UX Architect

About This Role

CapTech is seeking a UX Architect to design sophisticated, intuitive, and impactful digital brand experiences. This role involves leading design activities, communicating design rationale to clients, and mentoring junior practitioners.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of personas, customer journeys, conceptual prototypes, and responsive interfaces following interaction design and usability best practices
• Lead advanced design activities such as design workshops, rapid prototyping, and iterative user testing
• Produce clean, informative, and concise presentations to clients and internal teams that communicate the rationale behind designs and recommendations
• Advocate the benefits of accessible design and usability with clients and team members
• Give insightful and constructive feedback on designs, including interactions, information architecture, content, and alignment with business goals and user needs
• Perform competitive assessments and provide innovative alternatives, as well as research and understand design and technology trends
• Discuss scope and level of effort (LOE) with senior practice area and account team members
• Volunteer for CX leadership opportunities, including contributing to methodologies, capabilities, approaches, and toolset
• Mentor others about design and provide design oversight and art direction for visual and interaction designers

Requirements

• Strong conceptual and visual communication skills
• Expert knowledge of interaction design and usability principles
• Proven understanding of user research and usability testing methodologies
• Strong analytic capabilities to provide insights and recommendations
• Proven understanding of product strategy, heuristic analysis, information architecture, user research, user interface and interaction design, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing
• Experience with multiple domains of human-centered design including user and market research, product and experience strategy, information architecture, experience design, content strategy, optimization, and customer insight

Qualifications

• 4-year+ degree in design, fine arts, or similar preferred
• 5+ years professional experience, ideally in a consulting or agency context

Nice to Have

• Figma expertise
• Proficiency in comparable design tools (Sketch, Adobe XD)
• Proficiency with Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
• Proficiency with PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of Agile product development lifecycles and practices
• Familiarity with WCAG and other accessibility guidelines and standards

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits