Description
Lead UI/UX Designer (Hybrid)
Cognizant’s Digital Engineering practice is looking for a Senior Wed Designer. If you’re like us, you’ve got big ideas. At Cognizant, we’re exploring new insights every day. We help industry leading companies reinvent their business models and innovate products that build new value by connecting people with things, insights, and experiences. Cognizant digital engineering designs, engineers and delivers digital products and experiences that drive digital-first business models. We offer the most comprehensive digital engineering expertise and client-centric methodology for balanced innovation.
Location: Dallas, TX; El Segundo, CA and Phoenix, AZ. (Hybrid – 3 days)
You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
Responsibilities
• Work closely in a multi-disciplinary team of product designers, researchers.
• Create and deliver high quality visual design outcomes like UI layouts, components and supporting documentation.
• Identify opportunities to improve visual design based on visual design principles and informed by analytics, insights and customer data.
• Collaborate with Design leads to guide future development and direction of product’s visual language.
• Create wireframes, user interface design and prototypes using modern design tools.
• Participate in user research and partner with internal researchers on usability testing, research and customer centric principles.
• Collaborate with other user experience designers and researchers offering advice and constructive feedback on design/usability review.
• Lead, manage and mentor other UI/UX designers in the team.
• Engage with clients to proactively identify areas of improving user experience.
Qualifications
• Hands on experience as Sr UI Designer / Lead; 13-15 years of experience.
• Experience of creating and driving visual design strategy, deign practices and principles.
• In depth experience as designer for enterprise software, responsive web apps, and defining in-house style guides and documenting standards.
• Experience with modern design tools – Figma, Sketch, Invision or equivalent.
• Strong understanding to usability and user-centered design principles/methods.
• Ability to be a UX advocate and communicate with diverse stakeholders.
• Effective communication of visual design solutions across roles and levels.
Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual salary for this position is between $107K – $173K depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Travel: 0-5%
Why Choose Cognizant?
It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams! We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry-recognized, award-winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your skillsets fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications on the newest technologies.
Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion-for our clients (fortune 100 companies), our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.
If you love ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!
About Cognizant Digital Engineering
Well-designed software transcends digital technology, going beyond the fulfillment of basic requirements to focus instead on human needs. Within Cognizant Digital Engineering, we help clients develop software products that transform human insights into tangible, production-ready digital solutions. We also work with our clients to scale their native cloud applications. Using insights from the lived experiences of our consumers, we seamlessly replace traditional service strategies with engaging, precise, and direct digital applications. Designing phenomenal software is vital to success in the digital economy-and we understand that a human-centric approach is key to this design.
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Qualifications
Technical Skills
SNo
Primary Skill
Proficiency Level *
Rqrd./Dsrd.
1
Responsive Web Design
PL4
Desired
2
Visual Design Elements & Funda
PL4
Desired
3
Creative Design-Websites&Apps
PL4
Required
4
Design Review
PL4
Desired
* Proficiency Legends
Proficiency Level
Generic Reference
PL1
The associate has basic awareness and comprehension of the skill and is in the process of acquiring this skill through various channels.
PL2
The associate possesses working knowledge of the skill, and can actively and independently apply this skill in engagements and projects.
PL3
The associate has comprehensive, in-depth and specialized knowledge of the skill. She / he has extensively demonstrated successful application of the skill in engagements or projects.
PL4
The associate can function as a subject matter expert for this skill. The associate is capable of analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing solutions using the skill.