Sr. UX Designer - Innovation
Apply NowCompany: McGraw-Hill Education
Location: Young America, MN 55397
Description:
Overview
Impact the Moment
McGraw Hill is a diverse and inclusive company that believes we can change the world by leveling the playing field and giving every learner an equal opportunity to succeed. We create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide. Our goal is to accelerate student success through intuitive and effective learning experiences and to continually reimagine the way our customers teach and learn, simplifying the path to a better education for all.
How can you make an impact?
As a Senior UX Designer - Innovation, on the Higher Education team you will create a broad array of designs for various digital products and services offered by McGraw Hill. You should have an eye for clean and artful design, possess superior visual design skills, and be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts. You will then transform them into beautiful, intuitive, and functional user interfaces. As the Senior UX Designer, you will collaborate with various agile teams to define innovative solutions for the product direction, all while establishing and promoting design guidelines and best practices including accessibility. This is a remote position open to applicants within the United States and requires up to 25% travel for the year. Preference will be given to applicants who reside in New York, New Jersey, or Boston area.
What you will do:
We're looking for someone who has:
The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfillment that will inspire you to even greater heights. If you are curious, open to new ideas, and ready to make a difference, we want to talk to you.
The pay range for this position is between $55,000 and $140,000 annually, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. An annual bonus plan may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical and/or other benefits, depending on the position offered.
McGraw Hill recruiters always use a "[redacted]" email address and/or from our Applicant Tracking System, iCIMS. Any variation of this email domain should be considered suspicious. Additionally, McGraw Hill recruiters and authorized representatives will never request sensitive information in an email.
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Impact the Moment
McGraw Hill is a diverse and inclusive company that believes we can change the world by leveling the playing field and giving every learner an equal opportunity to succeed. We create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide. Our goal is to accelerate student success through intuitive and effective learning experiences and to continually reimagine the way our customers teach and learn, simplifying the path to a better education for all.
How can you make an impact?
As a Senior UX Designer - Innovation, on the Higher Education team you will create a broad array of designs for various digital products and services offered by McGraw Hill. You should have an eye for clean and artful design, possess superior visual design skills, and be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts. You will then transform them into beautiful, intuitive, and functional user interfaces. As the Senior UX Designer, you will collaborate with various agile teams to define innovative solutions for the product direction, all while establishing and promoting design guidelines and best practices including accessibility. This is a remote position open to applicants within the United States and requires up to 25% travel for the year. Preference will be given to applicants who reside in New York, New Jersey, or Boston area.
What you will do:
- Translating stakeholder requirements into user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
- Designing complex user interfaces rich in information and interactivity by creating a visual hierarchy through aesthetic clarity.
- Creating interfaces that are not only WCAG 2.1 compliant, but also intuitive and usable by users across the spectrum of abilities.
- Working quickly, efficiently, and iteratively with the Innovation Product team to create mockups and specs for Developers (internal and 3rd party partners)
- Collaborating with other designers within the organization for big-picture awareness and ensuring consistent use of Ul libraries and patterns.
- Leading & Partnering with Researchers to drive user research and iterate on designs based on findings.
- Staying abreast with competitor products and industry trends.
We're looking for someone who has:
- BA/BFA degree in Design (e.g. interaction, graphic, visual communications, product, industrial), HCI, CS, or a related field or equivalent qualification in computer sciences/IT
- 5+ years of UX design experience. Preferably experience in designing complex solutions for complete digital environments
- A strong portfolio of projects demonstrating varied experiences across digital applications from web to mobile.
- Portfolio that demonstrates strong visual design
- Demonstration of user-centric design throughout the design process.
- Strong visual acuity and knowledge of good design principles/practices.
- Ability to iterate with teams to bring ideas to visual completion.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies.
- Excitement to collaborate with world-class product and development teams.
- A self-starter, independent thinker, curious, and creative person with ambition and passion.
- Experience and knowledge of user research practices.
- Expertise in standard UX software such as Figma, Sketch, InVision, and Adobe CC
- Familiarity with advanced prototyping tools like Axure, and UXPin along with basic HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript is helpful.
- Knowledge of web accessibility guidelines and experience in designing accessible products.
- Edtech experience is preferred.
The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfillment that will inspire you to even greater heights. If you are curious, open to new ideas, and ready to make a difference, we want to talk to you.
The pay range for this position is between $55,000 and $140,000 annually, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. An annual bonus plan may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical and/or other benefits, depending on the position offered.
McGraw Hill recruiters always use a "[redacted]" email address and/or from our Applicant Tracking System, iCIMS. Any variation of this email domain should be considered suspicious. Additionally, McGraw Hill recruiters and authorized representatives will never request sensitive information in an email.
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