At Nielsen, we believe that career growth is a partnership. You ultimately own, fuel and set the journey. By joining our team of nearly 14,000 associates, you will become part of a community that will help you to succeed. We champion you because when you succeed, we do too. Embark on a new initiative, explore a fresh approach, and take license to think big, so we can all continuously improve. We enable your best to power our future. About this role If you are a language, writing and accessibility design expert for digital experiences, we have the role for you! Join our team of UX experts around the globe as a contributing member at the core of our design system. We are proud of our culture of experimentation and constant learning. We appreciate a positive, self-starting attitude when working independently or in a team. If you are savvy with words and have extensive design experience, we have a great opportunity for you!
Responsibilities
Establish the vision, tools, roadmap and success metrics to support localization, accessibility and writing for web applications.
Generate localization, accessibility and writing guidelines across components and patterns
Write and publish inclusive design and language principles for the design system
Teach accessibility standards testing on the figma component libraries of the design kit and code library
Contribute content to the design system website for localization, accessibility and writing standards for web applications
Define common contextual examples for recommendation and guard against mis-use
Assist in managing design system requests, questions and issue resolution in coordination with developers and product designers
Engage in communication channels between development and design teams
Collaborate closely with UX practitioners allocated to product design experiences for ingesting new patterns into the system
Create and curate contributions for site content and oversee consistency in website content
Contribute to project specific, product design work
Qualifications
5+ years experience with interaction design and visual design of digital products
Proven expertise in language, writing and accessibility standards for the web
High proficiency in Figma design tool; this is essential for our design system
Experience designing complex SaaS or enterprise software showcased in a portfolio
Proficiency with executing the full UX design life cycle - from preliminary research through journey-mapping, persona development, prototyping, usability testing, and interaction design with all relevant planning and deliverables
Fluent English (in speaking and writing)
Experience with project leadership planning and vision development
Skills and mindset:
You’re a master of empathy both for the user and co-workers to enable you to communicate your findings effectively
Attention for details, critical and analytical thinking skills and business acumen
You have a deep curiosity for how users interact with a product or service and seek reasons behind their behavior, wants, and needs.
A collaborative mentality with a desire for continuous learning
Excellent communication skills - you can effectively establish an understanding and rationale of your insights and recommendations
Ability to lead and work independently, balancing work on multiple initiatives
Proficiency with design tools, such as figma or Axure
Comfortable working in a large, international, corporate and cross time-zone environment with remote teams
Extra Points for
Experience or keen interest in storytelling through data visualization
Knowledge and background working in the marketing industry
