UX Designer - TrainingPeaks
As a UX Designer you will conduct qualitative and quantitative research to help us better understand our audience and their needs. Using that data, you will apply creative and innovative user centered solutions that will provide the backbone for an intuitive and compelling user experience. You will know when to follow best practice and when to veer off and pave your own way. You’re an independent thinker who first asks “why” and loves getting into the weeds of a problem.
You will sit directly with the Product Team, work in close collaboration with the Product Manager, and report to the Director, User Experience.
Core Functions
- Work directly with Product Managers to define user problems.
- Work directly with other members of the UX team to formulate our data collection approach and strategy.
- Work directly with UI designers to bring to life intuitive and innovative designs.
- Conduct UX research, interviews and usability tests to inform design decisions and define user problems.
- Explore several diverse approaches and validate the right solution with prototypes, validation testing and quantitative/qualitative customer research.
- Create low fidelity wireframes and prototypes that communicate clear interactions and experiences.
- Establish a framework for synthesizing and distributing your research findings.
- Effectively communicate conceptual ideas, prototypes and the specifics of user-centered design process to product, engineering, and key stakeholder
Requirements
- Solid understanding of user-centered design principles and data-driven design strategies for mobile and web applications.
- Knowledge of best practices and platform specific design/UI patterns for mobile and web app platforms.
- Fluency in user research fundamentals such as creating user groups, usability testing, interviews, online surveys, user personas, and journey mapping.
- Fluency in user experience design fundamentals such as wireframes, prototypes, mockups and design best practices.
- Effective collaboration across the team disciplines, including Product Manager, UX and UI Designers, Director of UX, Front End Developers and Engineers.
- A solid understanding of usability and heuristics.
- Knowledge of best practices for data collection.
- Ability to prioritize your project work with your team, while being able to work collaboratively and independently.
- Experience working in an agile development process.
- Minimum of 5 years experience conducting UX research.
- Examples that reflect your ability to conduct, organize and synthesize your research.
Desired Qualifications
- Solid understanding of user-centered design principles and data-driven design strategies for mobile and web applications.
- Proficiency in leveraging Figma, ZeroHeight, the Adobe Creative Suite (XD), Miro (RealtimeBoard), Sketch, and Invision for wireframing, design comps, and prototypes.
- Training in visual design with an appreciation of design principles (layout, typography, color theory, composition).
- Experience in designing SaaS products.
- The ability and desire to contribute to the growth of the UX Team by providing guidance and mentorship.
The work characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Benefits
Compensation:
Peaksware/TrainingPeaks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role is $89,541 - $149,236. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, and certifications.
This role is eligible for variable compensation including bonus.
Benefits and Perks:
Health
- 100% company-paid Medical for employees with buy-up options
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Parental Leave
- Teladoc
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Additional coverage options such as accident and critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity
Disability and Life
- Company-paid Short Term Disability
- Company-paid Long Term Disability
- Company-paid Basic Life Insurance and AD&D
- Employee-paid Supplemental Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and/or Child
Additional*
- 401(K)
- 401(K) Matching
- Pet Insurance
- Significant investment in resources for employee development and professional growth
- Flexible work schedule in a culture of trust
- 9 paid holidays annually and unlimited Flexible Time Off (FTO)
- Free TrainingPeaks, TrainHeroic, MakeMusic accounts, and Alfred Music product
- Access to on-site workout room, including locker rooms and showers
- Secure on-site bike storage
- Access to our on-site music studio
- Corporate discounts on select gym memberships and top-brand gear
- Access to nutritious snacks and devour hour, weekly subsidized lunch
Please contact [email protected] if you require a reasonable accommodation to review our website or to apply online.
TrainingPeaks is a member of the Peaksware family of companies including Alfred Publishing, MakeMusic, TrainingPeaks, and TrainHeroic. Peaksware was recognized as #15 on Built in Colorado's "Best Places to Work" list and five times by Outside Magazine's "Best Places to Work"! Through our unique approach to deliberate practice, each company within Peaksware develops software solutions to help users on their individual journeys of skill development and improvement.