User Interface Designer

User Interface Designer

The Creative, User Experience, and Accessibility Practice (CrUX) at Duke University is seeking a User Interface (UI) Designer to join our team in the Office of Information Technology (OIT). CrUX elevates end-user experience by integrating UX research, user-centered design, and accessibility into every project. This position reports to the Sr. Manager of the CrUX Practice.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and/or 4 years of relevant experience.
• Experience creating unique, delightful, easy-to-use digital design solutions.
• Experience working within parameters of an existing brand and style guide to develop creative design solutions.
• Embraces a user-centered approach to design, invested in user behavior and outcomes.
• Skilled in ideation and creation around real customer problems or desires, resulting in effective stakeholder solutions.
• Deep familiarity with modern design tools, especially Figma.
• Strong visual fundamentals in color, typography, and component-based design.
• Familiarity with technical constraints and best practices for responsive web/mobile applications.
• Excellent adaptability and flexibility to quickly iterate or pivot design directions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Solid understanding of, or experience executing, competitive analysis, user experience research and usability testing methods.
• Interest in exploring and incorporating AI-driven tools (e.g., advanced features in Figma) to support innovation, efficiency, and creativity in UI design.
• An understanding of Git, Jira, and similar digital project-tracking frameworks, and basic CSS, but not necessarily how to code.
• Eye for choosing photography (from Duke's collections) to visualize concepts.
• Experience in Higher Education.

This position is: Hybrid. Work is performed both remotely and on-site at Duke University, depending on project needs.

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Essential Job Duties:

• Lead design ideation and brainstorming sessions to understand project requirements and constraints.
• Communicate with clients to evaluate stakeholder and user needs and translate them into design deliverables.
• Develop and present user flows, sketches, wireframes, prototypes, and mock-ups.
• Create assets, UI components, page layouts, and style guides for implementation by development partners.
• Collaborate with product managers, UX researchers, developers, and accessibility experts on strategic design challenges.
• Deliver workshops or self-paced learning resources on UI best practices, design methodology, and tools.
• Generate visual design items such as infographics, flyers, logos, Zoom backgrounds, and data visualizations.

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Why Join Us:

At Duke's Office of Information Technology, the CrUX team is committed to designing inclusive, accessible, and user-centered digital experiences. You'll work in a collaborative environment that values creativity, innovation, and continuous learning. Your work will directly impact the Duke community by enhancing the usability and visual appeal of digital platforms across the university.

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideasan exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.