UX Design Contractor

CMS

At ZOLL, we're passionate about improving patient outcomes and helping save lives. We provide innovative technologies that make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Our medical devices, software and related services are used worldwide to diagnose and treat patients suffering from serious cardiopulmonary and respiratory conditions.

ZOLL Cardiac Management Solutions offers a unique portfolio of novel technologies designed to deliver better insights and better outcomes. On any given day, clinicians utilize these ZOLL products for tens of thousands of cardiac patients around the world:

* Life Vest, the world's first wearable defibrillator, has been trusted to protect more than 1M patients at risk of sudden cardiac death.

* HFMS (Heart Failure Management system) is a non-invasive, patch-based device that monitors pulmonary fluid levels and has been shown to reduce heart failure readmissions rates by 38 percent.

* Ther Ox Super Saturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy is the first FDA-approved therapy since the stent 20+ years ago to reduce infarct size in patients with the most severe heart attacks.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. At ZOLL, your work will help to ensure cardiac patients get the life-saving therapy they need.

ZOLL has been Pittsburgh's Manufacturer of the Year, one of Western PA's Healthiest Employers, and even one of Pittsburgh's Coolest Offices. But it's our unique opportunity to impact people's lives that makes ZOLL the ideal place to build your career.

Job Type

Hybrid

Job Summary

As a User Experience (UX) Design Contractor, you will help shape Life Vest and related products. You'll collaborate with a dynamic team of designers, engineers, business stakeholders, and product managers, gathering insights to understand user needs. Together, you'll transform user research and design principles into intuitive, engaging digital and physical experiences that make a difference. The ideal candidate possesses the following skills.

* You have a strong background in creating user interface wireframes, interaction models, and both digital and physical prototypes.

* You possess experience in producing sketches to conceptualize ideas of physical device interactions.

* You are adept at presenting your concepts to stakeholders, including product managers, engineers, and leadership.

* You have a solid understanding of User-Centered Design and maintain high standards for yourself and your team.

Essential Functions

* Design wireframes and mockups with GUI design tools.

* Create and communicate concepts through sketching, visual storytelling, and digital and physical models.

* Iterate on designs based on user feedback, metrics, usability findings, and design critiques.

* Create stimuli for testing concepts and help drive design research cycles.

* Create style guides, copy patterns, and information architecture.

* Present design work to cross-functional teams for review, feedback, and approval.

* Assist in developing user scenarios, use cases, and design requirements.

* Interview internal and external stakeholders and users.

* Create design documentation and execute user research activities.

* Promote the User-Centered Design process and other evolving industry standards.

Required/Preferred

Education and Experience

* Bachelor's degree in design-related discipline such as Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Information Science, Computer Science or equivalent.

* A minimum of five years of professional experience in UX design required.

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

* Highly proficient in Figma.

* Highly skilled with design collaboration tools such as Fig Jam and Miro.

* Highly skilled in Photoshop and Illustrator.

* Experience with creating iconography, animations and micro-animations.

* Skilled in sketching ideas and storyboarding.

* Experience creating information architecture models, developing style guides, and contributing to design systems.

* Experience in creating both digital and physical prototypes.

* Strong understanding of user-centered design principles, including planning and conducting user research, user testing, and rapid prototyping.

* Knowledgeable about…