UI/UX Designer III

About the role

The UI/UX Designer III will create web and mobile digital experiences that factor in business goals, development capabilities, technology platform, design standards, and user needs for a wide range of strategic programs. The role advises the product teams across the organization, provides user experience design leadership, collaborates and communicates across teams for measurable business outcomes, helps establish strong brand, and represents seamless customer experience across web and mobile channels. The role oversees prototyping, visual designs, user research and usability testing, and integration of designs with application development.

Responsibilities

• Improves usability and accessibility of a product that is attractive and convenient for the users.
• Advises the product teams across the organization.
• Provides user experience design leadership over 2 or more large strategic initiatives.
• Collaborates and communicates across teams for measurable business outcomes.
• Helps establish strong brand and able to represent seamless customer experience across web and mobile channels.
• Oversees prototyping, visual designs, user research and usability testing and integration of designs with application development.
• Leads a team of mid and junior UI/UX designers, providing training and support as and where necessary.
• Researches and identifies new functionality, rich content opportunities, and user behavior enhancements to improve overall user experience.
• Conducts user testing surveys for new product features.
• Ensures complex information is delivered and displayed in the most compelling way.
• Creates rapid working prototypes to validate design concepts with stakeholders and customers.
• Researches industry trends and competitor experiences to predict use cases and user interaction, including happy path and exceptions.
• Presents the designs and sells creative solutions to various stakeholders.
• Stays up-to-date with the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies.
• Understands and incorporates search engine optimization best practices in design.
• Participates in educational opportunities, reading professional publications and participating in professional organizations.
• Prioritizes and manages assignments, tasks, and projects to completion with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript for rapid prototyping.
• Knowledge in Angular, React.JS, SASS/SCSS/Less.
• Experience creating interactive prototypes using one or more prototyping tools (Sketch, Figma, InVision, Axure).
• Proven examples of responsive grid-based layouts.
• Work portfolio that demonstrates systematic and creative design thinking as well as a deep understanding of UI/UX best practices.
• Minimum of 7 years of UX/UI or interaction design experience; experience with responsive Web and Mobile design and frameworks that incorporate strong grid principles, such as Bootstrap, material design.

Benefits

Rewarding compensation and benefits eligible employees can elect to participate in: Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage. Health care and dependent care spending accounts. Short- and long-term disability. Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance. Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP). Employee discount programs. Retirement plan with a generous company match. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Paid Time Off (PTO)