Job Description :
The UX Architect is responsible for creating clickable prototypes or wireframes and user flows and will work closely with a team of product managers, designers, developers to create holistic customer experience solutions for responsive web design. Attention to detail, critical thinking, and a keen respect for the customer is required.
Responsibilities
Work with a cross functional team using Agile methodology to define user stories and necessary UX deliverables as part of sprint planning with the project team you are assigned
Advocate for the user’s needs and collaborate with the Product Managers to develop features that align to the needs of the user
Create sketches, journey maps, storyboards, user flows, and other design artifacts to effectively communicate interaction, application design concepts and details
Prepare UX documentation (navigational flows, clickable prototypes or wireframes, mock-ups, use cases, task flows prototypes, etc to be used by the development team
Create the user experience and information architecture for digital experiences; define functionality, navigation, and interaction models through page level wireframes, site-maps, use cases, and functional requirements in an agile environment
Create prototypes (low and high fidelity) to communicate micro interactions
Document and communicate complex, data-driven experiences with attention to detail
Produce design deliverables such as sketches, scenarios, wireframes, mental models and prototypes
Lead and facilitate brainstorming and sketching sessions with product teams
Collaborate with other UX team members and stakeholders to understand and design based on user and business needs as well as technical considerations
Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices, and standards
Work closely with development teams and have knowledge of HTML, JS, and/or CSS
Plan and design responsive web applications
Provide and receive UX feedback to/from peers
Participate in concept testing, usability testing and analytics to understand target audiences’ needs, tasks and goals
Collect and action UX feedback from customers/end users and manage changes to UX deliverables throughout the project lifecycle
Requirements
3-5 years relevant experience in user experience architecture (Information Architecture)
Portfolio of work that demonstrates ability to create understandable, well-thought wireframes and experiences
Demonstrated ability to document complex, data-driven designs
Significant experience documenting user interfaces with Visio, Sketch, Lunacy, InVision. or similar tools
Significant experience developing interface mockups and annotated wireframes
Solid understanding of UX principles
Experience working in an Agile environment preferred
The ability to understand complex systems and large sets of data
Document and communicate complex experiences with attention to detail and justify UX decisions and rationale
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Understanding of accessibility standards and considerations
History of defining application functionality and creating interfaces in the absence of business requirements
Solid understanding of principles of information organization and user interface design
Prototyping skills