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Motorola Mobility is one of the world’s fastest growing smartphone providers, creating groundbreaking, affordable, high-quality products designed and built with the global customer in mind. And it’s our people who make this all happen. We are thinkers, risk-takers and problem solvers, working together to constantly challenge the status quo. If you share our commitment to ingenuity, creativity and innovation, we want you to help us define our world of tomorrow. Explore the opportunities and apply today.

About the job

Motorola Mobility is looking for a talented UX Manager to join our User Experience Design team. The User Experience Design group is responsible for creating digital experiences for the Motorola smartphone product line. From building the camera app interface, to leading the UX & UI design for the Moto Razr, our team is an essential part of what makes Motorola phones great. We are creative problem-solvers, design-lovers, and innovators who work together to deliver user-centered design solutions. If this sounds like you, we want to meet you. This role is for our Sáo Paolo office. You’ll be joining a global design organization, with offices in Chicago, Brazil, and China. 

Key areas

UX team management - You'll be responsible for managing several UX designers who work on various projects across the business. The ideal candidate will have several years of experience with design & performance management. Our team is learning focused, a leader who can coach, promote skill development and help elevate the capability of the larger team would be an ideal fit.

Lead UX design for a project — Work hand in hand with project managers to define the vision for an app or experience. Drive clarity of project requirements, deliverables and expected timelines. Facilitate collaborations between supporting designers. Ensure high quality designer deliverables, ensure that the final product going to users meets our standard of quality, aesthetic & usability.

Design strategy — Work closely with design leadership to ensure apps and experiences align with our global design strategy. Help evangelize user-centered design within the business, and advocate for strategic user outcomes. Assist in crafting high-fidelity material that represents the experiences that our team creates.

Logic & interaction design — Build experiences based off of a solid foundation of information architecture & behavioral logic. Build user flows with a nuanced understanding of decision hierarchy, user behavior and detail oriented micro-interaction.

Responsibilities

• Manage & mentor a team of several UX design designers

• Support the growth and development of multiple products within our experience portfolio

• Independently lead UX design work on designated projects

• Collaborate with PM & SW work-partners to define project requirements

• Drive design process throughout the project cycle (discovery, concept, delivery)

• Ensure on time delivery of high quality design work

• Visually communicate ideas and concepts

• Regularly present ongoing work to design team & design leadership

• Give and receive peer review in order to elevate work quality

• Create user-centered design work, incorporate user feedback, prioritize usability

• Clearly document deliverables and create detailed specifications

• Help design leadership foster a constructive environment with emphasis on creativity, collaboration and inclusiveness

Qualifications

• 7+ years relevant experience

• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written & visual)

• Hands-on experience with digital product design & development

• Hands-on experience creating digital interfaces

• Demonstrated understanding of user-centered design & design process

• Demonstrated ability to build use cases, user flows, information architecture

• Demonstrated ability to work with PM/SW to ship high quality products

• Experience working with software development teams

• Advanced knowledge of design tools like Sketch, Figma, various prototyping tools

• Ability to create prototypes & design proof of concept

• Storytelling - ability to communicate ideas in a compelling way

• English proficiency required

A portfolio or work sample is required to apply to this role. Candidates will be asked to discuss their work during the interview process. The person best suited for this role will be able to demonstrate storytelling, critical thinking and problem solving skills through this discussion.