Hydrific is a startup venture inside LIXIL dedicated to researching water sustainability and developing innovative ways to save water. LIXIL is the global market leader in the sanitary ware industry with well established brands including American Standard, GROHE, INAX and SATO - which aims to improve sanitation for 100 million people. LIXIL makes pioneering products that make better homes a reality for everyone, everywhere. Help make a positive impact on the world by joining our entrepreneurial venture team, with the backing of a multibillion-dollar company dedicated to improving the quality of people's lives & the environment. See LIXIL's sustainability commitment here: https://www.lixil.com/en/sustainability

The Leader, User Experience will be responsible for crafting and designing our consumer-facing mobile app product and visualizing data from a connected IoT hardware system. Collaborating with an agile scrum team, the Leader, User Experience will work alongside customer research, visual design, business strategy, software developers, mechanical engineers, and product owner to create an intuitive, user-centered mobile application that achieves system and business goals. This position enjoys a hybrid work arrangement (1-3 days a week in our NYC office).

Responsibilities:

 Championing the user experience process within the Hydrific team.  Designing UX wireframe flows and application interface designs for the software team to implement.  Collaborating with the business development & software team to design, analyze, usability test, refine, iterate, and implement the UX for the mobile app prototypes & final product. Applying research and usability findings into concepts and working prototypes  Visualizing & communicating complex data in an easy-to-understand format for end-users.  Bringing the mobile app from concept through to live production, maintaining design intent and usability.

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in User Experience design • 3+ years of experience designing consumer-facing mobile apps, especially IoT connected • Bachelor's degree in UX/UI Design, Graphic Design, HCI, Industrial Design, or equivalent previous experience • Experience in New Product Development with the ability to deliver creative solutions based on consumer-centric research process • Experience with relevant software such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Miro, Jira, PowerPoint, etc • Familiar with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS – Using Flutter as the UI software development kit • Excellent interpersonal, communication & organizational skills • Startup Experience as well as previous experience designing for IoT devices & systems a plus

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