Job Type: Contract position 6 Months with possibility to get extended
Pay Range: 37 to 41 dollars an hour
Top skills:
1. UX Design & Research Analytical Thinking
2. Strong Communication Skills (Presentation, Cross-functional collaboration, Conflict resolution)
3. Project Management (Ability to coordinate and handle multiple projects and initiatives at a time)

Schedule: Hybrid, 4 days onsite, Fri WFH/remote

Summary:
The main function of the User Experience Designer is to work with project teams to design and deliver high quality client-centered, effective, consistent and usable interfaces.

Job Responsibilities:
? Bachelor’s degree in human factors/usability or related discipline.
? 0-2 years related experience.

Skills:
? Works closely with business analysts, business sponsors, project managers and IT teams to obtain and understand business requirements.
? Creates the design of user interface specifications, by applying client research, design standards, industry best practices, taking into account strategic business objectives, user needs, systems constraints.
? Participates in design review sessions with project teams, acquiring consensus and getting approvals on designs and documentation.
? Executes business acceptance test cases and testing.
? Works with the project managers to ensure that usability deliverables accommodate project timelines, budgets, technical and scope constraints.
? Contributes to the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of efficient and effective usability methodology/process, documentation, workflow, ROI, metrics and design standards.
? Acts as a user experience advocate regarding principles of user experience and user-centered design.

? Proven understanding of user-centered design techniques & demonstrated ability to incorporate UCD principles into the architecture and design of user interfaces.
? Demonstrated ability in gathering and translating requirements from business sponsors, SMEs, users, and business analysts etc.
? Experience applying usability testing techniques and principles.
? Experience applying a web design standard
? Knowledge of web client technologies (browsers, HTML, CSS).
? Excellent communication and presentation skills and the ability to articulate ideas effectively.
? Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop.
? Strong ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
? Strong detail orientation, and a passion for consistency.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES/REQUIREMENTS

*Design portfolio required to be considered. Please provide password to your portfolio*

Not hands-on design role but heavy communication role

Candidate will be successful in the role if they have:
– Ability to apply strong critical thinking skills to design critiques and suggest alternative solutions
– Deep understanding of design, product, UX
– Ability to accurately identify follow up action items (self-starters)
– Experience with cross-functional collaboration across multiple teams (R&D, TPM/QA, Sales/Marketing, Legal and more)
– Skill in managing multiple projects simultaneously
– Be coachable
– Great presentation and communication skills
– Comfort with ambiguity