Job Description
We are looking for a Sr. UX Designer to join our client. This consultant will define user interfaces and customer interactions on enhancement of an interface (or more). They'll leverage research to recommend solutions and create design assets, patterns, and guidelines in line with overall styles and tech stack. Several interaction-heavy views that will require designs and testing of those designs. Some user research and usability studies have been done already so we need a designer to dig through insights and existing knowledge to help our product team use that research to bring the information architecture and design to life. Some decisions have already been made by non-designers, so we need someone who can come in and help the team inform intelligent design decisions. Most of their work will be done independently of other UX team members.
The client is looking for Senior User Experience Designer experienced in the design of complex business to consumer web and mobile applications. You will be collaborating with a dedicated business and engineering team to enhance the customer experience and ease-of-use for an existing consumer commerce platform. This will require transforming complex data, workflow processes and end user requirements into user-friendly web and mobile interfaces. You will be consulting with the larger UX team at the client.
A solid grounding in information architecture is critical for developing interface concepts around the data workflow, presentation, and manipulation of data. The designer will be expected to employ user-centered design methodologies to develop an understanding of user goals and tasks along with validation of designs as part of the usability and interface design process. Prior experience in markets dealing with presentation of complex workflows, commerce tasks, and data heavy requirements to consumers is desirable.
This is NOT a marketing, branding or front-end coding position.
Designs will be storyboarded and iterated using wireframes with follow through to higher fidelity prototypes in a collaborative and user-focused environment with business, product, business analyst, and engineering stakeholders. The designer must have the experience to lead, support and defend best practices and user-centered design decisions towards creating best of breed designs. Designs will be validated with a combination of user-testing and analytics for released functions. Detailed product design and implementation will be in an agile development setting. Visual/graphic design experience is advantageous but not a requirement for the position, however a strong aesthetic design sense is necessary.
Required Skills & Experience
* Undergraduate or Graduate degree in Interaction Design, Product/Usability Design, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Multimedia Design, or related field & experience.
* Advanced knowledge of User Interface Design and User-Centered Design methodologies.
* 5+ years of interaction design experience in:
o Complex application interface design such as e-commerce and B2C systems
o Business workflow and data modeling (Information Architecture)
o Usability & User research experience
* Visual design or a strong aesthetic sensibility. Ability to communicate conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale, both verbally and visually, to colleagues and senior-level stakeholders.
* Building of wireframe and high-fidelity mockups
* Applicable design and development tools or equivalents -- Figma, XD, Sketch, Axure, Adobe CC Suite.
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.