, CI/CD, etc.)

Bonus points for these!

• Bachelor or Master's degree in Design (e.g., Human-Computer Interaction, UX, Graphic, Visual Communications, Product)
• Expertise in JavaScript, jQuery, HTML and CSS

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $56,151.00 - $125,298.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 1 year
• 2 years
• Under 1 year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

• This role is based in Cincinnati, OH. Are you willing to relocate?

Education:

• Master's (Preferred)

Experience:

• UX: 2 years (Preferred)
• User research and usability testing: 2 years (Preferred)
• Figma, Adobe XD, and/or Sketch: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person