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Job Description Duration: 10 Months Location: Remote (PST preferred) Pay: $69.00/hour (DOE) Planet Interactive's Fortune-500 Financial Services client has a HOT need for a Senior UI Designer with 5 years of UI design experience designing for complex digital product solutions (not branding or marketing websites) for a 10 month contract starting in March 2024 Senior UI Designer Responsibilities Team leadership: Work together and mentor a team of design professionals, providing guidance, mentorship, and support. Ensure the team’s collaboration, growth, and adherence to design processes and methodologies. UX design and prototyping: Proven expertise in user interface (UI) design, interaction design, and information architecture. Lead the creation of wireframes, prototypes, and visual designs to communicate and test design concepts. Stakeholder management: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and business stakeholders, to ensure alignment and a shared understanding of user experience goals. User research and insights: Involved in user research activities to gain a deep understanding of user needs, behaviors, and motivations. Utilize research findings to inform design decisions and validate design solutions. Collaborate with team members to execute usability testing strategies to validate design decisions and uncover areas for improvement. Industry awareness: Staying up to date with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in user experience design and provide thought leadership and guidance on emerging UX trends and innovations. Senior UI Designer Requirements Must have a portfolio available for review with examples of project experience that demonstrates strategic and conceptual thinking. Be highly proficient with design software such as Figma, etc. Very skilled in creation of prototypes and wireframes in mid and high-fidelity using Figma. A clear understanding of the importance of user-centered design, design thinking, and research methodologies through formal training or work experience. A customer-focused approach and experience conducting and leveraging qualitative & quantitative user research methodologies and insights to drive design decisions (e.g. UXTweak, UserZoom, User Testing, etc.). Understand and apply accessibility to design. Manage timelines and multiple concurrent projects. Self-starter and operate at a high level independently. Fluent with Mac system. Senior UI Designer Nice to have Experience working in Wealth Management or Financial industry. Experience working in an Agile framework, iterating on the product based on user input and stakeholder’s direction. Experience developing designs for digital products with complex tech stacks. Experience or familiarity with Storybook, Chromatic, NPM, etc. Experience with CSS/HTML. Degree in graphic design or related degree. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Contract Job function Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology Industries: Staffing and Recruiting J-18808-Ljbffr