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Job Description
U.S. News & World Report is a multifaceted digital media company dedicated to helping citizens, consumers, business leaders and policy officials make important decisions in their lives. We publish independent reporting, rankings, data journalism and advice that has earned the trust of our readers and users for nearly 90 years. Our platforms on usnews.com include Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News and 360 Product Reviews.
We reach more than 40 million people monthly during moments when they are most in need of expert advice and motivated to act on that advice directly on our platforms. Our signature franchises include our “Best” series of consumer guides on colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, diets, cars, financial services and more.
We believe in having a broad range of talent and backgrounds at U.S. News. We strive to maintain a welcoming workplace where everyone is given an opportunity to succeed and contribute to their fullest. Learn more about our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative.
Your role in helping us shape the future:
The Sr. UX & Product Designer will make an impact through guiding the user experience, design, and user research strategies for B2C and B2B products for U.S. News–a digital media company dedicated to helping consumers and business leaders make important decisions in their lives. This includes driving the design thinking through a user-centric approach that aligns business goals with user goals and incorporates qualitative and quantitative research, competitive research, and analytic tools.
Responsibilities include:
Visual Design: Create high fidelity mockups, wireframes and architecture diagrams to help us better serve our millions of users and customers.
Collaboration: Work with product owners, engineers, SEO, data analysts, editorial, and other stakeholders in an agile framework to define strategic priorities for B2C and B2B products. Participate in weekly critiques with design team members to learn and improve your craft.
UX Strategy: Maintain designer operations within the vertical by helping shape roadmaps, defining scope and product requirements, and aligning business goals with user goals.
Design System: Maintain and work with your fellow designers to optimize the U.S. News’ enterprise-level design system through documentation and support of templates and libraries.
UX Research: Use website analysis and competitive research to help define and socialize the UX, design, and user research strategies. Work with the team to prioritize and execute user research and testing.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
You Should Definitely Have:
3-5 years designing digital products as part of a cross-functional team.
Ability to work independently and set goals for UX improvements.
Ability to communicate UX improvements to a variety of stakeholders.
Experience working in a product teams structure in the agile framework.
Experience partnering with developers to facilitate design handoff and QA designs.
Experience with competitive analysis, user research, and communicating and applying those findings to UX execution.
Portfolio or case studies showcasing experience in executing on key business objectives through user experience. Work samples should reflect an advanced understanding of skills and scope of work and you should be prepared to talk through them in detail.
Tools (job specific):
Sketch
Experience with design systems
HTML & CSS knowledge
Adobe Creative Suite; Photoshop, Illustrator a plus
What it’s like to work with us:
Talent is our best asset!
We invest in people with passion and potential who understand U.S. News’ dedication to our consumers.
We’re a positive, mission-driven culture that deeply values the quality and integrity of our product.
We focus on fostering personal and professional growth with a growth mindset.
Collaborative work environment – diverse, inclusive and ambitious co-workers.
Design without ego – work alongside design team members interested in skill building and helping foster positive collaboration and growth.
Other Job Info:
These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this job. Understands the landscape of user research methods and able to identify a research plan that solves for teams’ needs.
This position will require the successful candidate to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19. As an equal opportunity employer, the Company will provide reasonable accommodation to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law.
In New York City, the anticipated base salary for this position is $80,000 to $120,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, interview performance, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.
