Design and deliver high-fidelity interfaces and interactive prototypes for transactional retail workflows (search, quoting, inventory, payments). Adapt designs for varied retail hardware, contribute to a centralized design system, collaborate with developers to ensure feasibility within routing-layer architecture, and iterate based on discovery and pilot feedback to reduce friction in payment and quoting tasks.
Role Overview
We are seeking a UI/UX Designer to execute the design vision for a mission-critical retail platform modernization. You will be responsible for taking validated workflows from the discovery phase and turning them into pixel-perfect, functional interfaces. Your work will directly impact the pilot rollout, focusing on creating seamless experiences for high-frequency tasks like quoting and payment processing within a complex, integrated technical environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Detailed UI Design: Create high-fidelity interface designs for core customer-facing workflows, ensuring clarity and speed for Search, Quoting, Inventory, and Payments.
- Prototyping & Interaction: Build interactive prototypes to test and validate user flows, specifically focusing on how the UI handles real-time data from API-based integrations.
- Device Assessment & Adaptation: Adapt designs for various retail hardware and screen resolutions, ensuring the platform is "device-ready" for the pilot rollout.
- Component Development: Contribute to and maintain a centralized design system, ensuring all components are scalable for future multi-vertical expansions.
- Technical Collaboration: Work daily with developers to ensure designs are feasible within the routing layer architecture and to address any UI constraints posed by legacy backend systems.
- Iterative Refinement: Use feedback from the discovery and build phases to refine workflows, focusing on reducing friction in transactional retail tasks.
Required Experience & Skills
- UI/UX Craft: 6+ years of experience in product design, with a strong portfolio showing complex transactional interfaces (e.g., Dashboards, POS, E-commerce).
- Systemic Thinking: Experience working with (and contributing to) robust design systems and style guides.
- Should require experience in AI-driven SDLC execution.
- Interaction Design: Strong understanding of micro-interactions, state management (loading, success, error), and user feedback loops.
- Retail Context: Understanding of the unique challenges of retail environments, such as high-glare screens, touch-screen targets, and rapid-use workflows.
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 44,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 154,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post.
Photon Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
11 East Adams Street Suite 1100, Chicago, IL, United States, 60603
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