Expired
Company:
Mindlance
Location: Chicago
Closing Date: 18/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Job Details:
Job Title: UX/Interaction Designer IV
Location: Chicago, IL or Houston, TX (Hybrid Onsite)
Duration: 6 Months
Description:
The Senior Designer - UX will help lead the design and definition as a key contributor to our client s Core UX team, responsible for integrating human-centered practices in unpacking and improving the digital customer experience across all stages of the travel journey. The Core UX team supports defining our client s digital product strategy and providing the leadership to execute on that strategy with the help of a cross-functional mission-based teams. We re looking for an empathic, passionate curious designer who celebrates delivering high-quality solutions and thrives for innovation in a collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
PLAN & CONCEPT
Visualize ideas using professional design tools as well as sticky notes, sketch boards, whiteboard markers or whatever tools are necessary to rapidly work through ideation and move to the next stage
Initiate and respond to ideas for innovation/improvements based on research, analysis, and competitive reviews
Identify user needs and business requirements
Substantiate design approach with analysis & projections for improvements
DESIGN & REFINE
Ensure digital customer touch points become and remain consistent with our client s user experience and brand standards
Develop intuitive, usable, and engaging interactions
Drive the design of next generation, navigation schemes, patterns, components and templates across the company s products, insuring a consistent, appealing, and dynamic customer experience.
Create low and high fidelity interactive prototypes adhering to a rapid, iterative and collaborative process
Work with usability researchers to design test plans and iterate designs throughout user testing. Translate usability research findings into design improvements.
DEFINE & COMMUNICATE
Create final design deliverables through appropriately detailed design specifications including: process flows, wireframes, storyboards, high and low fidelity mockups, red-lines and prototypes
Present design work to the user experience team, product team, and executives for review and feedback
Collaborate with cross-functional teams as well as the larger UX team and business partners throughout the design process
Communicate harmoniously with multiple stakeholders to synthesize, review design project progress, and incorporate feedback appropriately with a user-centered focus
During implementation phase respond to day-to-day questions from developers, product managers & project managers
Work with QA to identify, document, and verify bug fixes
Provide guidance and mentor junior designers
Education/Certification
BA/BS or equivalent work experience required
Top Skills:
Experience with best practices for User Interface Design, Information Architecture, and Interaction Design
Great communication skills and experience working in multi-disciplinary highly collaborative teams
Experience working with digital media technology
Experience designing for accessibility and inclusivity
Working knowledge of Figma and other related software
Knowledge/Skills
Solid grasp of web design principles and a good understanding of front-end web technologies required
Excellent understanding of user experience design for the Web, mobile, and touch devices required
Ability to coordinate, prioritize, and accomplish multiple tasks in a fast-paced atmosphere with minimal supervision required
Experience in writing detailed design specifications (IA, work flow, page functionality and layout, etc.), which technology developers use to build the product required
Must be a self-starter that can create schedules and define scope of work even when there are no clear requirements and direction required
Strong ability to communicate your design, defend your design decisions, and respond quickly to business needs required
Proven ability to set the design direction for your projects and to collaborate with other designers working in the space required
A team player who can easily adapt in a rapidly changing environment required
Experience
5+ years professional UX design experience required
8+ years professional UX design experience preferred
Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.
Job Title: UX/Interaction Designer IV
Location: Chicago, IL or Houston, TX (Hybrid Onsite)
Duration: 6 Months
Description:
The Senior Designer - UX will help lead the design and definition as a key contributor to our client s Core UX team, responsible for integrating human-centered practices in unpacking and improving the digital customer experience across all stages of the travel journey. The Core UX team supports defining our client s digital product strategy and providing the leadership to execute on that strategy with the help of a cross-functional mission-based teams. We re looking for an empathic, passionate curious designer who celebrates delivering high-quality solutions and thrives for innovation in a collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
PLAN & CONCEPT
Visualize ideas using professional design tools as well as sticky notes, sketch boards, whiteboard markers or whatever tools are necessary to rapidly work through ideation and move to the next stage
Initiate and respond to ideas for innovation/improvements based on research, analysis, and competitive reviews
Identify user needs and business requirements
Substantiate design approach with analysis & projections for improvements
DESIGN & REFINE
Ensure digital customer touch points become and remain consistent with our client s user experience and brand standards
Develop intuitive, usable, and engaging interactions
Drive the design of next generation, navigation schemes, patterns, components and templates across the company s products, insuring a consistent, appealing, and dynamic customer experience.
Create low and high fidelity interactive prototypes adhering to a rapid, iterative and collaborative process
Work with usability researchers to design test plans and iterate designs throughout user testing. Translate usability research findings into design improvements.
DEFINE & COMMUNICATE
Create final design deliverables through appropriately detailed design specifications including: process flows, wireframes, storyboards, high and low fidelity mockups, red-lines and prototypes
Present design work to the user experience team, product team, and executives for review and feedback
Collaborate with cross-functional teams as well as the larger UX team and business partners throughout the design process
Communicate harmoniously with multiple stakeholders to synthesize, review design project progress, and incorporate feedback appropriately with a user-centered focus
During implementation phase respond to day-to-day questions from developers, product managers & project managers
Work with QA to identify, document, and verify bug fixes
Provide guidance and mentor junior designers
Education/Certification
BA/BS or equivalent work experience required
Top Skills:
Experience with best practices for User Interface Design, Information Architecture, and Interaction Design
Great communication skills and experience working in multi-disciplinary highly collaborative teams
Experience working with digital media technology
Experience designing for accessibility and inclusivity
Working knowledge of Figma and other related software
Knowledge/Skills
Solid grasp of web design principles and a good understanding of front-end web technologies required
Excellent understanding of user experience design for the Web, mobile, and touch devices required
Ability to coordinate, prioritize, and accomplish multiple tasks in a fast-paced atmosphere with minimal supervision required
Experience in writing detailed design specifications (IA, work flow, page functionality and layout, etc.), which technology developers use to build the product required
Must be a self-starter that can create schedules and define scope of work even when there are no clear requirements and direction required
Strong ability to communicate your design, defend your design decisions, and respond quickly to business needs required
Proven ability to set the design direction for your projects and to collaborate with other designers working in the space required
A team player who can easily adapt in a rapidly changing environment required
Experience
5+ years professional UX design experience required
8+ years professional UX design experience preferred
Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.