Senior UX/UI Design Lead (Must Have State Exp) - Austin, TX (Remote within TX)

Position: Senior UX/UI Design Lead (State Experience Required)

Location: Austin, TX (Remote within TX)

Contract Duration: 4 months with possible extension (renewal in August 2025)

The UX Designer will be responsible for creating a positive and productive end user experience for Client’s applications and websites and for maintaining a user-centric focus throughout product development.

Client is seeking a senior UX and Product Design lead to help create solutions that improve education technology integration and enable parents, teachers, schools, and district leaders to focus on what is most important -- their students. The UX and Product Design Lead will play a critical role in ensuring the successful deployment of technology solutions by maintaining a strong user-centric focus and driving alignment with existing work in the field. They will work under minimal supervision with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and use strong independent judgment.

UX Designers are responsible for:

• Overseeing UX/UI designs to ensure design decisions are grounded in user experience and adhere to agency-wide design standards and industry-wide best practices
• Translating research into user stories, requirements, flows, wireframes, and prototypes and collaborating on the future product roadmap
• Employing user testing and outreach to ensure products meets the needs of the end users, in collaboration with partners
• Partnering with the product team and other key stakeholders, including senior leadership, on design solutions and rationales; collaborating with internal and external teams of product designers, developers, and product managers

Candidate Skills and Qualifications:

Years

Required/Preferred

Experience

8

Required

Experience in software product development, digital design, UX/UI or a related field

8

Required

Designing mockups and/or wireframes that conform to UX best practices

8

Required

A portfolio of user research, visual design, and usability studies that demonstrates a high level of professionalism

8

Required

Experience conducting user and usability research

5

Required

Demonstrated strong writing and organization skills

5

Required

Demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills

4

Required

Direct experience leading large-scale UX/UI efforts

4

Required

Documented experience developing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes in Figma or comparable design software

3

Required

Experience ensuring designs and website confirm to federal accessibility guidelines

3

Preferred

Documented work experience with the issue tracking software "Atlassian Jira"

2

Preferred

Documented experience working for or closely with TEA or another state or local education agency