Senior Ux Designer

TEKsystems
$50.00 - $65.00 / hr
life insurance, sick time, 401(k), retirement plan
United States, Illinois, Lisle
Nov 05, 2024
Description: As a Sr. UX Designer, you are responsible for leading and executing user-centered design within your digital product's journey(s). You own, make space for, and advocate for the user's needs. You ensure your work meets user and business needs, brand standards, and UX and UI best practices. You employ user research, usability testing, empathy, and communication skills to make the case for the user-centered design recommendations you make. You create and deliver information architecture, flows, prototypes, and UI specs that result in great digital products. Responsibilities * Be the design owner, stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the product owner. * Plan and perform evidence-based user experience design activities to ensure that your product's customer value and business outcomes are aligned, and realized. * Facilitate collaboration to see things from different perspectives by involving relevant. stakeholders and teams, and co-create with users and stakeholders all over the world. * Develop a deep understanding of your product's business and user needs. * Refine lo-fidelity flows into high fidelity prototypes and final specs. * Communicate effectively with stakeholders about design decisions. * Support Design Ops standardizing best methods, practices and assets. * Coach and share knowledge on design methods, tools, and trends with your fellow colleagues, Mentor more junior designers. * You are proficient in using design tools such as Mural, and Figma. Desired Skills We are looking for a designer with 7+ years of professional experience in a UX product design role, where you have delivered high quality user-centered products using user-validated UX / Design thinking methodologies to deliver evidence-based design. Collaborating with others to meet shared objectives is something you enjoy. You are a team player, motivating and supporting others come naturally to you, believing that we are better together. Required Skills * Needs to be engaged and provide their thoughts to design conversations * Demonstrable prior experience leading high quality UX products. * Portfolio: Strong case studies and relevant work samples. * Ability to shepherd stakeholders and work through the UX process from user journey through release; Agency experience a plus. * UX Writing: Must write precise UX copy well in US English. * Create and present case studies for projects * Be open to feedback, iteration, and suggestion * Stay curious, maintain a learner's mindset * Be highly organized and drive order in files, process, and artifacts. * Persistent design validation with users. * Formal education and/or demonstrable practical learning experience in design thinking, relevant humanistic fields, and/or design subjects. Soft Skills * Leadership * Client/Partner Management * Collaboration * Problem Solving * Presentation Hard Skills * UX Skills * UI Design * Prototyping * UX Design * Interaction Design * IA Design * Research Tools * Mural * Figma * Jira/ADO Skills: Ux design, Wireframe, Visual design, Figma Top Skills Details: Ux design,Wireframe,Visual design,Figma Additional Skills & Qualifications: Team Expectations Being a Team Player Showing Up 1 Attendance 2 Being On Time 3 Being On-Site 4 Engaging in Work Sessions 5 Camera On Taking Initiative 1 Owning your work 2 Reaching out to SMEs and/or Dev Team when needing answers 3 Being Timely Communication 1 Speaking up soon and often, when you need clarity on expectations, deliverables, or content 2 Being responsive to messages 3 Utilizing IMs and Emails for answers UX Work vs. UI Work 1 Mapping out a flow for feedback 2 Lo-Fi vs Hi-Fi Wireframing Accountability 1 Owning your part in delivering work 2 Ensure I'm owning and doing my part to delivering what is expected before pointing blame. Experience Level: Expert Level Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: * Medical, dental & vision * Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital * 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available * Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) * Short and long-term disability * Health Spending Account (HSA) * Transportation benefits * Employee Assistance Program * Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) About TEKsystems: We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.