Sr. UX Designer

Job Overview

Applied Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in insurance technology, is currently searching for a Senior UX Designer to lead designs for a number of products in our IVANS portfolio. IVANS is the insurance industry’s platform to connect insurers, MGAs, agencies, and the insured. The Sr. UX Designer will be dedicated to conducting primary user research, exploring user requirements, vetting user scenarios, sketching, wireframing, mocking up, and prototyping solutions. Ultimately accountable for the delivery, quality, and success of the product’s user experience throughout the entire product lifecycle

What You’ll Do

In this position, you will:

• Develop a strong understanding of our users’ experience through our suite of products, and explore the needs and motivations of our target users
• Research and recommend the best interaction designs and UX best practices to follow
• Bring product ideas to life with quick, well-reasoned wireframes, mockups, and coded prototypes
• Coordinate and conduct primary user research and formal Usability Testing to help us efficiently validate and iterate
• Collaborate with the product and development teams as they implement the design into working code
• Take proactive leadership on projects, driving for the triple-diamond of discovery, design iteration, and follow-up iterations
• Partner with stakeholders in identifying, constructing, and testing information architecture
• Articulate with ease the why behind your design decisions
• Collaborate on the design system, building out atomic design components for reuse across the Ivans portfolio
• Build trust and establish long-term relationships through masterful storytelling in advocating for the user with design decisions
  
  

What You’ll Need to Succeed

We’re looking for someone who:

• Ability to work 100% remotely, or from an Applied Systems office
  
  

Your experience should include some or all of the following:

• Experience in Product Operations and/or Product Management
• 5+ years of experience in UX, preferably in a commercial software environment working on B2B enterprise software or SaaS products
• Well-versed in experimental design, research methodology, and statistical analysis
• Demonstrated experience with research methodologies such as user observation, usability testing, card sorts, persona development, user journeys, and surveys
• Demonstrated ability to interpret research data and turn it into actionable insights
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills that promote idea-sharing and knowledge transfer
• Excellent planning, time management, and organizational skills
• Proficient in design and prototyping tools (Figma, Balsamiq, Miro, whiteboards, etc.)
• Familiar with web front-end technologies including grid layout systems, CSS/SASS, React
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in the areas of Information Science, Computer Science, or related disciplines
• We proudly support and encourage people with military experience, as well as military spouses, to apply
  
  

What You’ll Gain

Benefits from Day One

• Health insurance plans, dental, and vision
• Wellness incentives
• 401(k) and/or RRSP retirement savings plans with employer match
  
  

Work-Life Balance

• Competitive paid vacation time and a free day for your birthday
• Personal/sick time
• Paid holidays
• Flex Time
• Paid parental leave (U.S. candidates)
• Volunteer time off
  
  

Empowering Career Growth and Success – We invest in talent, care about our people, and are empowered by the results of our work. We grow our teams from within and give our employees opportunities to advance.

What We Value

We strive for excellence at every turn to be the best at what we do. We invest in talent, care about our people, and are empowered by the results of our work. We fulfill the promise of insurance – safeguarding and protecting what matters most in people’s lives. And there is no more important job than that.

Our focus on the workforce, workplace, and marketplace gives us a qualified individual in an environment in which they can be productive while we maintain our position in the industry. To help drive that change toward a vibrant, modern workplace, we have employee-driven networks with commonalities in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and military status.

Who We Are

Applied Systems is the leading global provider of cloud-based software that powers the business of insurance. Recognized as a pioneer in insurance automation and the innovation leader, Applied is the world’s largest agency and brokerage management systems provider, serving customers throughout the United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. By automating the insurance lifecycle, Applied’s people and products enable millions of people worldwide to safeguard and protect what matters most.

For 40 years, Applied Systems has led an industry we helped to create with a mission to continuously improve the business of insurance. From partnerships, acquisitions, and insurance innovation initiatives, Applied has focused on efforts to be the indispensable partner in our industry.

It’s an exciting time at Applied. You can do big things here, in an environment that supports creative thinking and bold ideas. Visit http://www.AppliedSystems.com for more information on how you can challenge what’s possible.

EEO Statement

Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don’t discriminate, and we are committed to recruit, develop, retain, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.