Our client, a leading financial services company is hiring for a Senior UX Designer on a long term contract basis.
Work Location:
Alpharetta, GA
Summary:
Here You Will…
* Under the guidance of the Lead UX Designer, strategize and execute the product vision by being heavily involved in the end-to-end product design process
* Surface the underlying needs and motivation of our users to ensure we achieve business goals and provide value
* Design an intuitive and elegant experience that empowers our clients to make confident financial decisions
* Work closely with our research team to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data and make value-driven design decisions which then translate into clear, simple UIs
* Create and present a variety of design deliverables (sketches, wireframes, user flows and prototypes) in a way that engenders confidence in you and your solutions within the team and the greater organization
* Design holistic solutions that integrate seamlessly into our Wealth Management product ecosystem
* Design and deliver responsive/adaptive solutions that are optimized for web and mobile interfaces and partner with engineers to translate designs into successful products
Relevant Experience and Mindset:
* An outstanding portfolio that demonstrates how you have created experiences that solved business and user needs
* 5 years of experience as a UX designer as a key contributor to the success of products that have launched
* Bachelor’s degree in design or related field; master’s degree is a plus
* Fluency in Sketch, Adobe CC and InVision
* You thrive in a collaborative, explorative environment and value being on a diverse team that you can bounce ideas off of, get critical feedback from, and unite to mature design thinking in a large organization
* You practice active listening and contribute to group situations (brainstorms, audits, critiques, whiteboard sessions, etc.)
* You have a high tolerance for complex projects with high levels of ambiguity and you are resilient in the face of obstacles
* You have a relentless desire to validate assumptions and uncover a problems root cause by testing, learning and iterating
* You constantly seek opportunities to evangelize and promote design thinking in a large organization