Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ACL Digital is seeking a User Experience Designer to enhance the Graduate Admissions Slate portal. The role involves researching user experience requirements, creating wireframes and prototypes, and ensuring designs are user-friendly and accessible.
Responsibilities
- Investigate and define user experience requirements for the Graduate Admissions Slate portal through research and, where applicable, user testing
- Create wireframes, user flows, and interactive prototypes to communicate design concepts to internal stakeholders prior to development
- Design and develop a refreshed Slate portal experience that is visually cohesive, on-brand, intuitive, and user-friendly for prospective graduate students
- Build a modular content block library within Slate that enables school- and college-level customization without requiring advanced technical knowledge from end users
- Develop high-fidelity UI elements — including layouts, typography, and iconography — brand standards
- Ensure all portal and email designs are responsive and optimized for mobile viewing, meeting WCAG accessibility standards
- Collaborate with the EM marketing and creative team to align designs with brand identity guidelines
- Iterate designs based on stakeholder feedback and, where available, user data
- Deliver fully production-ready, documented Slate configurations and/or HTML/CSS files
- Secondary scope: redesign HTML email templates within Slate's email delivery system if budget allows
Skills
- Proven experience as a UI/UX Designer with a strong, accessible portfolio (portfolio link required)
- Advanced proficiency in HTML5 and CSS
- Strong familiarity with Slate's portal architecture, content block structure, and configuration requirements
- Solid understanding of user-centered design principles, accessibility (WCAG), and usability testing
- Working knowledge of design systems and component-based design
- Familiarity with usability testing methods and incorporating data-driven iteration
- Visual design capabilities with a strong eye for layout, typography, color, and brand compliance
- Experience with responsive design principles for mobile-ready interfaces
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate and defend design decisions to stakeholders
- Ability to work independently, manage a defined scope, and deliver production-ready work on schedule
- Proficiency in Figma (preferred), Sketch, or Adobe XD for wireframing, prototyping, and high-fidelity UI design
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