Senior UX Designer
Senior UX Designer
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Job Description
Duration: 6 month contract
Preferred Hours of work: 9 to 5 pm CST
Top 5 Skill sets
1. Strong UX .Com and App Experience
2. Experience with creating micro interactions
3. Innovative design approach
4. Strong accessibility experience
5. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Nice to have skills or certifications:
1. Masters in UX design
2. Accessibility standards
The Senior Designer UX will help lead the design and definition as a key contributor to Uniteds Core UX team Travel MBT responsible for integrating humancentered practices in unpacking and improving the digital customer experience across all stages of the travel journey. The Core UX team supports defining Uniteds digital product strategy and providing the leadership to execute on that strategy with the help of a crossfunctional missionbased teams. Were looking for an empathic passionate curious designer who celebrates delivering highquality solutions and thrives for innovation in a collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
PLAN & CONCEPT
Visualize ideas using professional design tools as well as sticky notes sketch boards whiteboard markers or whatever tools are necessary to rapidly work through ideation and move to the next stage
Initiate and respond to ideas for innovation/improvements based on research analysis and competitive reviews
Identify user needs and business requirements
Substantiate design approach with analysis & projections for improvements
DESIGN & REFINE
Ensure digital customer touch points become and remain consistent with Uniteds user experience and brand standards
Develop intuitive usable and engaging interactions
Drive the design of next generation navigation schemes patterns components and templates across the companys products insuring a consistent appealing and dynamic customer experience.
Create low and high fidelity interactive prototypes adhering to a rapid iterative and collaborative process
Work with usability researchers to design test plans and iterate designs throughout user testing. Translate usability research findings into design improvements.
DEFINE & COMMUNICATE
Create final design deliverables through appropriately detailed design specifications including: process flows wireframes storyboards high and low fidelity mockups redlines and prototypes
Present design work to the user experience team product team and executives for review and feedback
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams as well as the larger UX team and business partners throughout the design process
Communicate harmoniously with multiple stakeholders to synthesize review design project progress and incorporate feedback appropriately with a usercentered focus
During implementation phase respond to daytoday questions from developers product managers & project managers
Work with QA to identify document and verify bug fixes
Provide guidance and mentor junior designers
Education/Certification
BA/BS or equivalent work experience required
Knowledge/Skills
Solid grasp of web design principles and a good understanding of frontend web technologies required
Excellent understanding of user experience design for the Web mobile and touch devices required
Ability to coordinate prioritize and accomplish multiple tasks in a fastpaced atmosphere with minimal supervision required
Experience in writing detailed design specifications (IA work flow page functionality and layout etc.) which technology developers use to build the product required
Must be a selfstarter that can create schedules and define scope of work even when there are no clear requirements and direction required
Strong ability to communicate your design defend your design decisions and respond quickly to business needs required
Proven ability to set the design direction for your projects and to collaborate with other designers working in the space required
A team player who can easily adapt in a rapidly changing environment required
Experience
5 years professional UX design experience required
8 years professional UX design experience preferred
Other
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualifications
Reliable punctual attendance is an essential function of the position
Employment Type
Remote
Company Industry
Key Skills
- CSS
- InVision
- Balsamiq
- HTML5
- Information Architecture
- Ux
- Usability
- Wireframing
- UI
- Axure
- Responsive Web Design
- Sketch
