UX Designer in Basking Ridge, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Create concepts using professional design tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite) to rapidly work through ideation.
• Work with creative and visual leads to co-evolve user experience solutions through an iterative design process.
• Work with technical leads to understand front/back end systems and constraints so that design solutions are technically feasible and optimal.
• Provide information to support interaction design prioritization and tradeoff decisions.
• Advocate the implementation of UI guidelines, standards and requirements that serve as the foundation for designing cohesive experiences.
• Connect the dots between business requirements, innovation, analytics, and good design through visual representation of ideas.
• Apply strategic thinking to design and deliver innovative end-to-end user experiences that optimize among user needs, business goals, and technological realities across web & mobile platforms
• Take ideas and concepts, and visualize them in such that they are communicated effectively and compellingly for internal leaders, partners and customers
• Turn visions into concepts and translate those concepts into designs that illustrate simplicity, despite complexity of the system, service or infrastructure
• Collaborate effectively with researchers, product management, development, marketing, and other team members
• Use facilitative leadership skills to drive to the best outcome for stakeholders, resulting in others learning from you, and inspiring others to want to work with you
• Be an expert in the emerging industry UI trends, across web, mobile and tablet platforms, competitors and strategies, and shares this information with the team
• Work both collaboratively and independently while maintaining a high level of productivity
• Use customer-driven insights and agile methodologies to deliver elegant and delightful customer experiences
• Maximize research data to deliver intuitive user flows, interaction models and information architecture for all digital platforms (i.e. mobile, tablet, desktop)
• Construct IA structures, user flows and interaction designs
• Champion principles of usability and user-centered design

Experience & Knowledge/Skills:

• 5+ years’ directly-related web design, UX Design, Front-end mobile-web development or interaction design experience; understanding of visual/graphic design principles a plus.
• Experience with responsive web/mobile design.
• Strong technical proficiency with UX tools such as Axure, Balsamiq, Camtasia, Sketch, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Strong work portfolio that demonstrates creative design thinking and a deep understanding of UI/UX best practices.
• Experience with multiple design approaches including but not limited to responsive design, mobile first, and data driven design.
• This designer possesses excellent visual and UI/UX design skills, with a high-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite among other visual creation tools.
• The UX Designer will have a proven track record in user-centered design methodology and techniques.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Design (Graphic, Interaction, Visual, and Digital), Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Information architecture, or related UX field.
• Interface design experience.
• Online portfolio available for viewing.

Preferred:

• 5+ years of interface design experience in delivering high-volume, high-profile or award-winning web sites or mobile products or devices.
• Strong knowledge and experience with driving and applying user-centered design processes while working collaboratively with colleagues, along with cross-functional teams including technology, product management, and user research.
• Proficient in a variety of methods to convey ideas and concepts (e.g. customer journeys, storyboards, wireframes, prototypes, product feature matrices, etc.)
• Proven track record in setting a vision for great customer experiences, inspiring others to get behind the vision, and ultimately delivering products and services that are known for their delightful experience and ease of use
• Skilled in creating 'lo-fi' prototypes to share with users in a fast, iterative manner
• Familiarity with web and mobile technologies and their impact on the feasibility of design solutions
• Strong knowledge of Android OS and iOS platforms.
• A passion for creating products that resonate on an emotional level
• Strong information design communication skills, both in team collaboration and written documentation of UX design elements, flows, interaction and functionalities
• Experience with multi-platform projects for large audiences (mobile, tablet, desktop and connected devices)
• Ability to work under pressure on multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines with frequent interruptions and redefined priorities
• Conscientious, curious, hard-working individual who craves accountability and loves to solve complex problems
• Effective communicator at all levels of the organization ranging from front-line employees to enterprise officers
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Results oriented, strong sense of urgency, collaborative, proactive and flexible

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