UI/UX Designer

About GM

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To achieve our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion, we need people to join us who are passionate about creating safer, better and more sustainable ways for people to get around. This bold vision won't happen overnight, but just as we transformed how the world moved in the last century, we are committed to transforming how we move today and in the future.

Why Work for Us

Our culture is focused on building inclusive teams, where differences and unique perspectives are embraced so you can contribute to your fullest potential as you pursue your career. Our locations feature a variety of work environments, including open work spaces and virtual connection platforms to inspire productivity and flexible collaboration. And we are proud to support our employees volunteer interests, and make it a priority to join together in efforts that give back to our communities.

Job Description

In recent years, GM Information Technology has successfully executed the largest IT transformation in the history of the automotive industry, fully insourcing what once was a nearly completely outsourced IT function. Today GM IT is a dynamic and fast paced organization that designs, develops and maintains all IT infrastructure, applications and solutions enabling GM's global operations. From designing and building the next generation of electric and other vehicles to developing a world-class GM experience for our dealers and customers, GM IT is driving real change in the most iconic automaker on the planet. Our team delivers unique enterprise-wide IT solutions in cutting-edge technologies such as mobility, telematics, mission-critical business systems, supercomputing, cloud, vehicle engineering and real-time computing. We offer challenging positions for passionate professionals looking to advance their careers and be a part of an IT organization focused on innovation, speed and business value.

About the First Mile Team at General Motors:

Our First Mile team is responsible for ideating, incubating, testing and delivering on the next generation of ideas. This organization works with GM business partners to explore growth opportunities outside of the company's core, existing businesses and works to indoctrinate lean/agile methodologies in GM . Members of our teams include engineers, architects, designers and product managers who bring innovative and iterative methodologies and technologies together to achieve breakthrough results, drive innovation, and delight customers. Our design team is small but mighty and we come with a can-do attitude.

About the Role:

The UX/UI Designer will fulfill the usability and design responsibilities during the development lifecycle for multiple projects and programs. You will work alongside product management, fellow design team members, development, and business stakeholders to collaborate and drive a user-centered design approach in a balanced-team. This role embodies a passionate, creative, yet pragmatic design doer that can empathize with customer needs and behaviors, identify opportunities, and successfully transform requirements into intuitive and elegant solutions. Our team is diverse, engaged, and moves intently so we expect you to not just keep up, but help lead the way.

Core Responsibilities:

Design and deliver outcomes that elegantly and intuitively answers the needs of our customers or facilitates an experiment while also supporting business objectives

Work throughout the design life cycle from research and ideation through development support and into testing

Convey design ideas in tangible forms like sketches, wires, prototypes, and annotated asset libraries

Work closely with the business and technical teams, and impliment guidance from balance-team leadership
Serve as a User Experience evangelist across the organization

Help translate business requirements and interaction design principles into user experiences that are engaging, intuitive and map to personas, objectives and the unique value propositions that drive the experiment.

Additional Job Description

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2+ years of experience designing for web and mobile applications.

• Bachelor's Degree in Design, Information Architecture or equivalent industry experience

• Experience working on responsive web sites as well as mobile apps

• Understanding of iOS and Android (mobile) design guidelines

• General understanding of Information Architecture

• Passion for great design, purposeful aesthetic sense, an eye for detail and a demonstrated understanding of typography, color, layout

• Deep appreciation and talent for generating simple solutions to complex problems

• Strong understanding of user experience and user-centered design approaches

• Proven ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously in order to meet milestones and deadlines

• Aptitude for communicating design ideas persuasively and concisely both "up" and "across" an organization

• Experience working cross-team and synthesizing feedback and input from product management, engineering, and marketing

• Experienced in tools of the trade, e.g. Adobe, Azure, Zeplin, Sketch, etc.

• Exposure to user testing scenarios

• Design Portfolio of work with roles and responsibilities tied to work defined

This position is available in our Austin, Texas location only - relocation may be available for qualified candidates.

Benefits Overview

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities.GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statements
The policy of General Motors is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, General Motors is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at[email protected]. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.