Interaction Designer

Summary

Constellation Dealer Group, part of Constellation Software, provides ERP products that help OPE dealers manage their businesses and improve profitability. The Interaction Designer will design and optimize user experiences across Windows, web, and mobile platforms, conduct user research and testing, maintain design systems, and collaborate with development teams throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Transform complex problems into elegant experiences
• Measure usage states and optimize UI and navigation of Desktop, Web, and mobile applications
• Own and maintain a design system
• Conduct testing of sample applications to assess user experience and ease of design
• Create sketches, wireframes, specifications, prototypes, scenarios, and storyboards
• Create surveys for quantitative research to gather and distill feedback
• Participate in qualitative research, observational studies, usability testing, and customer research, remote and on-site
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure that UX research informs the design
• Advocate for the user throughout the product development lifecycle
• Stay abreast of current design methodologies, practices, and trends
• Communicate effectively conceptual ideas, detailed designs, and design approaches/rationales

Skills

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in interaction design, with a strong design portfolio
• Demonstrated grasp of usability heuristics
• Ability to write simple, clear, and concise microcopy
• Excellent visual design skills and experience with leading design tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
• Proficiency with interface design, prototype, interaction design, wireframe, and sketching tools
• Experience in rapid design with tools like v0, Vercel, Bolt, Lovable, and Replit
• Strong understanding of web and mobile technologies - HTML 5, CSS 3, and bootstrap
• A conceptual thinker with proven problem-solving skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Degree in design or a design-related discipline, including industrial design, user-centered design, visual design, graphic design, design strategy, design management, human factors, psychology, anthropology, ethnography, neuroscience, human-computer interaction, etc
• Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g) certification a plus

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in interaction design, with a strong design portfolio
• Demonstrated grasp of usability heuristics
• Ability to write simple, clear, and concise microcopy
• Excellent visual design skills and experience with leading design tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
• Proficiency with interface design, prototype, interaction design, wireframe, and sketching tools
• Experience in rapid design with tools like v0, Vercel, Bolt, Lovable, and Replit
• Strong understanding of web and mobile technologies - HTML 5, CSS 3, and bootstrap
• A conceptual thinker with proven problem-solving skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Degree in design or a design-related discipline, including industrial design, user-centered design, visual design, graphic design, design strategy, design management, human factors, psychology, anthropology, ethnography, neuroscience, human-computer interaction, etc

Nice to Haves

• Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g) certification a plus

Benefits

• Full time employees will also be eligible for enrollment in a wide range of choices of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, short/long term disability, 401(k) participation (with company match).
• The Company provides a minimum of 10 days of vacation for new employees, sick time based on state requirements, 8 Company-paid holidays and 2 personal holidays per year.