Senior UX Designer - research and testing (Chicago, IL)

Westbrook Bridge Transit Planning plans bus and rail service for cities around Chicago, and we need a Senior UX Designer to lead our research and testing. You would work closely with colleagues in operations, support and management. What you will do • Work with developers so designs ship as intended. • Maintain a small design system of reusable components. • Design for tasks around accessibility audits that people do under time pressure. • Interview users and staff to understand where the current experience fails. • Audit screens for accessibility and readability. What we are looking for • Two or more years of UX or product design experience. • A portfolio showing your process, not only finished screens. • Comfort with Figma or a similar tool. • Care for plain language and accessibility. Nice to have • Experience running usability tests. • Background in accessibility audits. Working arrangement • Contract for nine months, with clear deliverables from the first week. • On site in Chicago. • We will tell you what to expect at each step of the hiring process.