Senior UX Designer

Day-2-Day *Research and Analysis ∙ Conduct primary research via user interviews, focus groups and contextual analysis to generate actionable insights for user experience designs. ∙ Assist with designing usability tests, draft test scripts and perform test moderation. ∙ Effectively communicate research findings to design teams and stakeholders. ∙ Monitor industry, technology and competitive trends to continually identify opportunities for applying improvements. Visual Design ∙ Discover, design and build new user experiences to drive the next generation of portals, applications and Web properties, including mobile. ∙ Design visually stunning, cutting-edge graphics, animations and interactions for Web sites, portals and applications. ∙ Produce visual assets needed by development team. ∙ Contribute to building the Company brand on portals, applications, mobile apps and Web sites by executing user interface design consistently on all deliverables. ∙ Refine low to high-fidelity wireframes into designs for the information architecture, navigational models, process flows, page layout, information displays and interactional components based on user research and in partnership with user experience interaction designers. ∙ Research and communicate trends and best-practices related to visual design and branding. Interaction Design ∙ Discover and design new user experiences that drive the next generation of web and mobile applications. ∙ Research, analyze and interpret a variety of inputs to conceive and document user experience requirements. ∙ Effectively represent the voice of the user to influence and improve design decisions. ∙ Create wireframes, site maps, feature lists, specifications and other artifacts. ∙ Develop interactive design simulations using Axure or similar design tools. ∙ Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team that includes visual designers, content specialists and developers during ideation, design and development. ∙ Consult with the team throughout development and rollout to ensure designs are understood, implemented and communicated appropriately. ∙ Mentor junior interaction designers and team members on usability, experience design and related topics. ∙ Contribute to internal innovation projects related to user experience.