User Experience Designer

Description

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position, include your salary requirements, and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.  If possible, please include a link to your electronic portfolio/dossier as part of your resume.

Job Summary

The University of Michigan is seeking a qualified User Experience Designer to play an active role in the software development team in the Digital Innovation Greenhouse (DIG), a strategic initiative managed by the Office of Digital Education & Innovation (DEI). Working with the world-class faculty and students of the University of Michigan, DIG is developing digital applications that enhance the residential education experience and facilitate engaged and personalized learning. DIG acts as innovation accelerator, taking good ideas from innovation to infrastructure, working closely with communities of practice and learning analytics researchers to ensure their products have high impact, and finding pathways to enable personalization at scale across the U-M community and beyond.


Digital Education is a strategic priority for the University of Michigan. Through curricular innovation, leadership in learning analytics, and digital infrastructure at scale, DEI aims to transform the way we educate and engage our residential students. For more information about DEI please visit our website: digitaleducation.umich.edu


This new position, focused on user experience design, will operate within a startup environment. It reports to the Director of Policy and Operations within DEI, and will collaborate closely with other members of the DIG Team, including software developers, user community mobilizers, faculty and student innovators, as well as other academic, technology, and administrative staff at the University. It will include oversight of user experience interns and close collaboration with faculty innovators. For more information, please visit our website: http://digitaleducation.umich.edu/

Note: This is a three year, term-limited appointment with the possibility of renewal.