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KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (BL-BUS-IUBLA)

The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University is a comprehensive provider of top-tier business education with a full portfolio of undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and executive programs on campuses in Bloomington and Indianapolis, and online worldwide. The Kelley School has been creating career momentum for students for more than 100 years, going from 70 students in 1920 to an enrollment of more than 14,000 students today. Our innovative curriculum is built on personal development, teamwork, and experiential learning with an emphasis on global and social responsibility. Our success is reflected in our reputation among academic peers, our career placement statistics, and the accomplishments of more than 127,000 living alumni around the globe.

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Creates compelling user-centered visual design concepts for websites, web applications, email, blogs, and other digital platforms, using established design systems and optimizing the use of screen layout and user interface elements.
• Provides creative design solutions that enhance the visual experience for users, taking into consideration varying presentation formats (mobile vs. desktop).
• Designs user interactions and experiences, delivering Figma mockups, as needed.
• Oversees and manages organization of digital assets, including images and graphics, within the web content management and digital asset management systems, adhering to best practices for image and graphic formats and naming standards, and storage.
• Updates content and design elements in web content management system, using image production and web coding (HTML, CSS) skills.
• Collects website user feedback (direct and from internal search analysis) and responds to user queries (as needed).
• Collaborates with user interface designer and content developers to develop solutions for requests from internal stakeholders.
• Assists in executing email marketing campaigns, including design and production of html emails.
• Documents design standards and makes ongoing recommendations to improve and promote design best practices.
• Ensures accessibility standards uniformly across digital products.
• Performs quality assurance testing on website and email features.
• Ensures that all web design complies with university and school design standards and protocols; researches and stays up to date with web and email design techniques and approaches to improve visual appeal, performance, and overall user experience.

General Responsibilities

• Creates interaction models, user task flows, UX deliverables (personas, principles, guidelines, wireframes, etc), usability studies, and UI specifications utilizing user-centered design methodologies.
• Consults with project owners and/or clients and performs requirements analysis, rapid prototyping, and mock-up design concepts that ensure optimum usability and functionality.
• Provides creative design solutions that enhance the visual experience for users, taking into consideration varying presentation formats (mobile vs. desktop).
• Contributes to documentation standards, interface guidelines, and promotes UX design best practices.
• Applies accessibility standards and UX design patterns uniformly across all projects.
• Provides training and information through seminars and various communications to user departments and internal staff.
• Ensures that all UX designs comply with university UX design standards and protocols; researches and stays up-to-date with UX design techniques and approaches to improve visual appeal, performance, and overall user experience.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree (preferably in graphic design, human-centered interface design, or related field)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 2 years of experience designing and creating interfaces for complex systems/sites with large, diverse audience base

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
• Strong understanding of interface design and visual design principles as they pertain to web-based applications, sites, and systems, including translating user research findings into functional requirements and developing functional specifications
• Proficient understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or visual design software is required
• Proficient understanding of the major browsers (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.) and creating sites/systems to work with varying browser capabilities
• Knowledge of and experience with good user-centered design methods is required and experience with usability evaluations is preferred
• Proficient understanding of research methodologies, including experiment design, contextual inquiry, interviewing and observation, usability testing, focus groups, surveys, expert evaluation, or Web data analytics (e.g., conversion analysis)
• Understanding in one or more of the current design tools, (e.g. Figma, Sketch, Axure, OmniGraffle, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Familiarity with accessibility best practices and ability to identify and recommend remediation steps for accessibility issues

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Bloomington, Indiana

This position is eligible for remote work or to work a hybrid schedule (mix between remote and in-person work), subject to change in the future based on university policy and business needs.

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Multiple plan options for medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
• Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
• Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
• Additional supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition benefit for IU classes
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure.

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Information Technology

Job Family: User Experience

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there may be differences in the working conditions as advertised in our standard job postings (e.g., the ability to travel from one campus to another, etc.). If you are invited for an interview, please discuss your questions or concerns regarding the working conditions at that time.

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