Lead UX Designer, Temporary

Lead UX Designer, Temporary

Location: Remote, CA - This position is Full-Time, Temporary

We are an experience design company that connects people, products, and brands in powerful ways. Our small but growing team of designers, developers, producers, strategists, and content creators is based in Culver City, California. We believe in the power of storytelling, human-centric design, and the intersection of creativity with code to further humanity's relationship with technology. If you're the kind of person who obsesses over details, thrives in a collaborative environment, and jumps at the opportunity to take on new challenges, Left Field Labs may be the place for you.

Position Summary:

As a Lead User Experience Designer, you’ll be responsible for working closely with project leads to provide research, draft strategy, and craft detailed documentation to support the creation of deeply complicated products for some of the most prominent tech companies in the world.

You should be... versatile and multifaceted, with a team-oriented mentality and a healthy respect for the role your work plays in the broader user experience. You should have a passion for people—seeking to understand what makes an individual tick while simultaneously addressing the wider needs of humanity. You use your insight, logic, and creativity to architect incredible user experiences that are in sync with the strategic objectives of the project.

Responsibilities:

You will work closely with PMs, tech leads, developers, and visual designers to satisfy requirements and produce high-quality deliverables. A positive attitude and outlook are a necessity, as well as clear communication and professionalism. Organization and thoughtfulness will be key qualities in everything you do, while focusing on a sense of timeliness and ownership. Every step of the way, you’ll have the opportunity to provide digital expertise and experience.

• Translate requirements and objectives into actionable user stories, sitemaps, wireframes, and prototypes
• Persuasively present logical solutions to complicated problems, with an open mind for collaboration
• Conceptualize the flow of large amounts of data moving through a complex system, and design solutions that allow users to easily interact with that data
• Collaborate with our designers, developers, and leadership to deliver creative solutions to technical problems
• Work closely with developers to document solutions in high detail while ensuring technical feasibility of projects
• Conduct user research, focus group, and lead demos to test prototypes and gather actionable results

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of professional experience architecting user experience research, strategy, and design
• Proven experience leading the UX process from briefs to wireframes to technical documentation
• Experience building interactive prototypes with programs like InVision
• History of leading user testing interviews from early concept, initiation, and execution to analysis and reporting
• Team player who creates opportunities for innovation and excellence
• Strong understanding of fundamental design principles, and the ability to produce clean and elegant documentation
• Specialized knowledge of design software such as Sketch or similar
• Up-to-date on new trends and ideologies in the digital world
• Comfortable supporting and collaborating with both visual design and technical leads
• A multi-disciplinary background, combining design with psychology, computer science, or a specialized user experience focused program is a major plus
• Understanding of HTML/CSS and mobile design
• Strong online portfolio showing UX concepts and strategies you created and working examples of those ideas in execution
• A passion for design, with an eye for detail and a good understanding of visual hierarchy and usability
• Able to work independently in a deadline-sensitive and fast-paced environment
• Confidence, team spirit, and a strong work ethic

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience

Left Field Labs is an equal opportunity employe

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Left Field Labs is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and team members regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00). Left Field Labs makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled team members.

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