UI UX Designer

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science is seeking a UI/UX Designer to help shape immersive XR applications and conversational AI interactions through iterative prototype testing and user research. This hybrid role is based in Rochester, MN, with a work approach that blends remote collaboration and on-site partnership within 100 miles of the Mayo Clinic campus.

In this position, you will contribute across the design process from early wireframes and mockups to device-appropriate interaction patterns, accessibility-focused UI solutions, and developer-ready specifications. You will also help advance user-centered practices across Mayo Clinic websites, applications, products, and services.

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to all stages of the design process, including wireframing layouts, creating mockups across multiple screen sizes, and designing and refining conversational AI interactions.
• Represent users by applying interface best practices across device types, with a focus on accessibility.
• Participate in user experience research to validate design solutions against user needs and goals.
• Use UX findings and brand identity to develop design patterns that support both visual quality and a strong user experience.
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to improve navigation schemes, interaction patterns, and digital storytelling.
• Build familiarity with a learning management system and partner with content contributors to create immersive experiences.
• Create and adapt design specifications for developers, accounting for feasibility and performance constraints.
• Apply spatial interaction design concepts, including UX considerations for comfort and motion sickness, and interaction methods such as hands, controllers, gaze, and voice, along with XR accessibility.
• Support continuous improvements in user experience through user testing, research-related testing, and feedback review sessions.
• Stay current with UX best practices, evolving digital standards, modern interaction design principles, and audience-specific UX insights while learning new skills as needed.
• Develop deep empathy for the experiences of current and prospective learners and apply a user-centered design approach to improve and innovate Mayo Clinic digital offerings.
• Create conceptual models, wireframes, and interactive prototypes to test usability and communicate concepts to stakeholders.
• Define navigation and interaction systems, including site structures, navigation flows, user interfaces, and hierarchies.
• Proactively communicate status updates to stakeholders throughout the design process.
• Persuasively present design decisions and explain how they support user needs and business objectives.
• Implement Mayo Clinic visual identity assets across a range of environments and apply the institutional design system to align interfaces with brand identity while serving user requirements.
• Work with HTML, CSS, and content management systems to help implement brand identity across internal and external websites.
• Deliver visual designs and interface specifications that inform UI engineering colleagues, and collaborate with content publishing and UI engineering to ensure design intent is accurately translated into the final product.
• Evangelize user-centered design standards, review final designs for consistent adherence to guidelines, mentor and educate content publishing team members, and champion an inclusive, accessible, user-centered approach.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in UI/UX design, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Graphic design, Multimedia Arts, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience producing user interface design with demonstrated impact is strongly recommended.
• Expert skills in UI design methods, including prototyping, interaction flow diagrams, wireframes, and interface specifications.
• Strong visual design acumen.
• Experience in, or willingness to learn, design for XR/AR/VR, 360 Video, 3D software and game engines (Unity, Unreal, etc.) is preferred.
• Experience designing AI interactions is preferred.
• Up-to-date knowledge of modern digital and interaction design principles and trends, with strong communication and presentation skills to articulate complex design problems and solutions.
• Experience in learning design and a portfolio demonstrating deliverables throughout the design process for products/websites is recommended.
• Health care or higher education experience is a plus.
• Experience using user interface design tools such as Sketch, Figma, or Adobe XD.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, and the basics of front-end web development.
• Ability to address accessibility concerns for digital products, including optimizing for assistive technologies.
• Experience in educational technology, healthcare, or simulation-based design is highly valued.
• Knowledge of WCAG Accessibility Standards is required.
• Portfolio demonstrating a range of immersive projects, ideally with cross-platform applications or AI-enhanced designs.
• Must live within a 100 mile driving distance to the Rochester Mayo Clinic campus.

Technologies

• Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD
• HTML, CSS
• Unity, Unreal
• XR/AR/VR, 360 Video, 3D software, game engines
• interaction flow diagrams, wireframes, interface specifications
• conversational AI interactions, assistive technologies
• WCAG Accessibility Standards
• learning management system, content management systems

Benefits

• Medical: multiple plan options.
• Dental: Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage.
• Vision: affordable plan with national network.
• Pre-Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses.
• Retirement: competitive retirement package to secure your future.
• Benefits eligible: Yes.

Compensation detail: $85,467.20 - $128,252.80 / year

Schedule: Full Time, 80 hours/pay period

Schedule details: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Weekend schedule: As needed (infrequent)

Exemption status: Exempt

International assignment: No

Recruiter: Pam Sivly