Product (UX/UI) Designer, Digital Products

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Top 3 skill sets required for this role:
o 1. Strategy: translating business and user goals into product and user experience direction
o 2. Execution: UX/UI/interaction design skills and operation of Figma (design systems prototyping)
o 3. Soft skills: ability to effectively collaborate and communicate with team and stakeholders

Nice to have skills or certifications:
o 1. Data analysis (product analytics e.g. GA Quantum Metric)
o 2. Motion design
o 3. UX writing

Spotlight Call Notes:

- Figma constructive design someone with great execution
- Soft skills: someone who works well w/stakeholders good communication skills work well in a team environment.

Resumes HM would like to see previous work experience at product design companies -i.e. high tech companies with products and good duration (no
short term tenure).
o Products internet websites
- Split UI vs. UX strong strategy w/UI is ideal contractor will not conduct UX research. Needs someone that translate or define the items needed to research and then develop the UI based on that while partnering with their design team.

About the work

You will unpack ambiguous problems absorb insights about the business and its users design test and help deliver usable innovative and compelling digital products and features. More about what you will do:

Design experiences and influence strategies for a variety of audiences stakeholders products and features in the world of Intranet GenAI Marketing and more.
Apply your curiosity asking the right questions and more to uncover key information.
Collaborate with product management research visual design engineering and stakeholders.
Clearly articulate design choices and rationale tailoring communications to your audiences.
Zoom into the pixels and aesthetics while also keeping in mind broader strategy.
Effectively work with design systems knowing when to leverage existing patterns and when to push for new concepts.
Elevate the quality of the team giving and soliciting constructive feedback and knowledge.
Scope and prioritize work across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Skills/experience

5 years of experience (senior level): shipping products and features that solve complex problems (with a proven portfolio of work); interaction design and visual design exhibiting a proficiency in user experience concepts typography layout and responsive design
Demonstrable articulation of product strategy and vision and all the thinkings design/strategic/system
Strong understanding and application of user-centered design methods and principles
Mastery of Figma (components variants prototyping branching etc.); experience with other software is a plus
Proficiency in prototyping; motion design skills are a bonus
Well-versed in accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA) designing for broad audiences
Experience working in scrum/agile and with developers
Experience working with user experience researchers and various methods of research and designing experiments

Top 3 skill sets required for this role: o 1. Strategy: translating business and user goals into product and user experience direction o 2. Execution: UX/UI/interaction design skills and operation of Figma (design systems prototyping) o 3. Soft skills: ability to effectively collaborate and communic...