UX Designer Expert

Job Title: UX Designer - Expert

Location: Austin, TX Salary: $70.00 USD Hourly - $75.00 USD Hourly Duration: 12 Months (Contract to Extend/Hire)

Note: The position will initially be remote. Once a seat is assigned, it will transition to a hybrid work model.

Job Description

TOP 3 SKILLS:

• Expertise w/Foundational UX principles.
• Experience in executing High Fidelity Design.
• Documentation/Project Tracking experience (Confluence, Jira)

Our Opportunity:

The Client User Experience and Design team is responsible for software design across advisor services platforms, primarily desktop and responsive mobile. We are a multi-disciplinary group of user experience designers, visual designers, content writers, and researchers who collaborate with strategic business and technology partners to build best-in-class software experiences. Our business is driven by a client-centric approach, making it an ideal environment for practicing user-centered design. Our purpose is to design tools and experiences that empower 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 established patterns and design systems to ensure company goals are met.
• Understand that great designs are achieved iteratively.
• Visualize ideas clearly (sketch, diagram, wireframe, or prototype) and provide appropriate documentation.

Design Management

• Set expectations with the project team and prioritize activities.
• Create and maintain design schedules.
• Communicate status and agreements with the 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 primary design activities, create deliverables, and perform QA at an expert level.
• Participate in and support research efforts.
• Commit to improving our process and methods with an emphasis on both effectiveness and efficiency.

Teamwork, Collaboration, and Engagement

• Work effectively with all partners to deliver work.
• Support UX team members.
• Strategically listen to feedback and help guide delivery.
• Be collaborative and cooperative.
• Possess a design perspective but remain flexible when presented with new information.
• Be passionate about the team, our mission, and the needs of our partners and users.
• Be enthusiastic about UX design.

Empathy & Curiosity

• Understand user needs, empathizing with their perspective.
• Focus on innovation and improvement.
• Regularly learn more about design theory, practice, and tools.

Why your work matters:

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

Contact:

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