Principle UX Designer

job summary:

An array of design skills including service design and strategic design methods. Information architecture, prototyping, user research, and visual design will also be essential

Effective communication, presentation, and storytelling skills; equally at ease speaking with developer or business partners

Experience working on agile teams delivering value in digital products preferred

Experience running and/or using research to support evidence-focused design decisions preferred

A digital portfolio we can review online is required

Familiarity with the value of design systems, understanding reuse and scale, and knowing when to contribute to make them better

Work across the organization to drive consistent associate-facing experiences

location: Merrimack, New Hampshire

job type: Contract

salary: $82 - 83 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

• Creates innovative solutions for a wide variety of product design challenges, including desktop, hardware interfaces, physical environments, and person-to-person interactions.
• Leads the design for new experiences and improvements of existing experiences.
• Plans and defines strategy for the direction of future iterations.
• Quickly iterates on multiple interactive design solutions.
• Advocates for design solutions, highlighting inputs that influences decisions including business and user goals, demographic and usage data, and research findings.
• Develops high level, detailed storyboards, mock-ups, and prototypes to optimally communicate interaction and design ideas.
• Delivers work that is not only user-friendly and aesthetically engaging, but that also produces results.
• Works alongside engineers and product managers throughout all stages of the production cycle.
• Assesses and optimizes the performance of new and existing features by actively participating in user research and assessing performance metrics.
• Develops and maintains detailed user-interface specifications.
• Presents design work to multiple teams and senior leadership for review and feedback.
• Creates user experience standards, guidelines, and associated assets to accelerate UI development.
• Contributes to the group's shared knowledge of user-centered design and research methodologies.

qualifications:

8+ years of UX or related design experience in a professional setting

A degree in a related field such as interactive design, architecture, industrial design, graphic design, or human factors is preferred

Asset Management or related Investment Applications Design experience is ideal

Provide design and product thought leadership, identifying and developing strategic design opportunities to drive business and product strategy, creating artifacts to align stakeholders and teams to

Work across and collaborate with investment professionals, product and engineering leads, and others to develop and prototype product vision

Lead definition of the design work and deliver business outcomes across multiple product teams, with minimal guidance and coaching

Distilling qualitative and quantitative feedback to unearth recurring themes and promote data-driven design decisions

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.