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February 11, 2026
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UX Research and Design Specialist

Merrillville, IN
Full-time
Hybrid
$82K/yr - $123K/yr
Entry, Mid Level
NiSource is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the U.S., serving millions of customers across six states. The UX Designer and Researcher at NiSource plays a key role in shaping intuitive, accessible, and data-driven digital experiences for customers and employees, focusing on understanding customer needs and translating insights into well-designed solutions.
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Responsibilities

  • Prioritizes improvements and introduce changes based on value, business impact, effort and risks through user experience testing, and business case research
  • Works closely with customers, business partners, field and customer operations teams, and other end-users to understand current state experience needs, user behavior attitudes, and work environments
  • Conducts user studies, job shadows, focus groups and interviews to understand user insights. Analyzes research data to define opportunities and recommendations. Develops Personas to define user’s needs
  • Maps user experiences across key journeys, documenting personas, touchpoints, pain points, sentiment, processes, stakeholders and key performance indicators
  • Designs user experiences that increase safety, efficiency, and employee & customer satisfaction
  • Develops storyboards, wireframes and journey maps that inform future state development builds
  • Conducts capability demonstrations at key stages within the Agile and Iterative development cycle
  • Partners with IT, Change Management, agile development teams and other stakeholders across the organization to translate user insights into experience improvements with detailed requirements; work with project and product management teams to manage experience improvement through design, build, implementation, and sustainment
  • Adheres to UI/UX best practices and UI design standards
  • Develops and documents design standards to ensure consistency across organization
  • Researches, identifies, and shares industry leading UX trends and practices from both inside and outside of utility industry

Qualification

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 2+ years of user research and facilitation experience
  • 2+ years of experience in interface design and usability testing
  • Strong knowledge of design thinking methodologies

Preferred

  • Working knowledge of Figma, User Testing, Adobe XD, Optimal Workshop, Miro and associated research design and UI prototyping tools

Benefits

  • 8% annual bonus
NiSource helps energize the lives of its nearly 4 million natural gas and electric customers across seven states.
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3.5
Founded in 1912
Merrillville, Indiana, USA
5001-10000 employees
https://www.nisource.com/