We are seeking an early-career UX designer with a passion for consumer and business-facing digital product design. You have strong visual and interaction design skills, are comfortable with ambiguity, and you are excited with the prospect of re-inventing or building net-new experiences. You will concept, prototype, and evangelize new customer experiences, evolve our design system, and build beautiful, inclusive, and accessible experiences that customers love.

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Responsibilities

• Drive cross-team collaborations with designers, researchers, program managers, product planners, and developers from early stages to implementation  
• Understand the behaviors, motivations, and needs of our customers to develop relevant and impactful interactions and experiences  
• Work closely with product teams to understand  strategic planning and ensure your design process aligns to business goals while creating customer value  
• Draw upon your ability to map end-to-end experiences and ideate broadly to generate creative solutions to complex user scenarios 
• Actively engage in efforts to improve our processes, culture, design direction, and customer interaction 

Qualifications

Our team is open to non-traditional backgrounds and experiences equivalent to the qualifications below: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in Interaction Design, Graphic/Communications Design, Industrial or Product Design, Human-Computer Interactions, Psychology, or related field  
• Experience designing and implementing user interfaces, whether as a professional or as a volunteer, hobbyist, or freelancer  
• Experience with modern design tools like Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, or Sketch (design-focused roles will require fluency in Figma on the job)  
• Demonstrated sense of interaction design attuned to the fundamentals of user experience, including accessibility and inclusive design  
• Effective communication and presentation skills, with the ability to advocate for your ideas and energize others  
• Knowledge of UX research methodologies and processes for analyze collected data  
• Strong problem-solving skills demonstrated in visual design skills or user research rigor. Resume must include a link to design portfolio and/or user research case studies. 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.