Lead User Experience (UX) Designer
Founded in 2001, Adage is a web design and development firm that combines strategic thinking with a passion for technology to advance our client's purpose. We bring together a diverse team of creative and technical professionals who partner with our clients to create and implement their digital strategy. It's our people-first approach that drives us to win awards, work with prestigious clients, and break ground with exciting technology.
Adage is consistently recognized as one of Chicago's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For, one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois, and on Crain's Best Places to Work in Chicago.
As a Lead User Experience Designer, you’ll create large-scale technology and web development-centric solutions. You’ll engage closely with clients to understand what they want to accomplish through their website and then work with our developers and UX/UI designers to bring those ideas to life. As a senior member of the team, you will be responsible for leading discovery activities with a diverse set of clients, then creating a digital strategy to achieve their goals. You will follow a human-centered design approach and utilize all available skills from your UX tool belt to incorporate customer research and business strategy into creative solutions.
Our ideal candidate is a strategic, empathetic innovator, has a passion for user experience and a strong portfolio of working websites.
What you’ll be doing:
- Consulting with clients and leading discovery workshops to define and document their business requirements and the challenges they are trying to solve
- Following a human-centered design approach and UX best practices to create engaging user experiences
- Defining user goals and requirements by conducting user research, developing questionnaires, conducting user interviews, performing secondary research, etc.
- Developing sitemaps and prototypes at various levels of fidelity to propose and demonstrate solutions to clients.
- Delivering outstanding client presentations that incorporate personas, user scenarios, user journey maps, and wireframes to present research findings and design ideas
- Guiding and collaborating with cross-functional scrum teams to deliver projects that execute digital strategy on time and on budget
- Expertly managing the design process for multiple projects while incorporating feedback to continuously improve design output
- Collaborating with the sales team to win new business by creating pitches and collateral that wows our prospective clients
What success looks like:
- 100% of projects come in on time and budget
- You are helping sell our services and hitting growth goals
- Clients are advocating and seeking us out for our design services
- We are winning design awards
We want someone with:
- 7-9 years of UX design experience with large-scale, integrated websites or digital products
- Formal design training and art direction experience with exceptional conceptual and design skills
- Expertise in digital design tools like Axure, Figma, Miro, and Sketch
- An overall understanding of web production and technologies and the capabilities within digital channels
- A passion and expertise for collaborating with Project Owners, Designers and Developers to deliver great work
- High energy, a positive attitude, and the motivation to learn and teach
Please include a link to your portfolio along with your resume if you'd like to be considered fully for this position.
What Adage Offers
Adage has consistently been recognized as one of Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For, one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois, and on the Crain’s list of Best Places to Work in Chicago. We have a people first approach, and support our employees with the things that matter most. You’ll enjoy work life balance with flex schedules, work from home options, and 20+ days paid time off annually. Adage offers great benefits with 85% employer paid insurance, profit sharing bonuses, 401k, and FSA. We have monthly happy hours, quarterly social events, an annual retreat, and a great office environment with a stocked kitchen.
Adage Technologies is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that represents and respects diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skill sets. All qualified candidates that share Adage's core values are strongly encouraged to apply.