UX/UI Designer

Job Description

Works on highly complex projects that require in-depth knowledge across two or more specialized user experience domains. Works as an individual contributor, project leader, or internal consultant.
Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

• Ability to multitask across multiple projects multiple projects in a cross-functional environment 
• Participates in team discussions relative to current user experience projects 
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of Agile / Lean UX methodologies 
• Researches and evaluates emerging design, technology, industry, and market trends. 
• Guides effective documentation and communication of design – via wireframes, mockups, and requirements engineering 
• Facilitate user experience design collaborations with individuals and teams from other disciplines 
• Report on project status, issues, and risks. Identify and mitigate UX risks on projects 
• Interface with UI implementation teams to ensure correct realization of UI prototypes 
• Understands how to leverage design systems for designing and building applications 
• Strong working knowledge of principles of Web and application design (HTML, CSS, JS) 
• Collaboratively leads user research, concept testing, and usability testing by utilizing various methodologies, and a variety of user research methods to develop an understanding of user needs 
• Creates annotated prototypes or wireframes of user interface designs that visually and textually communicate the behavior of a software application. 
• Use storyboards/narrative/wireframes/prototypes of varying fidelity to express how a product or service should behave to deliver capabilities in a way that supports user needs, goals, and workflows. 
• Conduct design validation sessions with users and stakeholders to reveal deep insights about user/business needs and technical constraints to determine how a design should be evolved and refined 
• Demonstrates knowledge of business’ structure (P&Ls) and the interplay of functions to support business goals. 
• Understands the competitive landscape, regulatory marketing, etc. Articulates clearly the main industry dynamics. 
• Understands key principles of design thinking, what it is and why it is important. Explores all ideas, regardless of their source. 
• Works to create an understanding of how individual people and things fit within larger structures (like systems or organizations), as well as the relationships between parts of a system and the system as a whole. 
• Assists with or creates basic project plans for UX projects or the UX portion of a larger development project. Continuously measures deliverables of self and team against scheduled commitments. Effectively balances different, competing objectives.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years as a UX/UI designer or similar role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design, Graphic Design, or equivalent design-related field.
• Experience seeing designs through to implementation.
• Basic understanding of HTML & CSS.
• Willingness to learn new processes.
• A portfolio that demonstrates strong visual and UX/UI design.

What We’ve got  (that you can’t find out on the internet)

• We’re nice people. Seriously. Some of the most ego-less and collaborative people you’ll find in this business.
• We don’t work in silos. We thrive on collaboration, both internally and externally.
• We’re always looking to learn. From our peers, from the competitors, and from our clients, we’re always looking for what’s coming next.
• We take our work seriously but believe weekends, vacations, and thinking space outside the office make you better at your job, not worse.