User Interface Designer

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The Creative, User Experience, and Accessibility Practice (CrUX) at Duke University is seeking a User Interface (UI) Designer to join our team in the Office of Information Technology (OIT). CrUX elevates end-user experience by integrating UX research, user-centered design, and accessibility into every project. This position reports to the Sr. Manager of the CrUX Practice.

The qualified candidate shows ademonstrated ability to conceive and design websites, products, applications, andvisual layouts while being mindful of key Duke branding,accessibility, and usabilitystandards. Can work independently yet collaboratively- you don't design fora project team, but withthem. Knows how to adapt design processes to different challenges and diverse deliverables.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and/or 4 years of relevant experience.
• Experience creating unique, delightful, easy-to-use digital design solutions.
• Experience working within parameters of an existing brand and style guide to develop creative design solutions.
• Embraces a user-centered approach to design, invested in user behavior and outcomes.
• Skilled in ideation and creation around real customer problems or desires, resulting in effective stakeholder solutions.
• Deep familiarity with modern design tools, especially Figma.
• Strong visual fundamentals in color, typography, and component-based design.
• Familiarity with technical constraints and best practices for responsive web/mobile applications.
• Excellent adaptability and flexibility to quickly iterate or pivot design directions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Solid understanding of, or experience executing, competitive analysis, user experience research and usability testing methods.
• Interest in exploring and incorporating AI-driven tools (e.g., advanced features in Figma) to support innovation, efficiency, and creativity in UI design.
• An understanding of Git, Jira, and similar digital project-tracking frameworks, and basic CSS,
  but not necessarily how to code.
• Eye for choosing photography (from Duke's collections) to visualize concepts.
• Experience in Higher Education

This position is: Hybrid. Work is performed both remotely and on-site at Duke University, depending on project needs.

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Essential Job Duties:

• Produce strategic design resources for a variety of projects and needs across the university
• Lead design ideation and/or brainstorm sessions for clients to understand requirements, design constraints, and set the design direction for individual projects.
• Effectively communicate with team members and clients to evaluate and interpret stakeholder and user needs and translate those into deliverables.
• Develop and present any manner of supportive deliverable: user flows, sketches, wireframes, prototypes, mock-ups.
• Working with broader CrUX team and clients, create assets, design UI components, page layouts and style guides for implementation by development partners.
• Develop time estimates for project deliverables. Scope project requirements and remain attentive to project/task budgets, timelines, and follow-through.
• Collaborate with UX designer/information architects, developers, accessibility administrator, product managers, and other stakeholders on complex strategic challenges intersecting with the CrUX practice.
• Create and deliver learning experiences (workshops or self-paced resources) on UI and visual best practices, design methodology, design software, creative partnership with UX, etc.
• Generate design items such as infographics, flyers, logos, zoom backgrounds, images, data visualizations, etc, as needed.

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Why Join Us:

At Duke's Office of Information Technology, the CrUX team is committed to designing inclusive, accessible, and user-centered digital experiences. You'll work in a collaborative environment that values creativity, innovation, and continuous learning. Your work will directly impact the Duke community by enhancing the usability and visual appeal of digital platforms across the university.

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends onthe robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

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