UX Designer for Higher Education and Non-Profit Websites

Do you have a passion for accessible, inclusive, beautiful websites for organizations that positively impact the world? Are you a self-starter hungry for experience? Then we want to meet you!

At iFactory, you will join a team of talented designers, information architects, writers, strategists, and developers working on projects in the higher education and non-profit space.

What you’ll do

• Create start-to-finish user experiences, with a focus on storytelling and marketing colleges and universities to prospective students.
• Contribute to user research done via focus groups, interviews, and surveys (run by a digital strategist).
• Write personas to capture the distinct desires, needs, and concerns of real people in ways that are creatively actionable.
• Synthesize business problems, user needs, and creative ideas into engaging experiences that people love to use.
• Use Figma to create UX deliverables—sitemaps, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs, with a focus on design systems for large websites.
• Collaborate with other designers and content strategists to ensure content, UX, and design work together to tell a compelling story and guide users to action.
• Consultatively present UX deliverables to large client teams and actively facilitate conversation to draw out feedback and arrive at the best solution.
• Set up interactive prototypes and conduct 1-on-1 testing with users to identify areas of friction and make improvements prior to development.
• Document final decisions via functional specifications for developers, with no details left to guesswork.

Who you are

• Possess a strong portfolio demonstrating highly effective, creative, usable UX.
• A passionate advocate for users as well as organizations that serve them.
• Ability to present UX solutions to large client teams, make strong recommendations grounded in strategy, and actively listen and lead group conversations to arrive at the best solution.
• Comfortable with graphic/UI design—typography, color, imagery, motion, and layout.
• Adept at thinking both creatively and analytically.
• Ability to align UX choices with technical capabilities.
• Proficiency with Figma and design systems.
• An organized and proactive communicator who listens carefully and responds consultatively.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Have a desire to collaborate, learn from others, and constantly improve your craft.

Nice to have

• Have a desire to collaborate, learn from others, and constantly improve your craft.

How to apply

Please include a portfolio link and your resume. Don’t hold back from applying if you don’t “perfectly fit” our requirements. We hire great people, not checklists.

Note: This is a fully remote position. Candidates must reside within the United States. Please do not apply if you are located outside the U.S.

RDW Group, Inc./iFactory is an Equal Opportunity Employer