Role Overview
A Junior UX Designer is a core member of a specific LHD project's UX Design Team. They are responsible for executing complex design tasks that help shape the user experience of an LHD application. Working under the guidance of a UX Design Lead, they collaborate closely with other designers, software engineers, and the Product Lead to transform ideas into intuitive and accessible designs. This role is foundational to LHD's mission of creating technology solutions that effectively tackle student problems.
Generally, a Junior UX Designer’s responsibilities is focused on their assigned project(s). However, a Junior UX Designer has the necessary skills to apply these key responsibilities across any LHD project.
Key Responsibilities
- Everything in UX Design Fellow
- Collaborate with the Product Lead to understand requirements and with Technical Lead to ensure designs are technically feasible.
- Actively participate in design critiques, providing and receiving constructive feedback.
- Assist in user research and usability testing to validate design decisions.
- Mentor UX Design Fellows on their project team by ensuring they progress through the Skill Tags Framework enough to advance to Junior UX Designers within two academic semesters.
- Contribute to design decision-making processes within the project.
- Continuously develop skills in key areas such as creating variables, ensuring accessibility, and working with design systems.
- Regularly assist the UX Design Lead in reviewing Pull Requests to verify design implementation matches the Figma design.
- Regularly assist the UX Design Lead in creating GitHub Issues to delegate feature and design implementations to the project’s Development Team.
Qualifications & Skills