Careers Job Description
General Description
Founded in 2006, the mission of the CUNY Building Performance Lab (CUNY BPL) is to advance high-performance building operations and practices in existing commercial and public buildings. We focus on improving efficiency and optimizing building operations through building systems research and development; continuing education programs for facility managers, building operators, and energy professionals; and internships for CUNY students.
As part of its work with NYC government, CUNY BPL provides mission-critical support to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services Division of Energy Management (DEM) and its partner agencies for implementing New York City’s ambitious climate and clean energy policies. In this role, CUNY BPL staff provide expertise in a wide range of areas related to building systems, operations, and data. This includes advanced energy data analytics, technology application development, and a host of technical skills related to physical building infrastructure and associated data. The organization works collaboratively with industry professionals, other research institutions, and several of the US DOE’s National Labs; and runs an extensive internship program for CUNY students that provides real world experience across program areas.
General Description:
CUNY BPL is hiring a UX/UI Designer to play a pivotal role in the development and refinement of applications tailored for the building energy efficiency sector. CUNY BPL’s applications are built for the building energy efficiency space and, as such, they deal with building energy and asset data from a range of sources. The UI/UX Designer will be assigned work on one or more applications with the goal of gathering client requirements using them to design a seamless user experience. The ideal candidate will be passionate about understanding user needs and translating them into intuitive, visually appealing designs with a strong eye for detail and proficiency in design tools and methodologies.
Other Duties
The UI/UX Designer’s responsibilities are expected to include, but not limited to the following:
- Gather user requirements through research, surveys, and interviews and documenting responses in platforms such as Notion.
- Translate user feedback into feature requests, user stories, and product workflows.
- Create wireframes, mockups, or prototypes of the application(s) using Miro and/or Figma.
- Organize and conduct usability testing using prototypes or developed applications, making note of implementation errors (QA/QC) and usability issues.
- Participate in regular progress updates and other team meetings.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will bring the following skills and experience to this position:
- 1-3 years of proven UI/UX design experience, demonstrated through a strong design portfolio
- Proficiency in Figma or other standard UI/UX software
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and stakeholders to translate user needs into intuitive design solutions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and a desire to continuously improve application usability.
Other Desirable Skills:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in graphic design, interaction design, HCI, UX design, or a related field
- Experience conducting user research activities such as interviews, surveys, usability testing, and persona development to inform design decisions.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
CUNY Building Performance Lab
Full Time
$80,000.00 - $90,000.00
Apr 30, 2024 (Or Until Filled)