Senior UX Designer

JOB DESCRIPTION

Sr. UX Designer
Requirements:

• Minimum 8+ years UI/UX design skills showcasing problem solving techniques focused on the customer and customer journey
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and practices, user research, testability, etc...
• Experience developing wireframes and screen flows based on user needs
• Familiar with working in an Agile / SAFE environment
• Experience with Figma, Figjam, Sketch, Miro
• JavaScript, HTML, CSS a plus
• Financial services experience
• Portfolio required

Job Summary:
UX Designer will partner with a cross functional team of product, engineering, key stakeholders, and designers to create an end to end customer experience for our digital community. In this role, you should be an analytical and creative designer who is able to grasp user needs and solve problems. A strong portfolio of successful UX and other technical projects is essential. Ultimately, you will make our product more user-friendly and intuitive to drive adoption and usage.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The essential functions include, but are not limited to:
1. Strong UI/UX design skills showcasing problem solving techniques focused on the customer
2. Expertise in design software such as Figma, Figjam, and Miro.
3. Deep understanding of user-centered design principles and practices.
4. Strong understanding of usability principles, journey mapping techniques, information architecture, and interaction design.
5. Experience in conducting user research and usability testing to support evidence-focused design decisions.
6. Excellent communication skills to articulate design decisions and process.
7. Define and execute a customer centric strategy to focus on the customer experience through user research
8. Strong journey mapping experience.
9. Developing wireframes and task flows based on user needs
10. Collaborating with Designers and Developers to create intuitive, user-friendly software
11. Understand product specifications and user psychology
12. Conduct concept and usability testing and gather feedback
13. Create personas through user research and data
14. Define the right interaction model and evaluate its success
15. Work with existing UI Developer to create wireframes and prototypes around customer needs
16. Find creative ways to solve UX problems (e.g. usability, findability)