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Working within the Data & AI Engineering group, this role partners closely with the UX Lead, product managers, and engineers to design and deliver intuitive, impactful AI-powered products and platforms. This is a hands-on, craft-focused role for a designer who combines strong product design skills with a forward-thinking, AI-first mindset.\nDuties and Responsibilities:\nUse AI-powered design and prototyping tools (e.g., Claude Code, Claude, and other code- and AI-based prototyping environments) as a core part of daily practice to rapidly explore concepts, build working prototypes, and deliver design solutions.\n\nTranslate the UX vision and strategy set by the UX Lead into well-crafted, consistent designs across multiple products and platforms.\n\nExecute the end-to-end design process-user research, information architecture, wireframing, prototyping, and high-fidelity visual design-with guidance from the UX Lead.\n\nSupport discovery and user research, including usability testing and other validation methods, to inform design decisions and feature prioritization.\n\nApproach design with a product mindset, weighing user needs alongside business goals, use cases, and technical constraints and opportunities.\n\nCollaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to refine requirements and ensure designs are feasible and consistent.\n\nApply and help maintain UX design standards, guidelines, and patterns that support a cohesive, scalable design system.\n\nChampion accessibility, usability, and inclusive design best practices throughout day-to-day design work.\n\nContinuously experiment with new AI tools, workflows, and techniques, sharing what you learn to help the team work more effectively.\n\nContribute to collaborative design sessions, workshops, and design critiques, offering ideas and incorporating feedback.\n\nHelp track and interpret key UX metrics, using data and AI-assisted analysis to refine designs and inform future work.\n\nStay current on industry trends, emerging tools, and the fast-evolving intersection of UX, product, and AI.\n\nPresent design work clearly to the UX Lead, product team, and other stakeholders, articulating decisions and the rationale behind them.\n\nEducation and/or Experience:\nRequired:\nBachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.\n\nMinimum of 3 years of experience as a product or UX designer, with a track record of delivering high-quality work.\n\nStrong portfolio demonstrating skill in user research, UX/UI design, prototyping, and interaction design across web and/or mobile applications.\n\nDemonstrated willingness and ability to use AI to produce design work-including hands-on experience with, or genuine eagerness to learn, AI- and code-based prototyping tools such as Claude Code, Claude, or similar.\n\nA product-minded approach, with the ability to consider business needs, use cases, and technical constraints alongside user needs.\n\nProficiency with design and prototyping tools such as Figma.\n\nWorking familiarity with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) sufficient to collaborate effectively with engineers and to prototype using code-based tools.\n\nFamiliarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design principles.\n\nStrong communication skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions to both design and non-design audiences.\n\nAbility to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and adapt to shifting priorities.\n\nPreferred:\nExperience in the professional services industry (e.g., legal, financial, accounting, consulting).\n\nDemonstrated curiosity and self-direction in adopting emerging AI tools and workflows ahead of the curve.\n\nFamiliarity with Agile methodologies and experience working in a Scrum environment.\n\nKnowledge of user behavior analytics and UX metrics tools such as Google Analytics, Hotjar, or similar.\n\nCertification in UX design or design thinking methodologies.\n\nOther Skills and Abilities:\nThe following will also be required of the successful candidate:\n\nStrong organizational skills\n\nStrong attention to detail\n\nGood judgment\n\nStrong interpersonal communication skills\n\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills\n\nAble to work harmoniously and effectively with others\n\nAble to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion\n\nAble to work under pressure\n\nAble to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities\n\nApplicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or in the future\nThe target salary range for this role is:\n$94,000 - $130,000 if located in Illinois or Texas.Salaries vary by location and are based on numerous factors, including, but not limited to, the relevant market, skills, experience, and education of the selected candidate. Our compensation package also includes bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits program. Benefits information can be found at Sidley.com/Benefits.\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities above satisfactorily and meet the requirements. The requirements listed above are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation, please email  (current employees should contact Human Resources).\nSidley Austin LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5766,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Legal Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-14T12:24:39Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":27,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.596,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":46,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:12","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-15T05:46:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":130000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sidley-senior-user-experience-designer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sidley-senior-user-experience-designer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-15T11:10:08Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":17143,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":15213},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=15213"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsidley-senior-user-experience-designer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsidley-senior-user-experience-designer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsidley-senior-user-experience-designer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/sidley-senior-user-experience-designer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsidley-senior-user-experience-designer"}]}