Web And User Experience Designer

Description:

Responsibilities:

Develops and designs the user interface and overall user experience for websites and applications. May train staff and direct the work of others. Contributes to digital media strategic initiatives and serves as a subject matter expert regarding website design and layout.

• 25% Develops and designs the overall navigation flow, layout of specific pages, and creation of individual graphic elements; ensures that all design elements, templates, and finished solutions work within a variety of browser types and screen settings along with the constraints set by development and design
• 20% Provides design maintenance of websites and other electronic publications and applications
• 20% Develops and implements strategic digital media initiatives, priorities, objectives, and best practices in collaboration with leadership and other functional work units
• 15% Implements graphical and style standards for web sites
• 5% Serves as a subject matter expert and unit liaison to other departments to design graphics and layouts
• 15% Conducts usability, accessibility and quality assurance testing and remediates issues

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

Education:

Preferred
Associate's Degree
Preferred focus in graphic design, web design, human-computer interaction, user experience design, computer science or related field