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ClassLink is hiring a UX/UI Designer (IC1). The role involves working closely with the team to deliver an outstanding user experience through exceptional and intuitive application design while collecting, researching, investigating, and evaluating user requirements. Key responsibilities include leading research and design initiatives, focusing on user needs to make design recommendations, conducting user research and competitor analysis, creating user stories and other design assets, and shaping the UI framework considering web technologies.

Highlights

Work in a fast-paced, Agile/Scrum engineering environment to deliver high-quality software.
Lead initiatives related to research, user experience, and user interface.
Experience/knowledge of JIRA and Scrum methodology preferred.
Knowledge of Adobe/Sketch/Figma required.
Salary range: $65,000.00-$70,000.00.
1-3 years of experience as a UI/UX designer or similar role.
BS in a relevant field preferred.
100% remote eligible with quarterly in-person strategy meetings.

UX/UI Designer (IC1) Full Description

UX/UI Designer (IC1)
Fully Remote • Development

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Would you like to join a rapidly growing and successful company?

Do you want to be a part of a team where customers say things like:

“I am amazed by how innovative this product is!”

Headquartered in Clifton, NJ, ClassLink is a leading education technology company serving schools around the world.

ClassLink empowers over 22 million students and staff with instant access to a library of 6,000+ single sign-on apps from in the classroom or at home.

ClassLink Analytics provides essential usage data, so instructors can measure engagement and leaders can make informed purchasing and training decisions.

ClassLink Roster Server and OneSync use automation and open standards to make rostering and provisioning easier, more secure, and less time-consuming.

The ClassLink team is a family of dedicated people who strive to make a difference in education. We do this by making and delivering great products. We rely on our 3 core values to lead us in our day to day, guide our company's actions, and serve as our cultural cornerstones. They are:

Strive to Grow

Deliver Worthwhile Experiences

Contribute with Heart

The UI/UX Designer works closely with our team to deliver an outstanding user experience providing an exceptional and intuitive application design. This position will be responsible for collecting, researching, investigating and evaluating user requirements.

Responsibilities:

Work in a fast-paced, Agile/Scrum engineering environment and deliver incremental product software with high quality.
Lead initiatives related to Research, User Experience and User Interface, working with Product, Engineering, our customers, and partners to determine product strategy and design
Focus on the user’s needs and translate those needs into design recommendations
Plan and conduct user research and competitor analysis
Create user stories, personas, and storyboards
Determine information architecture, workflows, and create sitemaps
Work in an agile Scrum team, helping shape and define features, user personas, user journey maps, create information architecture and other artifacts that help articulate user needs and information flows
Create mock-ups and other design assets to quickly communicate context, situations, and challenges that will shape and influence our designs and solutions
Help shape our UI framework and style guides, taking into consideration design feasibility for web technologies, HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Requirements

We are looking for 1-3 years experience as a UI/UX designer or similar role
Experience/knowledge of JIRA and Scrum methodology a plus
BS in relevant field preferred.
Agile experience preferred
Knowledge of Adobe/Sketch/Figma
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to discuss and explain design options
Understanding of design feasibility in terms of HTML, CSS and Javascript
A user-centric mindset
Attention to detail
Creative and analytical approach
Understanding of interaction design principles
Workshopping & facilitation experience
Strong user research methods including interviews & A/B testing
This role is 100% remote eligible, with quarterly strategy meetings that are in-person.

It would be great if you have or are pursuing the following:

NNG UX Certification

We prefer that you have experience with:

Google Suite
MS Office Suite
Figma (or similar)
JIRA and Confluence

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may be asked to perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

We are a team of passionate people striving to help improve classroom learning.

We do this by making and delivering great products.

We also like to have fun along the way.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world;

indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

Salary Description

65,000.00-70,000.00

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