To be successful in this role, we’d expect you to:

Thoroughly understand the wants and needs of our users.
Utilize the design thinking process to achieve business goals and produce user-friendly design solutions.
Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to translate user needs and business requirements into design deliverables such as journey maps, user flows, wireframes, and mockups.
Build interactive prototypes suitable for validating design decisions with users.
Cultivate internal knowledge around the design system and the content management system
Develop and maintain detailed design patterns that scale across several product teams and world-class brands.
Document design guidelines, share knowledge, and collaborate with the engineering team to ensure products ship on time and as designed.
Help lead our efforts to build accessible digital products (A11y and WCAG), building awareness, and accountability across the rest of our product organization.

II. About the Positions Contributions

Weight %

Accountabilities, Actions and Expected Measurable Results

50%

User Experience Design

Use business requirements, qualitative research insights, and quantitative metrics to produce user flows, wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity mockups, and rigorous user interface specifications.

30%

Collaborate with Editorial, Design, and Product teams

Collaborate with UX research operations team on user research studies to validate assumptions, test designs, and understand user data.
Understand the needs of the business and present design solutions to build consensus among a broad range of stakeholders.
Participate in and lead brainstorming and critique sessions that foster big-picture thinking while identifying opportunities to raise the bar on the details.

20%

Process Management

Collaborate with product, engineering, and the broader UX & Design Team to develop and implement process improvements and best practices.

100%

III. Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements | All must be met to be considered.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent education and experience

Experience:

1-3 years leading projects, 5-10 years as a UX Designer

Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Strong user experience skills including user interviews, usability testing, and interaction design.
Experience designing, planning, and building interactive prototypes suitable for validating design decisions with users.
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Familiarity with atomic design methodology and an interest in the challenges that come with building and maintaining design systems.
Expertise in UX software such as Figma, Miro, UserZoom, etc.
A solid grasp of user-centered design, testing methodologies, usability best practices, and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Basic HTML and CSS skills are a big plus.
Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and stakeholders distributed across the country
A strong portfolio of work showcasing user-centered design skills and processes.

% Travel Required (Approximate): NA

It is the policy of Dotdash Meredith to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing ddm.hr@dotdashmdp.com.

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