UX Designer

Rate: Open for right candidate (FTE)

Title: UX Designer

Location: NYC NY (3 Days Hybrid) (Day 1 Onsite)

Job Description:

Candidate should be capable of leading multidisciplinary UX teams to identify and explore the problem space from upfront research and insights though to ideation and prototyping. Candidate must be comfortable wearing different hats tackling complicated problems and rallying support for existing and emerging product areas. UX Strategy Leads are expected to understand and partner with Senior Leaders while developing strategies which inform prioritization planning and decisions. Additionally this role will guide others on how to better conduct strategy engagements and influence products/projects to focus on customer needs.

Job Responsibilities

Clarify business objectives for the product as well as the project

Learn different facets of the industry (economics regulation technology etc) as well as business acumen of the organization

Develop artifacts including project plans diagrams journeys conceptual prototypes and other documents (not wireframes or other end of project deliverables)

Identify opportunities by merging business requirements and customer needs to create value in the market

Produce provocative 35 year outs visions to advocate for meeting customer needs

Manage tradeoffs between business objectives and UX decisions while influencing the direction of the product roadmap

Required Skills:

(Tshaped designer or originating from other disciplines) who is able to model and concisely communicate complex systems and concepts

Work closely with Researchers gathering customer feedback and analytics especially on 01 research methods

Curiosity not only about what customers need do and think but about how things work (underlining technology) and how innovation in the market will shape the path forward

Voracious in keeping up to date on the latest developments across the industry and at the platform level (e.g. iOS voice etc)

A connector with the uncanny ability to connect teams and people business goals to customer goals problems to solution etc.

Preferred Skills:

Strong communicator who shares methodologies aligns on approaches tells stories defends recommendations etc.

Excellent facilitator who designs and runs workshops includes stakeholders (technology product legal risk etc.) aligns on hypotheses or solutions sparks interest and/or generates excitement etc.

Can function as a 1person team while gaining a critical mass of interest and data then leverage DCE Research Design and Content to complete activities

Capable of commissioning customer encounters and codesign sessions