JSR Tech Consulting ยท 1 month ago
User Experience Designer - REMOTE
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expJSR Tech Consulting is seeking a Senior User Experience Designer for a long-term contract position with a major financial/investment firm. The role involves working in a multidisciplinary team to create human-centered products and services, focusing on delivering valuable and intuitive experiences for customers across various channels and platforms.
Information ServicesInformation Technology
Responsibilities
Engage in the full lifecycle of client projects beyond initial site development including unit tests, documentation, deployment, and maintenance. This includes enrollment platform design and development using a Content Management System (CMS) that requires proficiency HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Design conceptual wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, information architecture diagrams, interaction specifications, and functional prototypes
Understand the core Human Centered Design framework of an experience and design targeted improvements to that framework that accommodates new and improved process refinements and deliverables
Create and rapidly iterate interactive prototypes in accordance with task, scenario, and business needs
Co-creating on designs with developers, marketing, and product stakeholders
Put forward new cases for designs improvements with marketing and product managers
Communicate with detailed design and industry backed decisions and be able to represent all experience touchpoints
Engage and align with all multidisciplinary teams across the customer office business
Analyze friction within existing experiences and identify root causes for that failure that can be translated into solutions
Qualification
Required
Candidate must be based in the USA, and work EST hours
Long term contract position with a major financial/investment firm
Financial services experience is highly desired
Consumer facing mobile and web design experience is needed
Strong portfolio demonstrating previous design work is required
Minimum of 5 years of UX design experience at a major corporation is required
Working in a fast pace startup environment
High profile projects
Self starter
Able to navigate stakeholder meetings and collaboration
Has a clear point of view and voice
Senior designer presence in meetings
Great communication skills
Advocate for the user and customer centricity
Comfortable working with cross functional teams and internal and external enterprise partners
Mobile for web design expertise
Consumer space/ retail experience
Out of the box thinking
Creative visual design
Working with design systems and pushing through limitations when appropriate
Great storytelling and versatility demonstrated in portfolio
Data driven design
Experience with research studies
Turning insights into creative design solutions
Engage in the full lifecycle of client projects beyond initial site development including unit tests, documentation, deployment, and maintenance
Design conceptual wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, information architecture diagrams, interaction specifications, and functional prototypes
Understand the core Human Centered Design framework of an experience and design targeted improvements to that framework
Create and rapidly iterate interactive prototypes in accordance with task, scenario, and business needs
Co-creating on designs with developers, marketing, and product stakeholders
Put forward new cases for designs improvements with marketing and product managers
Communicate with detailed design and industry backed decisions and be able to represent all experience touchpoints
Engage and align with all multidisciplinary teams across the customer office business
Analyze friction within existing experiences and identify root causes for that failure that can be translated into solutions
Strong understanding of responsive web design principles and the ability to create mobile-friendly layouts
Familiarity with web accessibility guidelines and standards such as WCAG 2.0 or 2.1
Experience working with Content Management Systems
Ability to troubleshoot technical problems logically and systematically
Must demonstrate strong knowledge of design thinking
Working collectively and autonomously with cross-functional teams
A design related degree or relevant experience in designing products and services
Preferred
Knowledge of the insurance business is a plus
Adobe CC - Preferably XD
Figma
Microsoft Teams
Miro
Company
JSR Tech Consulting
JSR Tech Consulting provides contract consulting services for business and technology leaders in financial services.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Susan Riordan Flynn
President and CEO
Eric Lauck
Client Partner
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