Job Description :
Role : UI Lead
Location : NY/Jersey City
duration : 12 months
Responsibilities
Must be able to work with multidisciplinary groups
Work closely with the UI team, front end developers and test engineers to implement elegant and easy to use solutions, and conceptualize original ideas
Should be able to identify UX design components and make them as reusable components
Balance user needs, technical constraints, and business objectives to solve problems effectively
Provide leadership and direction for a multi-disciplinary team of strategists and developers while acknowledging issues and risks on project / receiving feedback
Identify any gaps in requirements and effectively communicate with the team to get a resolution.
Work with product owners and key stakeholders to brainstorm and identify opportunities, executing them as part of the overall UI development.
Mentor offshore team to track day to day work and update the project management team.
Required Skills
4+ years of UI / UX design experience
Very good technical knowledge on web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript / jQuery, SASS, Node and understanding of DOM
Cross browser development experience / identify issues and find quick solutions
An understanding information architecture / content choreography / layouts / UX trends / thinking mobile first, and knowledge responsive web development techniques.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Following guidelines and best practices on UI development lifecycle
Backend integration knowledge on Java
Nice to have
Knowledge on Accessibility & Accessibility Guidelines