UX Designer

About Us

Symetra is a financial services company offering annuities, life insurance and employee benefits that help people create secure retirements, protect their families and get benefits at work.

The Role

Job Title:  UX Designer

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and optimize user journeys across marketing websites, landing pages, and campaign experiences.
• Own and evolve navigation and information architecture to support ease of use and strategic goals.
• Conduct and apply UX research methods (e.g., usability testing, heuristic reviews, stakeholder interviews, etc.) to inform and validate design decisions.
• Collaborate with the Brand and Marketing teams and cross-functional teams to ensure designs reflect brand identity while prioritizing business and user needs and to ensure high-quality implementation of designs.
• ⁠Translate marketing goals and user insights into user flows, wireframes, and prototypes.
• Work within and help evolve the marketing design system, ensuring consistency, scalability, and alignment with the broader product design system.
• Partnering with engineering and third-party vendors to ensure accurate implementation and maintain design integrity across digital experiences.
• Leverage data, testing, and stakeholder input to iterate and improve designs.
• Ensure accessibility, responsive design, and performance best practices are applied throughout your work.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma is required; BA/BS in Design, Marketing, Psychology preferred.
• 3+ years of UX design experience with a focus on marketing or branded digital experiences.
• Define clear, user-centered solutions that align properly with business goals, technical feasibility, align & connect to our design system where applicable.
• Structure your design files to increase efficiency, support changes and sustainability, and provide clarity to those that will engage with your deliverables.
• Prioritize all work effectively and successfully meet deadlines.
• Experience designing and optimizing navigation, content structures, and user flows.
• Comfortable conducting UX research and usability testing.
• Working knowledge of design systems and experience maintaining shared components.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating user-centered design and impact on engagement or conversion.
• Proficiency in Figma and equivalent design tools.
• Familiarity with SEO, web performance, and analytics tools is a plus.

Skills:

• Proven ability to present design concepts clearly and effectively to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Skilled at leading collaborative working sessions, design reviews, and discovery workshops.
• Proactively communicate challenges and clarify uncertainties.

Work Style:

• Full-Time
• Remote

Benefits & Perks

• Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
• Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
• Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
• Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching