Entry - level Moment UI/UX Experience Designer

Entry-Level Moment UI/UX Experience Designer

Cognizant Moment is the evolution of our digital experience practice area, designed to help clients utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to redefine customer experience and develop innovative strategies. We aim to power the next generation of data-led, AI-fueled experiences at an enterprise scale.

Experience Designers craft meaningful, human-centered digital experiences that improve lives. They design the interactions between people and technology, ensuring that the user always comes first. Through research, co-creative workshops, and usability testing, they uncover pain points, unmet needs, and opportunities-transforming insights into concepts and solutions expressed through sitemaps, user journeys, wireframes, and interactive prototypes.

As an Experience Designer I, new hires will collaborate with senior designers and cross-functional teams to shape experiences for high-profile, globally recognized brands. Associates will learn by doing-participating in discovery, design, and delivery activities that span new product innovation and long-term evolution of existing products and services. This is an opportunity to grow your craft in a supportive environment while contributing to real-world projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Learn and collaborate: Shadow senior designers during user research, workshops, and usability testing to understand best practices.
• Support research & Discovery: Assist in synthesizing findings from interviews, field studies, and workshops into actionable insights.
• Contribute to design artifacts: Help create sitemaps, user journeys, wireframes, and interaction flows under guidance.
• Prototype & Iterate: Design interactive prototypes at varying levels of fidelity-ranging from blue-sky conceptual designs that explore future possibilities to detailed, production-ready prototypes that meet defined business and user requirements.
• Participate in co-creation: Offer ideas and feedback during collaborative sessions with designers, developers, and stakeholders.
• Document & Organize: Assist in defining usability patterns, accessibility guidelines, and design system principles.
• Engage in testing: Support usability testing and help analyze results to improve designs.
• Collaborate with Engineering: Work closely with engineering teams to support design implementation and perform design QA on developed experiences to ensure fidelity to design specifications.
• Grow your skills: Learn agile design and development processes while working in a fast-paced, global environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Design, HCI, STEM, or related fields
• OR completion of a recognized UX/UI bootcamp or certification program (e.g., General Assembly, Springboard, CareerFoundry, Google UX)
• Foundational Skills: Basic proficiency in design tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC, Miro)
• Understanding of UX principles, usability heuristics, and research methods
• Awareness of cross-channel design (web, mobile, apps, email)
• Interest in emerging technologies and AI-driven design tools

Nice-to-Have

• Familiarity with design systems and accessibility standards
• Basic HTML/CSS knowledge
• Motion design or interactive animation skills

Personal Attributes

• Curious, adaptable, and eager to learn
• Strong communication skills-written and verbal
• Collaborative mindset and comfort working in agile teams
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a dynamic environment

Location

New hires will be hired at the Cognizant office in Chicago, IL where you will work alongside other experienced Cognizant associates delivering technology solutions. Applicants must be willing to relocate to this major geographic area. While we attempt to honor candidate location preferences, business needs and position availability will determine final location assignment.

Start Date

New hires will start in April 2026. While we will attempt to honor candidate start date preferences, business need and position availability will determine final start date assignment. Exact start date will be communicated with enough time for you to plan effectively.

Salary and Other Compensation

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. The annual salary for this position is $65,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Why Choose Us?

Cognizant delivers solutions that draw upon the full power and scale of our associates. You will be supported by high-caliber experts and employ some of the most advanced and patented capabilities. Our associate's diverse backgrounds offer multifaceted perspectives and fuel new ways of thinking. We encourage lively discussions which inspire better results for our clients.

Benefits

Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer

The hourly rate, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Work Authorization

Due to the nature of this position, Cognizant cannot provide sponsorship for U.S. work authorization (including participation in a CPT/OPT program) for this role.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.