Job Duties & Responsibilities:
- Identify user behaviors through contextual research, interviews, focus groups, and facilitation
- Determine use cases and user interaction to design solutions to support business objectives
- Understand user needs and motivations uncovered in research and translate them into design solutions
- Communicate research insights and design concepts through compelling presentations / demos to influence project teams and stakeholders
- Develop user flows, task analyses, wireframes, personas, journey maps, et. al. with the ability to easily move between strategy and execution
- Develop and maintain design wireframes, mockups, style guides, and specifications. Develop and iterate through low fidelity and high fidelity prototypes
- Design and recommend visual styles and standards
- Collaborate with a team of business analysts, UX designers, project managers, and developers to ensure positive outcomes
- Lead, facilitate and moderate workshops, whiteboard sessions, affinity mapping / card sort / workshopping, etc
- Lead offshore UX team and coordinate their activities & deliverables
- Evangelize best UX practices and methods to and on behalf of the team with a view always extending across the organization and design system
Qualifications:
- Masters Degree in a design related field, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years’ experience in UX Design and Information Architecture
- 3+ years of experience around data, reporting and analytics applications
- A design portfolio including case studies and samples of work
- Deep understanding of user interface design, information architecture, disseminating and presenting research findings and in developing interactive concepts and wireframe prototypes
- Expert knowledge of user interface design processes and methodology, particularly as applied to data & analytics applications
- Experience with complex data representations and visualization
- Experience with user-centered design principles, usability, human factors, conceptual visualization, information and user flows, iterative prototyping, branding.
- Solid understanding of user interface design patterns, information architecture and user experience best practices.
- Proficiency with UI/UX design and specification tools, including Adobe Creative Suite
- Has strong presentation and collaboration skills and can communicate all aspects of the job requirements, including the creation of formal documentation
- Independent. Strong critical thinking, decision making, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Go-Getter. Possesses strong, planning, execution and multitasking skills and demonstrated ability to re-prioritize accordingly. Must be able to manage quickly changing priorities while meeting deadlines