Senior UX Designer
What we are looking for:
Blackbaud is looking for the best User Experience (UX) Designers to join our Education Management team! Our User Experience Designers are innovators who are willing to question the status quo and are energized by developing creative solutions to complex problems.
About the role:
As a Senior User Experience Designer at Blackbaud, you will be responsible for designing solutions that delight users and allow them to advance and achieve their philanthropic missions. Our designers participate on a core team consisting of a Product Manager, UX Designer, and Lead Engineer. This core team works closely together to frame customer and business problems with teams through research, concept, and design validation.
What you'll be doing:
Design lead in product development teams partnering with product and engineering peers to discover and deliver new web-based software through the entire product development lifecycle
Create and test solutions to validate the value and user experience of the solution or features
Contribute effective documentation and communication of the user experience
Build lasting relationships with multiple product teams and contribute to an open, creative, dynamic, and productive atmosphere
Work closely with a seasoned team of user experience professionals to define, grow, and maintain the design system and practices for Blackbaud as well as further develop your own capabilities and skills
Who we'll want you to have:
M.S or B.S degree in Human Computer Interaction Design or related field and/or equivalent experience
5+ years experience as a UX designer, including user research, prototyping and using visual communication tools (eg. Axure, Balsamiq, Sketch)
Experience designing solutions for end-to-end scenarios that involve multiple users and know how to frame and reframe the problem when you get started
Ability to know when and how to use various tools in your toolbox and persuade others about your design process
Experience with all types of user centered design techniques
**Please include your professional portfolio samples or URLs with your resume when applying**
Join our User Experience team and apply today!