Senior User Interface / Experience Designer

At Raven, we help farmers serve the world. This purpose guides the work and passion of our team members, who operate at the intersection of agriculture, technology, and innovation. For over 65 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to learning more so we can grow as individuals and as a team. Today, we are united by our mission to develop a better and more sustainable planet for each of us. 

Summary

As a Senior UI/UX Designer you develop user interfaces and user experiences for an exciting and innovative line of precision Agriculture products. The interfaces you will design and support are part of the Raven’s product ecosystem which includes web, mobile, and dedicated touchscreen products. You will support our product development process by creating, reviewing, and validating our user experiences and creating assets and imagery that provide a clear and modern interface for our users.

Essential Functions

• Work as a member of the User Experience team and collaborate with multiple Engineering and Software teams designing the interfaces of their products.
• Create and lead research related activities such as usability testing and customer interviews.
• Participate in product requirements capture to ensure usability is designed into the product.
• Design interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets to look good on all devices, scale factors and bit image depths.
• Create consistent graphics and themes based on design and ergonomic principles that can be applied to existing and future products.
• Communicate design ideas using storyboards, user flows and wireframes.
• Maintain and develop consistent and intuitive visual product solutions and applications.
• Engage with multiple teams and iterate through the development cycle.
• Mentor and train less experienced UI/UX designers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in User Experience, Graphic Design, or related technical field or equivalent amount of professional experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in graphic design and user experience. More experience desired.
• Portfolio showcasing relevant work.
• Well versed in the design and use of user stories, customer journey maps, and personas.
• Experience designing and leading usability testing sessions with different users.
• Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Balsamiq, InVision, Sketch, Figma and other graphic design software.
• Strong typography, layout, and visual design skills.
• Strong knowledge of mobile first and responsive design practices.
• Experience developing interface-based applications using best practices.
• Knowledge on UI deliverables: User flows, wireframes, lo-fi and hi-fi layouts, and prototypes.
• Knowledge on accessibility standards and implementation.
• Ability to prepare and present design concepts effectively to stakeholders and leadership.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Efficient time management and task prioritization skills.
• Desire to learn about farming and be customer focused.
• 8-bit images or pixel art related experience.
• Experience in web and mobile app design.
• Working knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and CSS.
• Experience working within an agile workspace.
• Proficiency with collaborative tools like Jira or confluence.

Benefits
Not all benefits are created equal, but we’ve got you covered. Raven not only offers a wide range of benefits that encourage wellness and preventative care, but we also provide the right tools and programs to help you achieve it. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, company-paid life and disability insurance and 401k.  We offer workplace flexibility policies to promote work/life balance in addition to paid time off (PTO) benefit. Team Members can also take advantage of additional benefit programs such as education assistance, our onsite fitness center or fitness center reimbursement, employee assistance program (EAP) and much more.

EEOC Statement
Raven is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

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