UX Architect I

Great UX professionals are intrigued by human behavior: eager to study how people think, their actions and their limitations.
Does this resonate with you? We're hiring a UX Architect I at Cox Automotive, and you might just be the perfect person for the job. This entry-level role entails helping users achieve goals and complete tasks, translating project goals into interactive experiences and contributing to prototype development. The right candidate will be metric-sensitive, adept at translating interaction design concepts across platforms and able to communicate functional design to delivery teams.
What You'll Do
In this role, you'll develop a deep understanding of customers and business needs by assisting in user research activities, including persona development, heuristic evaluation and usability reviews. You'll also:
• Lead the assessment of competitive user experiences.
• Identify strategic opportunities for competitive advantage based on findings.
• Examine web analytics to inform user interactions and designs.
• Collaborate with product, design, content, and development teams.
• Facilitate user scenario planning and tasks with Cox Automotive's product team.
• Translate business requirements into simple, highly usable and compelling interface layouts.
• Create site maps, user flows, wireframes and interactive mock-ups/prototypes (lo/high fidelity).
• Integrates personas/segmentations with related deliverables.
• Utilize the Design System to facilitate a familiar, delightful and efficient user experience.
• Collaborate with technical teams to determine data accessibility and understand technology constraints/advantages for the design structure.
• Ensure developers understand specifications.
• Support usability testing by creating working models of the experience design.
• Create and support the information architecture of navigation, content, etc.
• Champion user needs and product usability while balancing business and technical constraints.
• Articulate rationale behind interface decisions and how to prioritize interface features.
• Identify tools, templates and techniques to evolve existing processes.
Who You Are
An empathetic individual, you can think like our users, deal with ambiguity and make intuitive leaps to hypothesize product design solutions. You also have the following:
Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as 4 years' experience in a related field
• Knowledge or understanding of user-centered design methods, techniques and other UX principles.
• Basic understanding and proficiency with Figma
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent oral, written and verbal communication skills, as well as interpersonal skills.

Preferred:

• Prior experience as a UX Architect II, designing for mobile devices, including responsive design is a plus.
• Experience working with teams on large-scale, long-term projects.
• Experience with group facilitation.
• Able to work on multiple projects with competing priorities simultaneously.
• Able to make intuitive leaps to hypothesize design solutions.
• Able to understand the big picture along with expert attention to fine detail.
• Able to deal with ambiguity and to convincingly articulate ideas and rationale.
• Able to work across multiple internal business units and companies.
• Able to work both solo and within a team.
• Able to lead and influence without direct authority.

USD 41.63 - 62.40 per hour
Compensation:
Hourly base pay rate is $41.63 - $62.40/hour. The hourly base rate may vary within the anticipated range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include commission (annual, monthly, etc.) and/or an incentive program.
Benefits:
Employees are eligible to receive a minimum of sixteen hours of paid time off every month and seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
About Cox Automotive
At Cox Automotive, people of every background are driven by their passion for mobility, innovation and community. We transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars, accelerating the industry with global powerhouse brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and more. What's more, we do it all with an emphasis on employee growth and happiness. Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today!
About Cox
Cox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today!
Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page .
Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.
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