UX Design Lead opportunity in Columbus, OH (Onsite) Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you’d like, where you’ll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you’ll be able to reimagine what’s possible. Join us and help the world’s leading organizations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world. **Location: Columbus, OH (3 days onsite)** **Job Description** The UX Design Lead is responsible for leading the creation of user-centered design solutions across digital platforms. This role combines strategic vision, creative leadership, and hands-on design expertise to ensure the delivery of exceptional user experiences. The ideal candidate possesses a deep understanding of user-centered design principles, a strong design portfolio, and the ability to mentor and inspire teams to achieve innovative outcomes. **Experience:** **Strong experience in UX/UI design, with at least 3 years in a leadership or senior role.** Proven track record of delivering successful, user-centered design solutions for complex products or platforms. **Skills:** Expertise in design tools like Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, or similar. Strong portfolio showcasing proficiency in UX, interaction, and visual design. Solid understanding of design systems, accessibility standards, and usability principles. Familiarity with front-end development concepts (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to tackle complex design challenges. **Key Responsibilities** **Strategic Leadership:** Define and drive the UX vision and strategy aligned with business and product goals. Advocate for user-centric design approaches across the organization. Collaborate with leadership to establish design priorities and roadmaps. **Design Oversight and Execution:** Lead the design of intuitive and visually compelling interfaces for web and mobile applications. Oversee the creation of wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups. Ensure design consistency through the use of style guides, design systems, and pattern libraries. **Team Leadership and Mentorship:** Manage and mentor a team of UX/UI designers, ensuring their professional growth and skill development. Foster a culture of collaboration, creativity, and accountability within the design team. Provide constructive feedback on design work, ensuring adherence to best practices and organizational standards. **User Research and Insights:** Partner with UX researchers to incorporate user insights into the design process. Participate in user testing, analysis, and synthesis to validate design decisions. Identify user pain points and opportunities to improve the overall experience. **Collaboration and Communication:** Work closely with product managers, developers, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality products. Communicate design concepts and solutions effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences. Act as a bridge between design and development, ensuring feasibility and alignment. **Continuous Improvement and Innovation:** Stay informed about the latest UX trends, tools, and technologies. Experiment with new methods, technologies, and approaches to push design boundaries. Drive improvements in UX workflows and processes to enhance team efficiency. **Education:** Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Graphic Design, or a related field. Works in the area of Software Engineering, which encompasses the development, maintenance and optimization of software solutions/applications. 1. Applies scientific methods to analyse and solve software engineering problems. 2. He/she is responsible for the development and application of software engineering practice and knowledge, in research, design, development and maintenance. 3. His/her work requires the exercise of original thought and judgement and the ability to supervise the technical and administrative work of other software engineers. 4. The software engineer builds skills and expertise of his/her software engineering discipline to reach standard software engineer skills expectations for the applicable role, as defined in Professional Communities. 5. The software engineer collaborates and acts as team player with other software engineers and stakeholders. **Life at Capgemini:** Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer: • Flexible work • Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs • Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan • Paid time off and paid holidays • Paid parental leave • Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation • Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring • Mentoring, coaching and learning programs • Employee Resource Groups • Disaster Relief **Disclaimer:** Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law. This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship. Capgemini is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodation, please reach out to your recruiting contact. Click the following link for more information on your rights as an Applicant http://www.capgemini.com/resources/equal-employment-opportunity-is-the-law Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion. Ref. code: 163019 Posted on: Feb 6, 2025 Experience Level: Experienced Professionals Contract Type: Permanent Location: Atlanta, US Brand: Capgemini Professional Community: Software Engineering Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.