Principal UX Designer
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Job Summary
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Principal UX Designer
ABOUT SLATE
At Slate were building safe reliable vehicles that people can afford personalize and loveand doing it here in the USA as part of our commitment to reindustrialization. The spirit of DIY and customization runs throughout every element of a Slate because people should have control over how their trucks look feel and represent them.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Slate is looking for an energetic organized experienced Principal UX Designer to join our growing team.
WHAT YOU GET TO DO
The Principal UX Designer will help our customers engage with our vehicle program through clarity of concepts and workflow. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading impactful UX projects in disruptive ambiguous problem spaces. They will be a part of the team responsible for defining how people interact with Slate products. The ideal candidate will be proficient at establishing User Experience (UX) processes to drive ease of use and consistency across Slate products in and out of vehicle.
The responsibilities of the Principal UX Designer include but are not limited to the following:
- Participate in UX strategy planning and reviews.
- Promote and advise stakeholders on the user-centric approach and apply UX methodologies to validate and inform design decisions.
- Build relationships with key partners in Brand Design and HMI Engineering and Software teams.
- Help balance strategic and tactical initiatives to help ensure the team is solving the most critical user needs.
- Expertly articulate insights and actionable UX recommendations to executive level stakeholders.
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TEAM
- You have a Bachelors Degree in User Experience Design HMI communications or related UX field.
- You bring 10 years professional work experience leading high impact UX projects.
- Youre experienced in interface design and evaluation; thorough knowledge and experience of a range of UX approaches and methodologies is a must.
- You have a passion for emerging technologies new interaction models apps and interactive interfaces.
- You are a proven strategic thinker and collaborator who flourishes in an ambiguous problem space
- You actively engage your teammates and proactively initiate new projects.
- You have excellent interpersonal organizational and analytical skills
- Youre proficient in both writing and speaking the English language
- Youre proficient with UX design tools such as Figma.
- You have deep understanding of accessibility and inclusivity in UX.
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters Degree in in User Experience Design HMI communications or related UX field.
- Experience in automotive or consumer electronics industries
- Experience working within an agile development process
WHY JOIN TEAM SLATE
Were fueled by grit determination and attention to detail. Slates start-up spirit of ingenuity and resourcefulness moves our business forward. Team Slate fosters a culture of excellence innovation and mutual respect and is motivated by shared principles.
- Safety First
- Delight Customers
- One Team
- Relentless Improvement
- Fast Frugal and Scrappy
- Respectful Collaboration
- Positive Legacy
Compensation range in Seattle WA- $138465.00 - $173081.00
The stated pay scale reflects the range that Slate reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors including an applicants years of experience unique skills and abilities education alignment with similar internal candidates marketplace factors other requirements for the position and employer business addition to base pay Slate also offers short-term and long-term incentive programs 401k match annual bonus and company equity based on eligibility along with a robust offering of benefit and wellness plans HSA/FSA.
WE WANT TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT REFLECT THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE OPERATE:
- Slate is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age veteran status marital status parental status cultural background organizational level work styles tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason.
- Slate is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability you may contact us at
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- CSS
- InVision
- Balsamiq
- HTML5
- Information Architecture
- Ux
- Usability
- Wireframing
- UI
- Axure
- Responsive Web Design
- Sketch
