User Experience Designer

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Walsworth is seeking a User Experience Designer to join our world-class Technology team. Modern yearbook production demands powerful, easy-to-use, cloud-based software for student-driven design, journalism, marketing and sales. Join our nimble, empowered team driving the experience at Walsworth, one of the nations largest and most-storied yearbook publishers.

The designer will define the directional and detailed user experience for a wide range of highly interactive web applications and software, delivered on desktop, mobile and tablet devices. The designer will engage in a multi-step process, including: sketches, diagrams, detailed UI/UX design blueprints and specification documents.

This is a hybrid, salaried, exempt position based out of our Walsworth - Overland Park, Kansas, office. The schedule is 8 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This position entails working with e-commerce, applications and mobile apps
• Create elegant user-centered designs by considering market analysis, customer feedback, and usability findings
• Design the experience and interaction flow of new, cloud-based applications and desktop software
• Quickly yet thoroughly create process flows, wireframes, and visual design mockups as needed to conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors
• Develop and maintain user interface specifications
• Present design work to cross-functional teams and respond constructively to feedback
• Assist with the execution of design research and usability testing
• Work with the Technology team through planning, definition, design, development and testing phases to deliver intuitive, feature-rich software solutions.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must include a link to a work portfolio on their resume or application
• U.S. work authorization is required. Walsworth does not offer employment sponsorship.
• Experience using Figma and the Atlassian suite of products strongly preferred
• 1-2 years of experience in a related role
• Must be willing to submit to a pre-employment drug screen as part of our standard process
• Must be willing to commute into the Walsworth - Overland Park office on a regular basis. This is a hybrid position.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Walsworth is a family-owned printing company with 87-plus years of historical excellence and a healthy respect for hard work and work-life balance. Many of our employees stay for decades, with good reason. Our Walsworth - Overland Park office houses approximately 50 employees - including our IT Development, Marketing and Communications, Yearbook Sales and Corporate Recruitment Teams. We recently received the silver Healthy KC Workplace award for work-life balance which incorporated physical and mental health initiatives led by Walsworth - Overland Park employees and leadership. We're a business casual environment with a "work hard, play hard" mentality. We celebrate employee birthdays, office achievements and fun holidays like "Cinco de Derby" - a combined Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby celebration! Check out our LinkedIn and Indeed company pages to learn more about our culture and how you could be a great fit!

See more at: * Our Walsworth blog: walsworth.com/blog * Our Walsworth Yearbooks blog: walsworthyearbooks.com/blog * Our employee spotlights page: walsworth.com/employee-spotlights

Walsworth is an equal opportunity employer. For application or interview accommodations, please contact careers@walsworth.com or your recruiter

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS:

• Bachelors degree in Interaction Design or related design discipline
• Portfolio of effective interface design work or outstanding portfolio in a related design discipline
• A strong understanding of visual design and how it can shape and influence user interfaces
• Strong collaborative and organizational skills
• Ability to articulate the why as well as the what
• Dedication to detail and deadlines

Walsworth is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity.