UX Designer - American Technology Consulting

job descriptionAs a User Experience (UX) Design Lead for the John Deere Intelligent SolutionsGroup (Deere Location), you will support projects of moderate and highcomplexity through the development of User Interaction task flows, wireframes,prototypes through to final production for new and existing products.In addition, you will:• Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to features anddevelop user-centered system requirements• Plan, coordinate, and perform UX interaction design and validation activitiesfor a variety of projects of highly automated systems• Collaborate with UX designers on solution concepts derived from user-centeredsystem requirements• Work closely with engineering and development teams to ensure features areimplemented according to specification• Mentor and coach less-experienced UX DesignersNote: A portfolio demonstrating ability to prototype and design elegant UXsolutions (website URL or attachment) is required upon application.What Skills You Need• Four or more years of experience planning, executing, and analyzing UX designprojects• Four or more years of visual interface design as applied to web and mobile• Four or more years of experience applying User-Centered Design principles tocomplex interface problems• Four or more years of experience working with cross-functional teams, such as:engineering, software development, marketing, and business leaders• Three or more years of experience of communicating research methodology,design concepts, data analysis, and test results to a broad range ofstakeholders• Three or more years of experience with technology and product developmentprocessesWhat Makes You Stand Out• Two or more years of visual interface design as applied to in-vehicle displays• Demonstrate ability to champion end user experience and to influence digitalproduct designs across product areas• Demonstrate experience in product discovery, design research and conceptvalidation to inform experience definition and design concepts• A strong portfolio of UI visual design, task flows, and designing to solveuser problems• Experience using UX metrics and a user-centered design process to provideinsights to product engineering groups• Experience applying design principles in terms of user flows, accessibility,visual hierarchy, and brand influence• Demonstrated ability to utilize prototyping, user flows, storyboards and/orexisting research to provide insights to design ahead of high-fidelity designdelivery• Experience designing for agriculture in-vehicle interfacesEducation (or equivalent work experience)Ideally, you will have a degree or equivalent work experience in the following:Bachelor's degree in a Human Factors, Graphic Design, Interaction / VisualDesign, or related field discipline or equivalent experience