User Experience (UX) Architect Expert

Job Title: Senior User Experience Designer - Hybrid

Duration (Contract): 18 Months

Client Location: Austin TX

Location Preference: Hybrid

Job Description:

As a Senior User Experience Designer you are responsible for software design across advisor services platforms which is primarily desktop and responsive mobile. We are a multi-disciplinary group of user experience designers visual designers content writers and researchers. We work with strategic business and technology partners across the enterprise to build best-in-class software experiences for our users. Our business is driven by looking through our clients eyes which makes it a great place to practice user-centered design. Our purpose is designing tools and experiences that enable users to achieve their financial goals.

The team is responsible for:

Design Consulting:

• Facilitate collaborative design sessions including sketching and ideation.
• Lead design reviews and drive decisions.
• Create design solutions with a multi-faceted team considering all aspects of the advisor experience from consultative to end client/consumer experience
• Faithfully translate the established patterns and design systems to ensure company goals are met.
• Understand great designs are achieved iteratively.
• Visualize ideas in a clear form (sketch diagram wireframe or prototype) and provide appropriate level documentation.

Design Management:

• Set expectations with the project team and prioritize activities.
• Create and maintain design schedules.
• Communicate status and agreements with project team.
• Review work with UX managers keep them updated on project status and escalate items appropriately. Design Expertise and Execution
• Maintain the high standards set by the group.
• Conduct the primary design activities create deliverables and conduct QA at an expert level.
• Participate and support research efforts.
• Commit to improving our process and methods with an emphasis on both effectiveness and efficiency. Teamwork Collaboration and Engagement
• Work well with all partners to deliver work.
• Support UX team members.
• Strategically listen to feedback and help guide the delivery
• Collaborative and cooperative.
• Has a design position but is not rigidly fixed when presented with new information.
• Passionate about team our mission and the needs of our partners and users.
• Enthusiastic about UX design. Empathy & Curiosity
• Understand user needs walking in their shoes when possible.
• Focus on innovation and improvement.
• Regularly learns more about design theory practice and tools.

Required Skills Experiences Education and Competencies:

• You will support an engaged set of users who rely on our products to manage their financial lives
• By researching and understanding the user needs you will be able to impact how our users do business with Client.
• You will learn how balance functionality against complexity on a highly visible platform which serves millions of advisors and retail customers.
• You will work with an engaged design team that fosters a learning environment.

The hourly range for roles of this nature are $40.00 to $80.00/hr. Rates are heavily dependent on skills experience location and industry.