Mgr-UX/UI Research & Design

Position Overview

Leads the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design chapter, setting design standards, sharing best practices and coaching designers to ensure high-quality, consistent and user-centered experiences across digital products.

Essential Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Ability to lead teams and engage effectively with all management levels.
• Lead workshops, training sessions, design reviews to foster knowledge sharing and ensure adoption of UX/UI best practices, guidelines and methodologies across designers embedded in agile pods.
• Establish and maintain UX/UI design standards to ensure consistency and quality across all digital products.
• Provide day-to-day coaching and feedback to designers to develop skills, foster creativity and support project delivery.
• Collaborate with product management, engineering, and other stakeholders to ensure design approaches meet business and user needs.
• Lead initiatives to improve design processes, tools, and workflows to enhance team efficiency and effectiveness.
• Comply with all applicable laws/regulations, as well as company policies/procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in design, human-computer interaction, or a related field
• Five (5) years of experience in UX/UI design
• Proven expertise in leading UX/UI design projects and managing design teams.
• Strong knowledge of design tools such as Sketch, Figma, and Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong communication skills for articulating design concepts and collaborating with stakeholders.
• Ability to lead teams and engage effectively with all management levels.
• Advanced design and prototyping skills for creating intuitive and visually appealing interfaces.
• Experience with user research methodologies and usability testing
• Strong working knowledge of design systems, interaction design principles and accessibility standards (e.g., Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – WCAG)
  
  

Job Conditions

• Some travel required.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

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Additional Details: This position will be domiciled at a FedEx Freight location in Harrison, AR/Memphis, TN/Dallas,TX/Pittsburgh, PA/Lakeland, FL/Brookfield,WI. You will be required to work at a FedEx Freight location several times per week.

FedEx Freight is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.

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