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Senior User Experience (UX) Designer

Position Number: 2015585
Location: Sacramento, CA
Position Type: Computer and Information Technology

Senior User Experience (UX) Designer
Calbright College

Full Time

Requisition No: 21014
Category: Classified
Supervisor: Chief Technology Officer or designee
Last Updated: September 2020
Job Purpose: Create a cohesive end-to-end experience for our learners
Location: Remote, various locations throughout California

Position Overview
Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer or designee, you will be responsible for designing and maintaining core elements of the end-to-end user experience for students at Calbright College as a member of the technology team. As a fully-online institution, this role has a very direct impact on our student's experience. We are looking for someone who is energized by this challenge and who is ready to roll up their sleeves and start designing and testing new experiences and rebuilding and testing existing experiences. You will collaborate closely with other product-focused members of the technology team along with several other teams that play a role in the student's digital experience (instruction, learner success/support, marketing, communications, etc.).

Our technology stack consists of a mix of systems and services that are highly-customizable with those that are less customizable. Within those constraints, the person in this role will be responsible for creating a cohesive and consistent experience for our students that spans the disparate systems used to deliver on the whole student experience.

This position is funded via one-time funds appropriated in Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2018 to support the college's start-up costs.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
The duties below are representative of the role and are not intended to cover all of the duties performed within the scope of work:

Planning and conducting user research and competitive analysis

Helping to define high-level goals and requirements for projects with input from stakeholders and team members

Interpreting qualitative user feedback and behavioral data to suggest improvements to existing interfaces

Crafting personas, journey maps, and storyboards to offer insightful ways to meet user needs

Building wireframes and workflows, and creating prototypes of web-based and mobile applications

Conducting usability testing on prototypes and existing products to uncover opportunities for improvement

Collaborate across teams to design key interaction points in the learner experience that are communicated via event-triggered email and/or text messaging, in order to maintain consistency in the look, feel, and voice of the College across media

Performs other related duties as assigned that support the objective of the position

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Ability to design experiences across multiple platforms and technologies

Ability to develop workflows and interfaces that are simple and elegant

Ability to adapt UX deliverables to meet the needs of teams that you support

Ability to apply your design and critical thinking skills

Ability to work and iterate rapidly on multiple projects simultaneously

Ability to manage details and communicate them clearly and directly

Ability to respect and work around technology constraints

Empathy for our student experience and their goals and challenges

Exceptional design skills

Superb attention to detail

Experience with user interface design patterns and standard UCD methodologies

Strong written and verbal communication skills

A strong command of contemporary design tools

Understanding of common software project management practices

Demonstrate understanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for the diverse academic, socio-economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, disability, and sexual orientation of community college students, staff and faculty.

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years of professional experience in UX or product design role

Must have a portfolio of experience that demonstrates previous work (To be considered for this position, you must include your portfolio, website or other samples of work.)

Desired Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or commensurate educational experience preferred

Experience designing online learning environments is a plus

Experience writing user-friendly copy that embodies the voice of the brand is a plus

Experience in modern tools for rapid prototyping, system diagramming, visual design and presentation.

Working Conditions and Travel

Calbright College is a statewide online college where all instruction and support are done via various online technologies both in person and remotely. Calbright College has administrative offices in Sacramento available for use. When working remotely, employees should be able and willing to use digital communication tools as used by the college, and have the ability to work on a computer for extended periods of time.

Regular attendance is considered an essential job function; the inability to meet attendance requirements may preclude the employee from retaining employment.

The person holding this position is considered a mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in Calbright College policies, procedures, and Title IX.

Calbright College celebrates all forms of diversity and is deeply committed to fostering an inclusive environment within which students, staff, administrators, and faculty thrive. Individuals interested in advancing Calbright College's strategic diversity goals are strongly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities who self-disclose.

Requires the ability to function in a remote online instructional environment performing work of primarily a sedentary nature. Requires the ability to use hearing and speech to make presentations to groups and carry on conversations over the phone and in-person. Requires speaking skills to communicate with staff and students in one-on-one and small group settings, on the phone, and to distinguish sound prompts from various types of equipment. Requires near visual acuity to read printed materials and computer screens. Requires sufficient hand/arm/finger dexterity to retrieve work materials, operate a personal computer keyboard, and operate standard office equipment. Requires the ability to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work is performed indoors where minimal safety considerations exist.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Calbright College provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Calbright College complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.

Who We Are
Calbright College is California's newest community college – the first statewide, online campus designed to bridge the gap between employers with unfilled positions and students who don't have either the time or money to attend a traditional school. Our mission is to increase economic mobility for working adults who lack easy access to traditional forms of higher education by offering flexible, affordable skills-based programs that provide tangible economic value for both working adults and hiring managers.

How to Apply
1. Please submit your application (including both a resume and cover letter) or email your resume and cover letter directly to HR@calbright.org

2. Your cover letter must address:
a. How your skills, education, and professional experience meets the minimum qualifications described in this job posting
b. How your past work experience prepares you for success in this role at Calbright
c. Calbright has a very diverse staff and student population with respect to academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds. Please include a section that describes your skills, education, professional development, community involvement, and/or professional experience working with these diverse groups.

3. Only those applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and address the topics listed above in their cover letter will be considered.

4. We prefer the successful candidate to be a California resident or someone who is willing to relocate to California. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. as a precondition of employment.
For more information, please visit: https://www.calbright.org/job/senior-user-experience-ux-designer/