About the position
The software division at Ryan, LLC is seeking a talented Senior User Experience Designer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate possesses end-to-end design experience and a passion for transforming complex problems into elegant and intuitive user interfaces. We are looking for a multi-faceted designer who is well-versed in research, information architecture, interaction design, and visual design. As a Senior User Experience Designer on our fully distributed team, you will work on a variety of projects ranging from small feature enhancements to large-scale efforts such as redesigning one of our enterprise level applications from the ground up. Candidates should have exceptional communication and interpersonal skills as they will frequently work cross-functionally to discuss new features, opportunities for improvement, and potential solutions. As an early hire to the design team, this is an exciting opportunity to join a small, tight-knit team that plays a central role in setting a high bar for our software products. We operate like a startup; however, we have the financial stability and comprehensive benefits package you would expect from a larger company. If you are a pragmatic designer in search of a dynamic design role where you can learn and grow, look no further!
Responsibilities
- Create a positive team member experience
- Provide and solicit feedback from peers, cross-functional partners, and our users
- Identify requirements, use cases, and user journeys in partnership with Product and Engineering
- Provide feedback to Engineering before, during, and after implementation to ensure high quality experiences are reaching our customers
- Utilize our design system to create modular interfaces that reduce complexity and fragmentation
- Solve product problems with a focus on the best user experience, while striking a balance between company goals, design cohesion, and ease of implementation
- Produce design concepts, knowing when to apply pixel-perfect and when to iterate with low-fi sketches
- Create prototypes to test assumptions and describe interactions
- Actively contribute to our UI library and maintain user interface design specifications, style guides, and templates
Requirements
- Bachelor’s in User Experience Design, Human Interaction Design, Digital Design, Computer Science, or equivalent related work experience
- 8+ years of professional experience owning the end-to-end product design process
- High degree of familiarity with designing for responsive web and mobile apps
- Experience designing with and contributing to a design system
- Familiarity with UX Research
- Fluency in modern interface design tooling (Balsamiq, Sketch, XD, Figma, InVision, and/or Axure)
- Expert with Adobe products (Illustrator, Photoshop)
- Experience working with software development platforms/tools (JIRA, Confluence, and Azure DevOps)
Nice-to-haves
- Financial industry, enterprise software, and/or B2B experience preferred
Benefits
- Hybrid Work Options
- Award-Winning Culture
- Generous Personal Time Off (PTO)
- 14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)
- Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement
- Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One
- 401K with Employer Match
- Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
- Fertility Assistance Program
- Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service
