Accurate Background is hiring : Lead UX / UI Designer in Chicago

Overview

Accurate Background helps the world’s largest employers hire with confidence.

We’re looking for a Senior / Lead UX / UI Designer to bring human-centered design into the core of how we build products. This role is a mix of hands-on and strategic.

You’ll design end-to-end experiences, conduct user research, and help define and maintain UX standards across the organization. You’ll also manage and mentor a junior designer while partnering closely with product and engineering leaders.

This is a high-impact opportunity to establish UX as a core competency at Accurate.

What You’ll Do

• Own end-to-end design : Work with Product Managers, engineers, and stakeholders to translate complex problems into clear, intuitive experiences across our client portal (enterprise customers) and candidate portal (consumer users).
• Champion user research : Conduct interviews, build prototypes, usability testing, and other research methods to ground designs in customer insights and data.
• Establish standards : Build and maintain a design system, create reusable patterns, and define best practices that scale across teams.
• Shape process : Partner with Product and Engineering to integrate UX into our product development lifecycle (move from reactive screen design to proactive, strategic design involvement.)
• Lead and mentor : Provide guidance to a junior UX / UI designer, helping grow their skills while modeling best practices.

What we are looking for

Why join us

$81,700 - $122,650 a year

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $81,700 - $122,650. Pay will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and relevant education and training. This position may also be eligible for an annual performance-based bonus, commission, or other variable pay plan. The Company also offers a full range of benefits, including medical, dental, and 401k. Your recruiter can share more details about the specific compensation package during the hiring process.

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