About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Information Services.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Role Overview

This Associate UX Designer role supports product-focused teams at a confidential client in the Information Services industry. This is an early-career, full-time opportunity to grow your UX skills by assisting on research, interaction design, and prototyping across web-based software products. You will work closely with senior UX Designers, product managers, and engineers to deliver user-centered solutions.

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What You’ll Do

• Assist project teams through the product development lifecycle to create well-crafted web-based experiences.
• Support and help conduct user research activities (interviews, surveys, usability tests, competitive analysis).
• Analyze research and analytics data and translate findings into actionable design insights.
• Create wireframes, interaction flows, and prototypes (low- to high-fidelity) to communicate design concepts.
• Present design ideas and iterate based on stakeholder and usability feedback.
• Produce design artifacts such as personas, site maps, workflow diagrams, mockups, and engineering-ready assets.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure design feasibility and alignment with project goals and design system standards.
• Contribute to design reviews and help justify design decisions using user-centered methodologies.

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Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with 0–2 years of relevant experience.
• Portfolio demonstrating visual design skill and understanding of user-centered design.
• Foundational knowledge of UX research methods and usability testing (problem framing, interviewing, ideation, iteration, measuring success).
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills; able to explain process and outcomes to varied audiences.
• Openness to feedback and a collaborative mindset.
• Proactive, curious, and committed to continuous learning.

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Tools & Technologies

• Experience or familiarity with modern design and prototyping tools such as Figma, FigJam, Adobe Creative Suite, and usability/research tools (Optimal Workshop, UserInterview, etc.).
• Comfortable producing assets for handoff to engineers and working with design systems.

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Physical & Work Environment

• Ability to sit and operate a computer/phone for extended periods.
• Ability to work occasional evenings/weekends and attend in-office events as needed.
• Regular attendance at the office in Austin, TX is expected.

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Benefits

• Generous paid time off in your first year, increasing with tenure.
• Up to 16 weeks 100% paid parental leave after one year of employment.
• Paid sick time for personal or family care.
• Education assistance and extensive training resources.
• Paid volunteer days and donation matching.
• Competitive 401(k) with company matching.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance options.

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Notes on Hiring & Accommodations

The confidential client is committed to reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities. If you need an accommodation during the application or interview process, please notify the hiring team.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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