UX Designer
On-siteColumbus, Ohio, United States
Job Summary
Partner with product managers to define problems, shape product direction, and turn complex scientific ideas into user-centered designs. Own the end-to-end design process from early concepts and wireframes through polished, engineering-ready handoffs. Generate multiple creative solution paths for complex workflows while building and maintaining design systems for consistency. Initiate user research to translate insights into decisions that measurably improve experience, championing usability and accessibility standards. Operate comfortably in fast-moving environments where prototyping and validation happen continuously, utilizing AI tools to accelerate research and ideation.
Required Qualifications
- A degree in UX Design or Human-Computer Interaction, or a background in the biological sciences paired with significant design experience
- 3–7 years of UX design experience, ideally shaping software products from concept to launch
- Strong proficiency in Figma
- portfolio that demonstrates design thinking, problem-solving, and craft
- Proven experience with rapid prototyping to communicate and validate design concepts
- Familiarity with design tokens and component libraries
- Experience working in an Agile development environment
- Solid understanding of user-centered design principles, usability, and accessibility standards (such as WCAG)
- Strong visual and interaction design skills with a keen eye for detail, micro-interactions and creating delight for users
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, able to bring others along through your work. the ability to make complex ideas clear to any audience
- Demonstrated ability to think conceptually and creatively, especially in complex or ambiguous domains
- Track record of delivering high-quality design outcomes with speed and pragmatism
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in designing for a scientific or life sciences audience is a plus
- Experience with Storybook is a plus
- Enthusiasm for embracing AI tools to support and accelerate your design work, from research and ideation through rapid prototyping. Comfortable working with AI-assisted design-to-code workflows
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