Cox Automotive is the world’s largest automotive services and technology provider, and they are seeking a UX Architect I. This entry-level role involves helping users achieve goals through interactive experiences, conducting user research, and collaborating with various teams to create compelling interface layouts.
Lead the assessment of competitive user experiences.
Identify strategic opportunities for competitive advantage based on findings.
Examine web analytics to inform user interactions and designs.
Collaborate with product, design, content, and development teams.
Facilitate user scenario planning and tasks with Cox Automotive's product team.
Translate business requirements into simple, highly usable and compelling interface layouts.
Create site maps, user flows, wireframes and interactive mock-ups/prototypes (lo/high fidelity).
Integrates personas/segmentations with related deliverables.
Utilize the Design System to facilitate a familiar, delightful and efficient user experience.
Collaborate with technical teams to determine data accessibility and understand technology constraints/advantages for the design structure.
Ensure developers understand specifications.
Support usability testing by creating working models of the experience design.
Create and support the information architecture of navigation, content, etc.
Champion user needs and product usability while balancing business and technical constraints.
Articulate rationale behind interface decisions and how to prioritize interface features.
Identify tools, templates and techniques to evolve existing processes.
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a related discipline. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as 4 years' experience in a related field.
Knowledge or understanding of user-centered design methods, techniques and other UX principles.
Basic understanding and proficiency with Figma.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent oral, written and verbal communication skills, as well as interpersonal skills.
Preferred
Prior experience as a UX Architect II, designing for mobile devices, including responsive design is a plus.
Experience working with teams on large-scale, long-term projects.
Experience with group facilitation.
Able to work on multiple projects with competing priorities simultaneously.
Able to make intuitive leaps to hypothesize design solutions.
Able to understand the big picture along with expert attention to fine detail.
Able to deal with ambiguity and to convincingly articulate ideas and rationale.
Able to work across multiple internal business units and companies.
Able to work both solo and within a team.
Able to lead and influence without direct authority.
Benefits
Employees are eligible to receive a minimum of sixteen hours of paid time off every month and seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).
Cox Automotive is the world’s largest automotive services and technology provider.
