Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic medicines. Our 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

ABOUT ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS:

The key to successful treatment and full recovery is often fast, accurate diagnosis. Abbott’s life-changing tests and diagnostic tools provide insights that enable smarter, faster decisions and transform the way the world is managing health.

Our pioneering technology spans the world of healthcare operations — with medical diagnostic instruments, tests, automation and informatics solutions for hospitals, reference labs, blood centers, emergency departments, physician offices and clinics.

Our location in Lake Forest, IL, currently has an opportunity for User Experience/User Interface Designer

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Abbott’s Diagnostics Division currently has an opportunity for a USER EXPERIENCE/USER INTERFACE (UX/UI) DESIGNER.  The UX/UI Designer is expected to serve as a critical contributor, applying user experience and user interface design principles to our complex and compelling informatics suite of products.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product owners, marketing leads and Human factors engineers (HFE)

• Create user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, and user feedback

• Work with other members of the design and product brand teams to create experiences that are engaging, useful, and solution oriented

• Identify and troubleshoot UX problems

• Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows, and sitemaps

• Develop UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look

• Drive user research activities including the creation of personas, journeys, wireframes, workflows, prototypes, and functional specifications.

• Perform user research and testing

• Design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs, widgets, navigation buttons, and search fields

• Conduct testing of sample applications, and software to evaluate user experience and ease of design

• Communicate design ideas and prototypes to developers and key stakeholders

• Optimize and improve user experience through design and usability best practices

• Use market analysis, customer feedback, data analytics, and usability findings to tailor your designs to the customer to best solve their problems

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, YOU’LL BRING

REQUIRED

• Associate degree and 4+ years of experience

PREFERRED

• A bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, User Experience Design, Human Factors, Industrial Design, Usability, Engineering or equivalent.

• 3-5 years in User Experience (UX) design

• Proficient in Sketch, Invision, and other design tools with a solid understanding of human centered UX and UI design principles.

• A positive attitude and enthusiasm for the hard work required to solve UX challenges

• An online portfolio of digital work demonstrating mastery in creating effective user-centered design solutions with measurable results

• Passion, upbeat personality who collaborates well with others

• Excellent communication skills, able to present logic, thought process and ideas as well as direct developers (internal and external) on implementation

• Attention to Detail. You are willing to dive deep into customer pain points to root cause issues

• Proactive problem solver loves pushing the boundaries of design, while being respective of digital limitations

• Effective Collaboration with product, engineering, and management teams

• Proven ability to work across a multi-disciplinary team environment

• Strong eye for both visual as well as user centered solutions

• Experience in user research and testing

• Understanding of HTML, JavaScript and CSS that informs design and interaction decisions

• Experience building and documenting Design Systems

WHAT WE OFFER  

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer: 

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance  
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans  
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs 
• Paid time off  
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match 
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities 

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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