• Job Summary/Basic Function

Maryville University is seeking a motivated and creative UX and Web Designer to join our dynamic marketing team. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in the University's digital presence, as this role focuses on enhancing the user experience across our digital platforms, ensuring that they are accessible, engaging, and effective in communicating with our diverse audience of online and on-campus students, faculty, and alumni.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Assist in the design and development of user interfaces for Maryville University’s digital properties including websites, mobile apps, and interactive tools.
• Collaborate with the Director of Brand Activation to ensure that all designs align with our brand’s standards and overall communication strategy.
• Participate in discussions around user research to understand their needs and behaviors and support identifying key findings to inform design decisions.
• Create user flows, wireframes, and prototypes to communicate your design concepts.
• Optimize web pages for performance, complete updates and regular maintenance for websites.
• Ensure all designs function across various browsers and devices, maintaining high-quality graphic standards and brand consistency.
• Collaborate with internal and external content creators to marry visual design with content strategy.
• Participate in design reviews and share your ideas and feedback with team members.
• Track latest trends in UX, incorporating them into operations and activities to enhance effectiveness and user experience.
• Review digital assets to ensure compliance with WCAG AA accessibility standards to guarantee an inclusive user experience.
• Proficiency in UX design software such as Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma, or similar tools.
• Strong presentation skills to effectively present your work and ability to clearly articulate design decisions
• Understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and the capabilities and limitations of web technologies.
• Knowledge of Wordpress and themes with a page builder such as Salient.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Practice Maryville’s five values and focus on these areas to help be a part of the ecosystem Maryville thrives daily to grow.
     1. Personalized, Learner-Centered Flexibility to make everything easy and accessible
     2. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to treat everyone with respect
     3. Five-Star Service to internal and external stakeholders
     4. Courageousness to continuously improve our collective abilities
     5. Being Data Driven in day-to-day activities

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience with data-driven UX design and tools for analytics.
• Proficiency in UX design software such as Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma, or similar tools.
• Strong presentation skills to effectively present your work and ability to clearly articulate design decisions
• Understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and the capabilities and limitations of web technologies.
• Knowledge of Wordpress and themes with a page builder such as Salient.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Practice Maryville’s five values and focus on these areas to help be a part of the ecosystem Maryville thrives daily to grow.
• Personalized, Learner-Centered Flexibility to make everything easy and accessible
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to treat everyone with respect
• Five-Star Service to internal and external stakeholders
• Courageousness to continuously improve our collective abilities
• Being Data Driven in day-to-day activities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data-driven UX design and tools for analytics.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and best practices for inclusive design. This can also grow over time.
• Experience in Salesforce platforms, including Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and other visual design tools are a plus.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and best practices for inclusive design. This can also grow over time.
• Experience in Salesforce platforms, including Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and other visual design tools are a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Interaction Design (or a related field) or proven years of experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in UX design, including internships or academic projects.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in web design, including internships or academic projects.

Physical Demands

Open Until Filled

Yes

Special Instructions to Applicants

An offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background screening.

Applicants requiring University sponsorship to obtain employment authorization will not be considered for this position.

Maryville University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race/color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. This extends to all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruiting, hiring, training, on-the-job treatment, promotion, layoff, and termination.