Sr. UX Designer

Job Overview
Make a Difference Every Day with Team Applied
The people of Applied are making a difference every day through innovation and a commitment to help safeguard and protect what matters most. With first-to-market software, mobile and data analytics solutions, Applied is revolutionizing companies to strengthen their position as trusted advisors to clients across the world. Our core values challenge employees to make a difference every day with excellence for customers and support for the communities around us. We believe that success comes from a dynamic working environment that offers professionals an opportunity to grow and succeed alongside extraordinary people.
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Job Summary
Applied Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in insurance technology, is currently searching for a Senior UX Designer to lead designs for a number of products in Connected Commercial Lines. The role will encompass a wide-ranging effort across Applied's software offerings, including legacy and new platforms, focused on tying the old and new together into a single, unified vision. The Sr. UX Designer will be dedicated to conducting primary user research, exploring user requirements, vetting user scenarios, sketching, wireframing, mocking up, and prototyping solutions. Ultimately they will be accountable for the delivery, quality, and success of the product's user experience throughout the entire product lifecycle.
In this position, you will:

• Develop a strong understanding of our users' experience through our suite of products, and explore the needs and motivations of our target users
• Research and recommend the best interaction designs and UX best practices to follow
• Bring product ideas to life with quick, well-reasoned wireframes, mockups, and coded prototypes
• Coordinate and conduct primary user research and formal Usability Testing to help us efficiently validate and iterate
• Collaborate with the product and development teams as they implement the design into working code
• Take proactive leadership on projects, driving for the triple-diamond of discovery, design iteration, and follow-up iterations
• Partner with stakeholders in identifying, constructing, and testing information architecture
• Articulate with ease the why behind your design decisions
• Collaborate on the design system, building out atomic design components for reuse across the Ivans portfolio
• Build trust and establish long-term relationships through masterful storytelling in advocating for the user with design decisions

Remote Opportunity: Ability to work 100% remotely, or from an Applied Systems office
Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in UX, preferably in a commercial software environment working on B2B enterprise software or SaaS products
• Well-versed in experimental design, research methodology, and statistical analysis
• Demonstrated experience with research methodologies such as user observation, usability testing, card sorts, persona development, user journeys and surveys
• Demonstrated ability to interpret research data and turn it into actionable insights
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills that promote idea sharing and knowledge transfer
• Excellent planning, time management, and organizational skills
• Proficient in design and prototyping tools (Figma, Balsamiq, Miro, whiteboards, etc.)
• Familiar with web front end technologies including grid layout systems, CSS/SASS, React
• Experience working in an Agile team, Kanban a plus

Corporate Profile
Applied Systems is a leading provider of software that powers the business of insurance. Recognized as a pioneer in agency management systems, insurance organizations rely on the company's software to manage their clients and policies in a consistent manner to minimize risk, reduce operating expenses, and drive sustainable growth and profitability. Leading the industry in technology innovation, Applied Systems has been at the forefront of data exchange between agencies, brokers, carriers and their clients. Today, the company has more than 2,700 employees with customers throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. By automating the insurance lifecycle, Applied Systems remains committed to help safeguard what matters most to millions of people around the world. To learn more, please visit www.AppliedSystems.com .
Employees feel appreciated at Applied Systems. In addition to a competitive benefits package that starts on the first day of employment, we offer paid time off, incredible opportunities for growth, and a culture built on excellence and innovation.