Job Details
Job Location Overland Park, Kansas - Overland Park, KS
Position Type Salary - Office
Job Shift 1st Shift- Day Description POSITION OVERVIEW:
Walsworth is seeking a User Experience Designer to join our world-class Technology team. Modern yearbook production demands powerful, easy-to-use, cloud-based software for student-driven design, journalism, marketing and sales. Join our nimble, empowered team driving the experience at Walsworth, one of the nations largest and most-storied yearbook publishers.
The designer will define the directional and detailed user experience for a wide range of highly interactive web applications and software, delivered on desktop, mobile and tablet devices. The designer will engage in a multi-step process, including: sketches, diagrams, detailed UI/UX design blueprints and specification documents.
This is a hybrid, salaried, exempt position based out of our Walsworth - Overland Park, Kansas, office. The schedule is 8 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- This position entails working with e-commerce, applications and mobile apps
- Create elegant user-centered designs by considering market analysis, customer feedback, and usability findings
- Design the experience and interaction flow of new, cloud-based applications and desktop software
- Quickly yet thoroughly create process flows, wireframes, and visual design mockups as needed to conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors
- Develop and maintain user interface specifications
- Present design work to cross-functional teams and respond constructively to feedback
- Assist with the execution of design research and usability testing
- Work with the Technology team through planning, definition, design, development and testing phases to deliver intuitive, feature-rich software solutions.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Must include a link to a work portfolio on their resume or application
- U.S. work authorization is required. Walsworth does not offer employment sponsorship.
- Experience using Figma and the Atlassian suite of products strongly preferred
- 1-2 years of experience in a related role
- Must be willing to submit to a pre-employment drug screen as part of our standard process
- Must be willing to commute into the Walsworth - Overland Park office on a regular basis. This is a hybrid position.
COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Walsworth is a family-owned printing company with 87-plus years of historical excellence and a healthy respect for hard work and work-life balance. Many of our employees stay for decades, with good reason. Our Walsworth - Overland Park office houses approximately 50 employees - including our IT Development, Marketing and Communications, Yearbook Sales and Corporate Recruitment Teams. We recently received the silver Healthy KC Workplace award for work-life balance which incorporated physical and mental health initiatives led by Walsworth - Overland Park employees and leadership. We're a business casual environment with a "work hard, play hard" mentality. We celebrate employee birthdays, office achievements and fun holidays like "Cinco de Derby" - a combined Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby celebration. Check out our LinkedIn and Indeed company pages to learn more about our culture and how you could be a great fit.
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Walsworth is an equal opportunity employer. For application or interview accommodations, please contact or your recruiter
Qualifications DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS:
- Bachelors degree in Interaction Design or related design discipline
- Portfolio of effective interface design work or outstanding portfolio in a related design discipline
- A strong understanding of visual design and how it can shape and influence user interfaces
- Strong collaborative and organizational skills
- Ability to articulate the why as well as the what
- Dedication to detail and deadlines
Walsworth is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity.