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About the Role

Craft Education is seeking a Lead UX Designer to shape the user experience of their products. This role involves significant autonomy and influence in strategic decisions, road mapping, and design processes, with a focus on building a design culture, advocating for user-centered design, and driving innovation.

Responsibilities

Leads design efforts across product lines, collaborating with UX research to integrate insights.
Translates user needs, business goals, and research findings into intuitive user experiences.
Develops and maintains scalable design systems for consistency across digital touchpoints.
Collaborates with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to define product roadmaps and align design vision with business strategy.
Prototypes and iterates on design solutions based on feedback from research, user testing, and cross-functional teams.
Advocates for the user throughout the design process to ensure a seamless product experience.
Leads workshops and brainstorming sessions to foster collaboration and creativity.
Creates and communicates design strategies and UX roadmaps aligned with company goals.
Builds and manages a design repository for assets, guidelines, and best practices, especially for responsive design.
Provides feedback and guidance to other designers to foster a collaborative environment.
Stays updated on design trends, tools, and technologies to drive innovation.
Ensures accessibility and inclusive design principles are integrated into all design work.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Understanding of front-end development component building and ability to troubleshoot UI issues.
Experience working closely with UX research teams to incorporate user insights using tools like Dovetail.
Expertise in creating wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs using tools like Figma.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions and influence stakeholders using collaborative tools like Miro.
Ability to confidently lead meetings with teammates, executives, or external stakeholders.
Self-starter mentality with the ability to identify design opportunities independently.
Comfort with wearing multiple hats and assisting wherever needed.
Collaborative spirit, working cross-functionally with researchers, engineers, and product managers.
Commitment to transparency, feedback, and continuous improvement.
Strong portfolio demonstrating a deep understanding of user-centered design principles and the ability to translate insights into design solutions.

Skills

UX/UI design
Front-end development component building
UI troubleshooting
User insights integration
Wireframing
Prototyping
High-fidelity design
Figma
Dovetail
Communication
Presentation
Stakeholder influence
Miro
Meeting leadership
Design opportunity identification
Cross-functional collaboration
Transparency
Feedback
Continuous improvement
Responsive design
Accessibility
Inclusive design
Agile development process
User research
Data-driven decision-making

Location

Remote

Work Type

Full-Time
Regular
Hybrid

Experience Level

Lead
6 years of experience in UX/UI design or relevant field
Experience in lieu of education

Education Level

Bachelor’s Degree
Equivalent relevant experience performing the essential functions of this job may substitute for education degree requirements.

Salary/Compensations

$143,700.00 - $222,700.00

Benefits

Bonuses
Medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
Health savings account and flexible spending account
Basic and voluntary life insurance
Disability coverage
Accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
Legal and identity theft coverage
Retirement savings plan
Wellbeing program
Discounted WGU tuition
Flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual
Flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual
11 paid holidays
Other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave

About the Company

Craft Education is on a mission to solve skilled labor shortages by powering work-based learning pathways for all.
Craft is revolutionizing the apprenticeship degree, combining on-the-job learning with accredited instruction.
Their flagship product - Craft Connect - helps organizations administer apprentice degree programs and address data and reporting needs.
The company is transforming how on-the-job learning converts into academic credits.
The team of technology, education and workforce professionals provides technical assistance to organizations launching and managing apprenticeship degree programs.
Craft is working tirelessly to accelerate the expansion of these programs and their data infrastructure.
Craft offers the opportunity to solve hard problems in a high-growth startup environment and make a lasting impact on education and workforce development.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.