The Senior UX Designer will play a key part in shaping the future of our user interfaces and overall client interactions. We are seeking a design leader with over six years of dedicated experience who can bring a sophisticated understanding of design principles and problem-solving to our team. This individual will be adept at navigating complex design challenges, iterating through various solutions, and ultimately delivering refined, user-friendly experiences. A core aspect of this role involves clearly articulating design decisions, necessary trade-offs, and prioritized requirements to non-design stakeholders, ensuring everyone is aligned with the user's needs.
This role also involves taking ownership of the aesthetic and functional aspects of their work, significantly contributing to elevating our design standards and frameworks. They will be instrumental in integrating these standards into our engineering workflows while always ensuring adherence to the established design guidelines, standards, and principles set by our core UX team.
Key Responsibilities of the Senior UI/UX Designer:
- Design Craftsmanship: Utilizing advanced design tools, particularly Figma, to develop intuitive wireframes, prototypes, and mock-ups that consistently champion user-centered design principles.
- Data-Driven Decisions: Leveraging data insights to inform design choices and validate assumptions, ensuring our solutions are grounded in evidence.
- Stakeholder Communication: Confidently presenting and articulating complex design concepts to diverse stakeholders across all levels of the organization, fostering understanding and collaboration.
- Problem Demystification: Translating intricate business and user challenges into clear, elegant, and user-friendly design solutions.
- Collaborative Innovation: Facilitating design thinking workshops and preparing comprehensive documentation to effectively translate complex business requirements into actionable design strategies.
- User Research & Feedback: Actively participating in user research, conducting usability testing, and gathering crucial feedback to continuously refine and optimize our designs to meet evolving user needs.
- AI Integration: Exploring and utilizing AI technology tools to enhance efficiency within the UX process and developing strategic AI-driven design solutions within user workflow product designs.
- Continuous Improvement: Staying abreast of the latest trends and best practices in UX design and the financial services industry, proactively introducing innovative solutions that contribute to business growth and client satisfaction.
- Client-Centric Development: Collaborating closely with end-users to deeply understand their requirements, ensuring the delivery of intuitive and frictionless user experiences.
- User Advocacy: Championing the user in every aspect of the role, consistently considering their experience and the potential impact of any changes on their workflows and performance.
- Actionable Insights: Dissecting and analyzing user feedback to transform it into clear, actionable insights that drive design improvements.
- Effective Documentation: Creating user-focused tickets with clarity and intent, facilitating smooth development cycles.
- Seamless Handoffs: Communicating designs and ideas clearly and efficiently handing them over to engineering teams with minimal friction.
- Holistic Design Architecture: Architecting and designing solutions with a comprehensive mindset, encompassing the end-to-end workflows of our users.
The ideal candidate will embody characteristics such as strong critical thinking, exceptional problem-solving abilities, and excellent communication and collaboration skills. This individual will be a proactive force in identifying and effectively resolving design-related challenges.
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 32,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 114,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post
Photon Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
11 East Adams Street Suite 1100, Chicago, IL, United States, 60603
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