Senior UX Designer

| Chicago
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Who we are:

Retrofit’s vision is to transform lives and workplaces by improving health, happiness and performance. Our mission is to deliver the most personalized weight-management and disease-prevention solutions for obesity and related conditions. Retrofit uses live expert coaches, a smart dashboard for tracking and notifications, interactive classes, social support from an online community and a variety of self-monitoring technologies to deliver engagement, industry-leading outcomes and lasting results.

Who you are:

A friendly and driven usability expert who understands the neuroscience of interaction and digital product design, and who loves to create a pleasing and effective experience through visuals, IA, interaction flows/prototyping, research, and testing in the agile environment. We’re looking for someone who can help us produce fresh new native app and web ideas (with an emphasis on mobile) and execute on current ideas, during our current ground-up UX overhaul of multiple B2B and internal products. This is a dynamic opportunity for someone who is excited about creating a motivating and positive experience and who wants to be an integral part of a caring, user-centered, and successful company.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Creates optimal customer experience through brilliant visual design, information architecture wires, prototypes, research, usability and optimization testing
  • Understands importance of and preferably shown ability in usability testing and experience research such as emotion mapping, user interviews, personas, market data, heatmapping and analytics, and MVT/AB testing
  • Thinks about the details and the big picture simultaneously, and understands how to balance user needs and stakeholder needs
  • Helps develop and bring ideas to life by participating in and/or leading brainstorming and innovation sessions with UX Lead, Development, Expert Coaches, Product, and others; Partial to learning and suggesting new technology concepts
  • Commands user experience methods, design principles, and problem-solving/framing skills
  • Proven ability to communicate UX logic and design rationale to leaders, stakeholders, and colleagues
  • Illustrates the ability to strike a balance between showing initiative and seeking appropriate guidance and input from others

What you need:

  • Bachelors Degree in web design, UX/HCI, or a similar area preferred
  • 5+ years significant track record of defining and delivering great user experiences for native app, web, mobile web, and product design
  • Craftsman of Photoshop or Sketch (we use Photoshop for now), Illustrator, prototyping/wireframing tools such as Axure, Balsamiq or other, and JIRA experience a plus
  • Understands basic development languages (HTML, CSS, JS, iOS/Android) and experience working with development team in an agile environment
  • Exhibits creative mastery of UX in a B2B and/or information design setting
  • Experience working remotely a plus
  • Experience working in health and wellness industry a plus
  • Fosters an environment of positivism and candid, healthy exchange. Must be a team player, no egos here. Only good eggs!
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123 N Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606

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