User Experience (UX) Designer - Remote Job at cyberThink, Inc. in Chicago

Job Description:

• As a User Experience (UX) Designer, you will be working closely with Design lead, Content Strategy lead, Client Experience Lead, Product owners and technology teams. Our Opportunity: Client User Experience and Design is responsible for software design across mobile, web and desktop platforms. We are a multi-disciplinary group of user experience designers, visual designers, prototypes 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

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate collaborative design sessions including sketching and ideation.
• Lead design reviews and drive decisions.
• Effectively "sell" design solutions to partners through design storytelling and by demonstrating traceability in the design thinking.
• Represent the design team brand and deliver a consistent design process to partners.
• 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.

Experience & Skills:

• 3-5 years interaction design focused on digital products.

• Solid experience with Salesforce, Figma, Interaction Design delivery focus.

• An online portfolio demonstrating interaction design process and thinking.
• Experienced with all aspects of a user-centered interaction design process, including user research, developing user flows, creating wireframes, conducting usability tests, and creating annotated design specifications.
• Experience working in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team within an iterative process and an Agile development methodology.
• Strong self-management skills, comfortable with substantial responsibility, working directly with our client partners.
• Capable of creating and managing your design project schedules.
• Experience participating in and leading design thinking sessions with cross-functional teams.
• Effective relationship builder - ability to partner cross-functionally, cross-enterprise and work effectively with various levels of the organization as well as various personality types.
• Comfortable in a project-oriented work environment, with a positive attitude and solid work ethic.

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.

cyberThink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.