Senior Interaction Designer

| Chicago
Sorry, this job was removed at 4:04 a.m. (CST) on Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Find out who's hiring in Chicago.
See all Design + UX jobs in Chicago
Apply
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.
 Design at higi

The purpose of the higi design practice is to help people take a more active role in their health and wellbeing by designing solutions that deepen engagement with users and stakeholders, engender trust with audiences, and acculturate design as an organizational competency.

 

The scope of the design practice spans the entirety of the product solutions portfolio and includes the higi health station, website and mobile app. Design is also asked to contribute to the understanding of the company’s broader questions and ideating on solutions.

 

The Role

Senior interaction designers at higi are primarily responsible for information architecture and interactions in our digital solutions. The successful candidate is an accomplished Human-Centered Design practitioner and has expertise of the framework, its methods, principles, and process. As a senior member of the design practice, this designer stewards higi’s Human-Centered Design framework and champions the application of the framework through mentorship and coaching of colleagues.

 

While higi’s visual design language is already well established, this designer must be comfortable applying it to their designs.

 

Responsibilities

 

Since you will be working closely with our product managers, developers, marketers, researchers, other senior stakeholders, you must be a team player.

 

-          Curate a cohesive, cross-product appearance model and visual language

-          Leverage communication design to elevate brand perception and reinforce product value

-          Develop and refine interface style guidelines, patterns, and supporting interaction standards

-          Design the appearance of interface elements that successfully facilitate desired user behavior and emotions

-          Base decisions on design principles and research evidence, effectively communicating rationale with others

-          Mentor design colleagues on visual, communication, and interface design

-          Contribute to the evolution of the higi HCD framework

-          Provide guidance on communication and interface design’s influence of the overall, end-to-end user experience

-          Effectively communicate the user experience in multiple ways (e.g. user flows, journey maps, storyboards, scenarios, wireframes and prototypes).

-          Educate the organization on the business value of design

 

Requirements

 

-          A stellar portfolio demonstrating compelling communication and visual interface design

-          Your design approach begins and ends with people; you lead with empathy

-          You can articulate the value and process of human-centered design

-          A strong grasp of aesthetic standards, usability principles, and accessibility heuristics

-          An understanding of design and technology trends and a strategic perspective on how they apply to innovation and product design and development

-          Strong ability to recognize and predict use cases and user interaction, including happy path as well as edge and corner cases, and incorporate them into designs.

-          Excellent verbal and written communication skills (the ability to effectively sell an idea).

-          Experience in working with a cross-functional team or large-scale software development lifecycle, including waterfall and agile methodologies.

-          Experience in healthcare is not required, but is a plus

 

Qualifications
Education

-          Bachelor’s degree. Advanced education in visual design, HCI or cognitive or behavior science is a plus

 

Experience

-          5-7 years of experience in user interface and/or communication design roles for web and mobile platforms. Kiosk a plus.


Portfolio

-          Several types of documentation detailing your design process

-          in addition to beautiful and compelling visual interface designs that demonstrate a balance between convention and affordance with novel approaches.

-          To be considered, your application must include a pdf attachment or link to your portfolio.

Technical

-          Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite and Sketch. Other IA/prototyping tools a plus.

-          Working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Front-end development experience a plus.

-          Understanding of adaptive and responsive design

-          Experience working in an agile environment

  This is a full-time position that requires a presence in Chicago (no remote workers please) and only for US citizens or Permanent Residents. CONTRACTORS, TELECOMMUTERS, PART-TIME APPLICANTS AND RECRUITERS PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS POSTING.

Read Full Job Description
Apply Now
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.

Location

100 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE SUITE 1600, CHICAGO, IL 60606

Similar Jobs

Apply Now
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.
Learn more about HigiFind similar jobs