UX Designer

Job Title: UX Designer

Location: Torrance, CA (Onsite - Hybrid 4 Days) - Preferred local candidates

Duration: Contract

Visa: Independent candidates preferred

Job Description :

Role Summary

• We are seeking an experienced UX Designer to drive the UX modernization of a business critical application spanning CICSlegacy interfaces and dated web applications The role will combine hands-on UX design with strong client facing leadership helping stakeholders define and align on the future state user experience

Key Responsibilities

• Assess existing CICS and legacy web workflows to identify usability challenges and modernization opportunities
• Lead UX discovery and design conversations with client stakeholders facilitating workshops to understand user needs pain points business processes and modernization objectives
• Facilitate discussions to define validate and build consensus on the future state UX and user journeys
• Challenge and simplify legacy workflows rather than simply replicating existing screens in a modern UI
• Create user journeys information architecture wireframes interactive prototypes and highfidelity designs
• Present UX concepts and prototypes to client stakeholders articulate design rationale incorporate feedback and drive designs toward approval
• Establish consistent UX patterns and reusable components across modernized application modules
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners BAs architects and engineering teams to ensure designs are technically feasible
• Conduct usability testing and incorporate user feedback into iterative designs
• Design responsive and accessible experiences aligned with WCAG 2122 principles

Required Skills

• 5 years of UXUI design experience preferably involving enterprise or legacy application modernization
• Proven ability to independently lead client facing UX workshops discovery sessions and design reviews
• Strong facilitation stakeholder management presentation and communication skills
• Ability to take ambiguous requirements and drive stakeholders toward an agreed future state UX vision
• Strong experience with Figma wireframing prototyping journey mapping interaction design and usability testing
• Experience modernizing legacy mainframe or complex enterprise applications into modern web experiences
• Good understanding of design systems responsive design accessibility and WCAG
• Ability to balance user experience business requirements and legacy technology constraints
• Preferred Experience with CICSmainframe modernization transaction heavy enterprise applications and modernization programs where new web experiences must coexist or integrate with legacy backend systems