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The Associate UX Strategist is a client-facing role on the Web department’s Strategy & UX team. This team focuses on understanding and researching our B2B and B2C client’s brand, business, and customer needs through high-impact user experience solutions.
As an Associate UX Strategist, you'll balance the needs of 829's clients and their audiences through valuable, conversion-oriented website strategy. By collaborating with our clients and the agency's in-house team of designers, developers, producers, and account managers, you’ll formulate a successful foundation for the digital user experiences we deliver.
Both individually and in partnership with more senior team members, you’ll be responsible for research activities and deliverables that include stakeholder workshops, subject matter expert interviews, digital surveys, competitor analysis, persona development, analytics reviews, information architecture, and sitemaps. The research comes to life in Figma as you collaborate closely with designers on Figma-based wireframes.
This position involves consistent high-quality consultative work directly with our clients. You will get to know everything about your client’s goals, personalities, and priorities. You will play an important role in presenting the thought process behind the work to clients, incorporating their feedback, and producing high-quality deliverables and strategic solutions.
What You’ll Do
- Do the research. Conduct competitive, industry, and user research through workshops, user testing exercises, surveys, and any other format that gets you the insights you need.
- Create the architectural foundation of large-scale websites. Create sitemaps that account for all pages on a website. Support your sitemap with page-specific content outlines when appropriate, and account for all fields/data that will comprise key pages.
- Contribute to wireframe development. Bring website architecture to life through Figma-based wireframe development.
- Collaborate with digital agency peers. Review the work and collaborate with 829’s designers and developers, providing meaningful feedback. Contribute to learning and development during weekly department meetings.
- Uphold industry best practices. Ensure that best practices are being followed. Evolve processes, offerings, and deliverable formats when you see opportunities to make improvements.
- Have a baseline understanding of how websites are built using waterfall and agile processes. You are familiar with or have ideally past experience working with Wordpress and/or Drupal content management systems, including the awareness to collaborate with designers, developers, and other agency peers when needed.
- Client collaboration experience. Exceptional communication, presentation, and organizational skills.
- Has the ability to problem solve, confidently make decisions, and lead projects with empathy and authority. 829 works across a variety of different industries and on projects with varying complexity. You’ll be successful in this role if the idea of learning and problem solving excites you.
- An understanding of integrated digital marketing and its website strategy implications. The foresight and understanding of how to work with digital marketing team members on formulating a solid strategic direction, taking into account SEO, UI design, and paid media.
What You’ll Bring
- 1 - 2 years of experience in website-focused UX. While we will consider candidates with in-house experience, an agency background is preferred. You should have a baseline understanding of how websites are built using waterfall and agile processes, and the awareness to collaborate with designers, developers, and other personnel when necessary.
- A portfolio of previous strategic UX work samples - your portfolio should clearly exhibit the ability to conduct research and translate your findings into recommendations including sitemaps and wireframes.
- Client collaboration - exceptional communication, presentation and organizational skills.
- The ability to problem-solve, confidently make decisions and lead projects with empathy and authority. 829 works across a variety of different industries and on projects with varying complexity – the idea of learning and problem-solving excites you.
Benefits and Perks We Provide
- Remote Workplace. You have the option to work at our office in Boston or remotely in the following states: MA, NH, RI, ME, CT, NY, NJ, NC, TN, FL, IL, MO, TX, UT, ID, AZ, CA, and CO.
- Paid Time Off. Receive generous paid vacation benefits that increase each year you’re with us, 13 Company Holidays, and Summer Fridays from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
- 401K + Match. 401K plan with 4% Safe Harbor employer match after one year of employment and financial literacy services provided through our retirement provider.
- Life Insurance Benefit. No-cost coverage to ensure peace of mind for your family.
- Short Term Disability Benefit. We've got you covered if you need to be OOO with an illness or injury that keeps you out of work.
- Healthcare. Choose from several competitive healthcare plans for you and your family with 80% employer coverage for all medical and dental premiums, 100% employer coverage for dental, and the option to participate in the FSA program.
- Commuter Benefits. Allocate pre-tax funds towards your commute to save up to 40% per year in transportation expenses.
- Continuing Education. Receive a personal budget to attend events and conferences.
What We Believe
At 829 Studios, we boldly embrace diversity, inclusivity, and equal opportunity. Our goal: a team rich in backgrounds, perspectives, and talents. Why? Because inclusivity powers our brilliance and client success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, creed, color, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, mental illness, age, ancestry, genetic information, military service, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Who We Are
829 Studios is a Boston-based integrated digital marketing agency with a mission to propel organizations to unlock their full potential and accomplish their most ambitious goals. We harness the power of logic with magic – a balance of data-driven strategy and brand-focused creative. We partner with diverse organizations across various industries and our client list encompasses venture-backed start-ups, publicly traded companies, non-profits, and more. By committing not only to our growth as a company, but the development of our employees and teams’, we have created a collaborative environment that fosters ingenuity and promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging values within our community. 829 has been recognized as one of the nation’s top agencies by the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies, Adweek 100 Fastest-Growing Digital Agencies, Boston Business Journal's Fast 50 (Massachusetts' 50 Fastest-Growing Private Companies), HubSpot's Top Digital Agencies list, and a we are and employee-certified Great Place to Work.
