Principal Ux Designer

Job Description
This candidate must be located in the US.
The UX team at Cricut is responsible for user research, interaction design and visual design of software applications across desktop and mobile platforms. We design intuitive, easy-to-use software that inspires our customers, and helps them design and make unique, personalized projects.
The team is uniquely positioned – with direct connections to the executive team and CEO - and we collaborate across the organization to ensure hardware, content, materials, and software all work together to deliver awesome experiences. Our UX team members come from varied backgrounds and experience;
all of us were drawn tothe mission of empowering every person to be creative.
As a Principal UX Designer within the UX team at Cricut, you’ll lead the creation of thoughtful and compelling user experiences to elevate the brand and introduce Cricut to a wider audience. You’ll provide design thought leadership and work on complex and interesting UX projects spanning multiple platforms including content delivery, hardware, and mobile and desktop software. You’ll be a hands-on contributor committed to creating industry-leading experiences for some of the most engaged user groups you’ll ever encounter. Put aside your assumptions and drop us a line…this opportunity is not to be missed.
Responsibilities
Lead the design work for software applications for both desktop and mobile devices across a range of operating systems.
Ensure systems thinking is brought to bear to create cohesive and delightful experiences that span hardware, software and content.
Reinforce a learning mindset:
Participate in user research and A/B testing, advocate for our users at every step of the way, and leverage findings artfully to continuously improve designs.
Bring a keen understanding of our users’ motivations, goals and needs to help define new features, functions and products.
Influence, challenge, extend and evolve our UX design language to craft elegant and consistent design experiences.
Foster successful collaboration with hardware and software product managers, industrial designers, software developers and hardware engineers to drive solutions through to completion.
Help evolve our design processes and deliverables to best meet the needs of a growing organization, as well as increase efficiency within the UX group.
Capture ideas and solutions in varying levels of fidelity, as the situation warrants – from whiteboard sketches to flow charts to interactive prototypes.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
Mentor less experienced members of our UX team and help them ‘level-up’.