UX Architect

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Hybrid

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Contract

|Job ID 69470|Posted Feb 24, 2025
JOB DESCRIPTION

Our client is seeking a passionate and experienced UX Architect to join their dynamic team. This role is perfect for someone who is customer-obsessed and thrives on developing human-centered experiences that provide personalized, clear, helpful, and inclusive solutions.

This role is hybrid - 3 days per week in Minneapolis, MN
 

As a UX Architect, you will be at the intersection of user needs and business goals, leveraging human-centered design methods to influence product roadmaps and demonstrate a solution's potential for success. You will also perform competitive analysis and monitor the marketplace for new trends to inform the research and design process.
 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Employ a range of human-centered, accessible design techniques, such as conceptual models, personas, user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes, to determine and convey design decisions.

  • Optimize experience architecture to promote findability and usability, while accommodating technical and business needs/constraints.

  • Review artifacts and deliverables from peers to ensure they accurately represent or improve upon the layout, design, and interaction patterns.

  • Accurately interpret how the brand is applied to interaction modules, screen layouts, style guides, pattern libraries, images, icons, and other visual elements.

  • Formally observe user interviews and usability sessions.

  • Work concurrently on multiple tasks or projects in an agile environment.

  • Deliver assets of record, e.g., wireframes, versioned prototypes, flow/process diagrams, etc.

  • Participate in validating code is built as designed during projects (according to brand standards, style guides, and pattern libraries).
     

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree (preferred emphasis on Service Design, Experience Architecture, or Information Architecture), or equivalent experience.

  • Five to eight years of related work experience, such as UX or digital industry, with at least one year of team leadership experience.
     

Preferred Skills/Experience:

  • Thorough knowledge of user experience (UX) best practices, interactive design principles, information architecture, and experience architecture.

  • Thorough knowledge of design thinking process and framework, and familiarization with workshop and co-creations.

  • Experience with user-centered design from concept to delivery.

  • Experience/familiarity with CSS and responsive design.

  • Familiar with common design software.

  • Experience working in a cross-channel environment, including desktop/laptop, mobile, devices, and brick-and-mortar locations.

  • Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.

  • Ability to problem-solve and work independently.
     

Join our client's team and contribute to creating exceptional experiences that meet the needs of diverse users while achieving business objectives.

Horizontal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. 

We seek to provide employment opportunities to talented, qualified candidates regardless of race, color, sex/gender including gender identity and/or expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under federal, state or local law.

In addition, Horizontal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the application or interview process, please contact us.

All applicants applying must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment.