Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion at Getty:
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Job Summary:
Are you interested in helping to design web applications that showcase some of the best art in the world? Getty Digital is looking for a Senior User Experience Designer to join our team.
We’re looking for an experienced designer who enjoys finding the balance between meeting user needs and achieving our institution’s priorities. Someone in this role will partner with software engineering teams and colleagues in the Communications department to design the look and feel of digital initiatives across the Getty, along with improving existing products. You will research, design, test, and help implement experiences that share Getty’s resources and information with the larger world.
This work includes the main Getty.edu website, museum collections, research archives, digital publications, and other web-based applications. Our ideal candidate loves brainstorming, problem solving, and isn’t afraid of ambiguity. You’re an experienced, detail-oriented, and systems-thinking designer who loves beautiful and frictionless interfaces and flows. You enjoy collaboration and can articulate a clear design vision as we extend our atomic design system to new applications and use cases. You’re comfortable turning requirements into wireframes, and then working with engineers to create designs that make up a cohesive and user-friendly application.
The Getty is among the most prestigious cultural heritage organizations in the world, dedicated to furthering the study of the history of art. You will work on a beautiful campus alongside art, architecture, and archives, collaborating with world-class scientists, curators, librarians, archivists, and academics. We offer four weeks of vacation a year, every other Friday off, excellent benefits, and a strong dedication to balancing work and personal life.
At Getty Digital, we’re re-imagining how we can use technology to provide access to our campus, collections, and scholarship. We intend to provide a deeply linked, consistent experience for scholars, researchers, and enthusiasts as they explore the complex information held across the Getty.
We believe that the best products are built by teams with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. We strive to provide a collaborative environment where all team members have the opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute to what we build and the achievement of Getty’s overall vision.
Major Job Responsibilities:
Take initiative to deliver designs for broadly scoped projects on Getty’s public-facing digital platform
Collaborate with a team of UX designers and product managers to define design thinking and strategy
Tackle complex problems under little to no supervision and use storytelling to communicate solutions across the team and to stakeholders
Leverage an existing design framework but also bring your experience to mature our design language and atomic design library
Work with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to define requirements for new applications and add new features to existing ones
Design, test, and improve interfaces for multiple devices/platforms at stages of the design lifecycle, including wireframes, visual design, and prototypes
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to articulate design rationale, present strategic solutions, and use consensus-building strategies to arrive at a path forward
Integrate stakeholder and user feedback into design deliverables, such as concepts, wireframes, and prototypes
Maintain the visual brand identity of the organization across all applications
Establish and help to document best practices and policies that further UX and digital design across the organization
Represent Getty within the larger field through presentations, papers, and networking events
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree
5 years of experience or combination of education and relevant experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
An interest in the work of cultural heritage and the arts
A proven track record of designing high-quality digital products that demonstrate the depth of your design leadership, illustrated in a portfolio or case studies.
Able to find solutions to complex problems and communicate them effectively to both technical and broader stakeholder audiences
Comfort in presenting both your own and your team’s work, managing discussions and design reviews, and communicating to stakeholders and executives
Highly organized with meticulous attention to detail (e.g writing documentation to explain your design choices)
Able to give and solicit feedback from designers and the broader team in order to continually raise our bar for quality and learn from each other
Experience in designing, conducting, and interpreting user research and testing
Experience building and shipping applications or software that are large or ambiguous in scope and encompass an end-to-end experience
Experience in product design, interface design, and using a component library and designing reusable components
Strong visual design experience, with proficiency in typography, responsive UI, color, layout, iconography, and understanding how these elements impact product function.
Full command of digital design tools, including Figma and atomic design systems.
A working knowledge of modern JavaScript practices and CSS, and how design, UX, and software work in partnership
A deep knowledge of web accessibility, human-centered and universal design principles, and WCAG 2.1
Ability and desire to collaborate with developers, project managers, and subject matter experts to ensure solutions are implementable and meet business and user needs
Tact, diplomacy, and ability to work with a wide variety of audiences that amplify our team culture
Able to be on-site in Los Angeles at least one day a week
Benefits and Perks:
Here are just some examples that Getty offers/provides for full-time employees:
Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverage, starting on date of hire. Getty pays 75%-95% of the premium, depending on the plan selected.
403(b) Employee Investment retirement plan – with up to 5% Getty Match
Getty contribution of 6%, on behalf of employee, to 401(a) retirement account
Educational Assistance and professional development
Paid Vacation, Sick and Personal Days
12 Paid Holidays
Many positions have bi-weekly Off-Fridays
On-Site Fitness Center at Getty Center
Community service opportunities
To learn more about our comprehensive benefits and long list of perks, go to .
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected status.