LEAD UX DESIGNER | COLUMBUS, OH (REMOTE)

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JOB TITLE: LEAD UX DESIGNER

JOB LOCATION: COLUMBUS, OH (REMOTE)

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The Lead UX Designer will be responsible for imagining future-proof usable and desirable digital experiences for mobile apps and responsive web and have the capability to communicate ideas at a broad level to bring these experiences to life from beginning to end and anywhere in between.

Mid-Career User Experience Designer Pharma eCommerce

What You'll Do:

• Design future-ready digital experiences across mobile apps and responsive web platforms.
• Lead UX efforts from concept to execution, solving complex problems across multiple platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align and deliver cohesive digital experiences.
• Create and maintain UX artifacts such as:
• Low- and high-fidelity wireframes.
• Sitemaps, taxonomies, and user flows.
• journey maps and annotated interaction specs.
• Visual mockups (as needed)

Key Responsibilities:

• Help deliver on a mobile and desktop UX vision for our best-in-class eCommerce ordering system.
• Define user needs.
• Develop workflows, information architecture, and interaction models.
• Design and maintain governance over mobile and tablet UX.
• Contribute to visual and written content design.
• Work closely with product teams to prioritize and define features.
• Collaborate with offshore teams, with flexible hours to accommodate time zones.

What We're Looking For:

• A strategic thinker with strong UX fundamentals and a passion for user-centered design.
• A designer who loves to organize complex interfaces and simplify user needs
• A clear communicator who can present and defend design decisions professionally.
• A designer who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is excited to shape the future of digital healthcare.

In this role you will create, defend (professionally) and deliver many or all of the following and more:

• Very detailed low and high-fidelity wireframes, sitemaps, taxonomies, user flows, journey maps, and annotated screen interaction specifications
• Design Mobile and Tablet application UX and design.
• Maintain governance over mobile and Tablet designs.
• Visual designs and mock-ups (secondary to your Rockstar UX skills)

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end user experience design efforts with confidence and expertise.
• Present a strong portfolio that highlights your direct contributions and demonstrates a deep understanding of UX best practices and standards.
• Bring a user-first mindset, with core strengths in interaction design and experience in UI, UX research, and content strategy.
• Design with an understanding of complex, data-driven systems and robust databases.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high-quality output.
• Advocate for UX principles and efficiencies to development and cross-functional teams.
• Understand the nuances of mobile platforms, responsive, and adaptive design.
• Communicate clearly and effectively-sharing the right information at the right time.
• Adapt easily to change and thrive in a dynamic, evolving team environment.
• Possess working knowledge of how design translates into code across various interfaces and devices.
• Lead or actively participate in collaborative whiteboard sessions for mobile and responsive web design.
• Work effectively in agile or iterative environments and enjoy close collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate successfully in virtual and distributed team settings.
• Embrace continuous learning and seek out opportunities to grow your skills.
• Be flexible with working hours to accommodate collaboration with offshore teams.
• Be open to occasional travel (up to 10%) to engage directly with users and stakeholders.
• Deliver compelling presentations and storytelling to communicate design decisions to leadership and stakeholders.
• Champion human-centered design methodologies across the organization.
• Design intuitive experiences for complex, data-centric applications.
• Understand and apply accessibility standards to ensure inclusive design.
• Be familiar with Atomic Design principles and how they influence scalable design systems.
• Proficient in Figma; prototyping skills in Figma and Axure are a strong plus.
• Experience conducting UX research and applying insights to design.
• Training or certification in designing for accessibility is preferred.
• Education At least 5 years of experience designing software in a human-centered approach.
• BS/MS degree in human factors, psychology, design or equivalent experience.

Certifications & Licenses:

• Proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, or similar Neutrino Notes
• Mid Career designer to senior
• At least one to be stronger and the other can be a floater across the team
• Most of the designers will be embedded in Workstream.