BCforward is hiring: User Experience Architect in Minneapolis

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated UX Architect.

Location: Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)

Contract Duration: 6-12 Months

Base Pay Range: $60.00/hr - $70.00/hr

Responsibilities include:

1. Employs a range of human-centered, accessible design techniques, such as conceptual models, personas, user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes, to determine and convey design decisions.
2. Optimizes experience architecture to promote findability and usability, while accommodating technical and business needs/constraints.
3. Reviews artifacts and deliverables from peers to ensure they accurately represent or improve upon the layout, design and interaction patterns.
4. Accurately interprets how the brand is applied to interaction modules, screen layouts, style guides, pattern libraries, images, icons and other visual elements.
5. Formally observes user interviews and usability sessions.
6. Works concurrently on multiple tasks or projects in an agile environment.
7. Delivers assets of record, e.g., wireframes, versioned prototypes, flow/process diagrams, etc.
8. Participates in validating code is built as designed during projects (according to brand standards, style guides and pattern libraries).

Basic Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree (preferred emphasis on Service Design, Experience Architecture or Information Architecture), or equivalent experience.
2. Five to eight years of related work experience, such as UX or digital industry, with at least one year of team leadership experience.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

1. Thorough knowledge of user experience (UX) best practices, interactive design principles, information architecture and experience architecture; Service Design knowledge a plus.
2. Thorough knowledge of design thinking process and framework, and familiarization with workshop and co-creations.
3. Thorough knowledge of website architecture, interactive design principles, web usability, and online marketing and business needs.
4. Experience with user-centered design from concept to delivery.
5. Experience/familiarity with CSS and responsive design.
6. Familiar with common design software.
7. Experience working in a cross-channel environment, including desktop/laptop, mobile, devices and brick-and-mortar locations; internal facing systems experience a plus.
8. Experience collaborating with large teams.
9. Strong communication, facilitation and presentation skills.
10. Ability to problem-solve and work independently.

Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level

Employment Type: Contract

Job Function: Accounting/Auditing

Industries: Banking

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