Lenovo

As part of the Lenovo Experience Group (LXG), Next UX is an innovative research and design team at Lenovo.   We hunt new UX solutions that Lenovo could deliver over the next 2- 4 years by exploring intersections between design, technology, and user value.   We endeavor to uncover the best problems to solve and craft new experiences that properly solve them.  The team works across a broad set of focus areas for Lenovo including the Future of PC UX, Evolution of Workplace Collaboration, UX of AI in SaaS, Enterprise Digital Experiences and Services.

We seek someone who possesses a strong foundation in UX/UI principles coupled with exceptional conceptual development skills to solve complex challenges and drive innovation as we grow our focus on Enterprise Digital Experiences from Lenovo. This role is hybrid at our Morrisville, NC location 3 days per week.

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Key Responsibilities

Drive conceptual development:

• Strategic Mindset: Align design solutions with business goals, user needs, and technical constraints, understanding how UX contributes to business success. Remain aware of the end-to-end user experience to identify the stronger opportunities for experience innovation.
• Innovative Problem Solving: Define and solve complex design challenges in enterprise environments.  Generate novel design solutions that improve experience and efficiency.
• Divergent-Convergent Process: The best solutions do not exist yet.  Cyclically explore, prototype and narrow.
• Stakeholder & team collaboration: Communicate design directions and perspectives effectively to both decision makers and collaborators. 

Utilize core UX/UI skills:

• Interaction Design: Design intuitive interactions, considering user flows and micro interactions.
• Visual Design: Apply visual hierarchy, typography, color theory, and design systems.
• Information Architecture: Organize complex information for efficient navigation
• Prototyping: Create wireframes and prototypes to communicate design concepts and validate solutions.  Exploit design-to-code capabilities and emerging AI tools to aid the process. 
• User Understanding: Incorporate insights from user research activities to understand and meet user needs for an enterprise context.

Apply enterprise-specific knowledge:

• Enterprise Systems: Familiarity with enterprise applications (e.g., CRM, ERP)
• Systems Thinking: Understand how system parts interact and how design impacts user experience in large-scale, interconnected enterprise solutions.
• Complex Workflows: Design solutions for intricate workflows, ensuring user efficiency.
• Data Visualization: Present complex data clearly using charts, graphs, and dashboards.

Basic Qualifications

• Degree in Interaction Design, Graphic Design, HCI, Computer Science or Engineering
• 5+ years of professional practice designing enterprise digital experiences   
• Adept at using Figma, Adobe XD and Miro to create and communicate

Preferred Qualifications

• Appetite to tackle ambiguity and the fuzzy front-end of complex problem areas
• An optimistic and resilient professional outlook – our work is exciting and challenging
• Maker-mentality with desire to prototype early and test ideas
• Talent for building narratives that tie user insight and concept / product direction
• Relishes working with others, feeds off peer input and team energy
• A growth mindset – we constantly study and work to improve how we do what we do

Lenovo’s various benefits can be found on www.lenovobenefits.com.

In compliance with Colorado's EPEWA, the expected application deadline for this position is July 2, 2025. This applies to both external and internal candidates.