NEW YORK, NY

User Experience Designer
at Yext

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About the company

Yext

Yext is the global location data management leader and our mission is to help people go places. The award-winning Yext Location Management Platform enables companies of all sizes to manage location data across their websites, mobile apps, internal systems, and the industry’s largest ecosystem of maps, apps, social networks, directories, and search engines including Google, Apple, Facebook, Bing, and Yahoo. Our products—PowerListings®, Pages, and Xone™—enable the world's 50 million businesses to drive face-to-face and digital interactions that boost brand awareness, drive foot traffic, and increase sales.

Yext has been recognized as one of America’s fastest growing companies by the Inc. 500 (#212 in 2015), one of Forbes’ Most Promising Companies (2014 & 2015) and one of Fortune's Best Places to Work (2014 & 2015).


About the role

As a User Experience Designer at Yext, you will be responsible for crafting the user experience of our software products in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment. You will work closely with product managers and tech leads to translate complex product needs and technical capabilities into successful designs. You should have a clean visual sense and a proven record of creating thoughtful user experiences.

IMPORTANT: All candidates must include a portfolio with personal design contributions or work samples. Otherwise, the application cannot be taken into consideration.

Responsibilities

  • Create detailed wireframes for complex web and mobile applications quickly
  • Synthesize high-level business requirements into usable and elegant design solutions
  • Design and conduct small and medium scale usability tests and other UX research activities
  • Work autonomously with product managers to define and prioritize features needed to create great user experiences
  • Collaborate with other stakeholders to ensure the delivered product matches your design vision
  • Contribute to user experience best practices and act as an experience evangelist to the company
  • Stay up-to-date with and display knowledge of market trends and best practices

Minimum Requirements

  • BA/BS or advanced degree in Interaction Design, HCI, Graphic Design, or related field
  • 2-5 years of professional experience in interaction design / user experience design (enterprise software preferred)
  • Demonstrated experience in designing a product from concept to delivery including wireframes, mid-fidelity deliverables, and interactive prototypes
  • Knowledge of UX research and evaluation techniques
  • Ability to juggle multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Self-motivated, dedicated, detail-oriented, and organized
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and teamwork skills

Skills

Graphic Design

Wireframes

Interaction Design




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