Discovery & User Experience

We’re Hiring a User Experience (UX) Designer!

Join a small but mighty department of deeply committed UX professionals!

Position Summary

Provide user experience design services to the Libraries’ content management systems and key technology-based projects. Work with stakeholders across IU Bloomington Libraries’ departments to understand requirements and design web-based user interfaces, mobile user interfaces, and online visual elements to support delivery of library services to faculty, staff, students, and other customers through the library website, blogs, research guides, and other platforms. Conduct user research, accessibility evaluations (FAE, WAVE), and run web analytics reports and other user experience work for the department as needed.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a user experience discipline (human-computer interaction design, interaction design, etc.) or related field and two years of experience in interface and visual design (as demonstrated by a portfolio) or a related professional position.

Combinations of education and related experience may be considered.

Experience with interaction design, visual design, image formats and properties, web design, web fonts, and mobile design. Experience with the relevant interaction and visual design tools (Adobe Creative Suite or equivalent). Experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript or PHP. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of and experience with academic libraries or higher education work environments. Experience with Drupal, WordPress, Blacklight or other comparable open source CMS / discovery layer applications.

Working Conditions / Demands

Physical demands will be limited to moving computing equipment, running cables between equipment, and operating computers of various types. Most duties of this position will involve use of computers for long periods of time and require good mental concentration.

Find and Apply

Navigate to the full position description and apply now. Alternatively, search by the position ID (#291371) or title (User Experience Designer) in the Indiana University Jobs Portal.

Questions? Contact the head of DUX and this position’s supervisor, Jaci Wilkinson.

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