Our client, a leading stock market index company, is hiring a Senior Product Designer consultant on a contract basis.
Work Location
New York, NY
Summary
As a Senior Product Designer, you will optimize existing site features based on heuristic analysis, competitive analysis, and user feedback.
You will use Figma to produce low-fidelity wireframes, high-fidelity comps and other design documentation. You will collaborate with business stakeholders and developers to create accessible, world-class interactive experiences.
You will be creative and resourceful while designing in a systematic way to lay the groundwork for high-velocity distributed development.
This is a ground-floor opportunity to join an inclusive, startup-like team for an established, purpose-driven global brand.
In this role, you are:
• Strategically oriented – designing with intentionality and business outcomes in mind.
• Creating user interface design – including low-fidelity wireframes, polished design comps, and interactive prototypes – to support the business objectives of client
• Collaborating with product stakeholders and developers to ensure that designs reflect business objectives and are properly rendered across browsers and devices.
• Qualitatively-inclined – able to process subjective inputs like user feedback, able to intuitively assess how to improve a user experience through UI design and information architecture.
• Quantitative when necessary – able to use Google Analytics and other quantitative tools to augment decision-making.
• Detail-oriented and decisive about the layout details that make an experience – from the core structure of margin and padding to the finer points of typography and transitions.
• Creating and managing conventions and patterns intended to be shared across product teams.
• A partner in the design process, engaged in the business objectives and user goals that drive product improvements.
• Constantly learning as core web technologies evolve.
• A member of a distributed team, able to collaborate with individuals seamlessly across disciplines and time zones.
Key Qualifications
? At least 5 years of experience as a user experience design lead, with a portfolio that includes live consumer-facing products.
? Experience creating design artifacts for business stakeholders and developers, including low-fidelity wireframes, development-ready comps, and interactive prototypes.
? Experience using Figma for design production of a responsive website.
? Preferred experience designing annotated wireframes to drive development.
? Experience with WCAG standards and how to design for accessibility.
? Experience working with a design system (e.g. PatternLab, Storybook); able to consider a holistic product roadmap while maintaining focus on the success of a single feature or user flow.
? Strong design sensibility, with a grasp of key concepts of typography, color, and layout.
? Preferred knowledge of interactive design techniques via JavaScript, CSS animation, and use of vector graphics.
• Familiarity with the Drupal content management system. If not Drupal specifically, experience with development for a large, component-oriented responsive website.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodology.