Ux/Ui Design Lead

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UX/UI Design Lead

You will play an important role by defining and communicating user experience and interface design requirements across multiple digital platforms. You will focus on translating customer and our needs into clear UX/UI expectations for IT and digital teams, ensuring that design solutions align with strategic goals and deliver user-centered experiences.

You will have expertise in UX/UI principles, design systems, and user research, and will collaborate with partners to advocate for customer-centric design throughout the product development lifecycle. Additionally, your role will involve hands-on design work to create wireframes, prototypes, and visual designs that communicate design concepts and user flows. You will report to the Head of Customer Experience.

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Key Responsibilities

1. Requirements Definition and Communication:

o Collaborate with partners to define UX/UI requirements that integrate customer insights, user data, and our goals.

o Use customer-centric design principles to ensure that requirements reflect the needs, behaviours, and expectations of end users.

o Translate these insights and requirements into clear, relevant UX/UI expectations for IT and digital teams.

o Provide guidance that balances our goals with user needs to guide meaningful and engaging user experiences.

2. Hands-on Design:

o Develop wireframes, user flows, mock-ups, and interactive prototypes to visualize and communicate design ideas.

o Apply user-centric design principles and visual design best practices to create intuitive and aesthetically pleasing interfaces.

o Improve on designs based on user feedback, behavioural data, usability testing, and partner input to improve the user experience.

o Collaborate with design teams and developers to ensure design feasibility and quality implementation.

3. Collaboration and Agreement:

o Work with platform dedicated Designers and Product Managers in IT to ensure that design solutions meet our priorities and user expectations.

o Facilitate workshops and discussions to align partners on UX/UI goals and design direction.

4. Design Systems and Standards:

o Support the use and evolution of design system by defining requirements for reusable components and design patterns that maintain brand consistency and scalability, considering the different brand clusters and their digital experience requirements.

o Advocate for accessibility and inclusive design principles across all digital touchpoints, ensuring compliance according to European standards.

5. User Research and Insights:

o Conduct user research, competitive analysis, and usability testing to inform our requirements and validate design directions.

o Analyse user feedback and data in collaboration to identify opportunities for improving user experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in UX/UI design or related roles, demonstrating strong competence in user experience and interface design.
• Experience collaborating with partners and IT/digital teams to translate our needs into UX/UI requirements.
• Proficiency with design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar, with knowledge of design systems and reusable components.

About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday – everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every single day at PPG:

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are "One PPG" to the world.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We make it happen.

We run it like we own it.

We do better today than yesterday – everyday.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.

Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.

PPG pay ranges and benefits can vary by location which allows us to compensate employees competitively in different geographic markets. PPG considers several factors in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, qualifications and education, licensure and certifications, and other organizational needs. Other incentives may apply.

Our employee benefits programs are designed to support the health and well-being of our employees. Any insurance coverages and benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday – everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™
Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company.. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way
Every single day at PPG:
We partner with customers to create mutual value.
We are “One PPG” to the world.
We trust our people every day, in every way.
We make it happen.
We run it like we own it.
We do better today than yesterday – everyday.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.
Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.