Senior UX Designer, Core Apps Team
Company: Vivint
Location: Lehi
Posted on: June 15, 2022
Job Description:
Job Description User Experience Designer Vivint, one of the
largest home automation companies in North America, is looking for
a dynamic senior user experience designer to join the customer
product user experience team. We're a lean, continuous, user-first
focused team of designers, software developers, and hardware
engineers, producing industry-leading automation, security, and
solar energy products and innovative ubiquitous computing solutions
in the home.Ever wanted to lock your doors remotely from your
iPhone? Turn the thermostat up? Turn the lights off? Watch live
video of your home while you're away? What about it happening
automatically for you? That's what we do.Come work for a 2 Billion
dollar company with a proven track record for growth and success.
Come be part of the residential solar power revolution. Help us
architect and design the next generation home automation products.
Design something that gets used daily by hundreds of thousands of
customers and literally save lives.
- Research, analysis, user stories
- prototyping and wire-framing
- interface and graphic design
- interaction design
- usability, user-testing, and validation
- familiar with best practices on web performance and know how to
effectively design for modern browser capabilities
- mobile native application design experience
- understanding of web standards and best practices
- bachelor's degree in visual arts, computer-human design, or
equivalent experience
- passion for designing user-centric interfaces
- quick and eager learner who stays on top of internet
technologies in related space
- ability to be self-motivated and deliver projects on time with
minimal supervisionTop responsibilities L eads discovery in
identifying which problems to solve . A successful senior designer
is able to uncover where we can provide the most value to our
customers by quantifying and making cases for which proble ms, if
solved, would provide the user and the business with the most
value. Goes wide on ideation and narrows to effective solutions via
testing, and iteration . After identifying which problems to solve,
a successful senior designer will ideate, test, and iterate quickly
... narrowing on highly effective and proven solutions via robust
testing. Owns the design of end to end product experience s on the
Vivint mobile app . As a senior designer, you will be the point to
person for the product you are responsible for. Youll need to know
the history and the direction of the product experiences and be
able to confidently talk to any question others may have.
Collaborates and communicates with their extended product
development team. A senior designer collaborates and communicates
effectively with team members in engineering, product, and QA to
define, design, build, test, deploy, and maintain products that
balance user value while also using the app as a promotional tool.
Advocates for the user by using data, industry best practices, and
their own expertise. As a senior designer, you will ground your
insights and concepts with real world data and experience to
provide user value that is highly competitive within the product
landscape. Designs with the consideration of technical feasibility
and product constraints. A senior designer will have a deep
understanding of platform and device requirements such as form
factors, screen resolutions, pixel density, aspect ratios,
interaction needs, cross-functional dependencies and timelines and
is able to make the right tradeoff decisions given the product
constraints and requirements. Is a significant voice for
prioritization of features and bug fixes . A senior designer on our
team has a strong voice for prioritization of features and bug
fixes. They are customer obsessed and can advocate for delivering
user value, working closely with product and engineering to define
the right MVP for our upcoming experiences . Additional
responsibilities include...
- Contributing to and maintaining the Vivint Design Library
- Designing for accessibility needs
- Surfacing issues proactively that could impact timelines or
user experience .
- Design compelling experience s that will excite every one who
comes in contact with them .
- Organize, label, and structure content in a way that is
understandable for users/players to allow them to find and move
through and comprehend the information you re sharing.
- Mentoring more junior designers on your team .
- Designing and moderating your own research initiatives
throughout the discover y and design process with the support of
the Research and Insights team .
- Defin ing success metrics to test your experiences against once
they are in production . Previous experience / qualifications
- Proven ability to partner with Product and Engineering leaders
& peers to deliver great experiences
- Well-versed in a broad range of design methodologies
- An outstanding portfolio demonstrating the successful delivery
of innovative interface design solutions for mobile and hardware
interfaces
- Experience presenting and rationalizing UX design strategy and
decisions to diverse audiences using these moments as opportunities
to advocate for users, share knowledge and demonstrate design
thinking in action.
- A p ortfolio that clearly shows your ability to design pleasant
and functional end to end experiences.
- Experience with product discovery and research
- Excellent visual design skills and attention to detail
- Proven experience at all stages of the design process - making
wireframes, building prototypes, crafting high-fidelity visual
designs, or supporting scaled production efforts.
- Experience with hardware is a plus You'll fit in well
if...
- You are passionate about owning a product from start to
finish.
- You put people first, ego last .
- Youre not afraid to ask why. A lot.
- You're comfortable with creating definition from
ambiguity.
- You are collaborative .
- You are excited about the smart home space and are willing to
think about innovative experiences without limits. If you are an
active Vivint employee, please apply through Workday by searching
"Find Jobs".
Keywords: Vivint, Lehi , Senior UX Designer, Core Apps Team, Other , Lehi, Utah
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