UX Designer

Job Title: UX Designer
Job will start as remote, but candidate must be flexible to move to Glendale AZ

Work Location Remote 100% needs to support different time zones both East and West

Duration: 6+ Months

Candidate Must have Portfolio

Job Description:

• Manager is looking primarily at soft skills of the candidates: team player, strong design thought process and thought
• This is working with the business and innovation team on Agile pilots.
• Collaborates closely with the product team to understand product vision, and business needs and requirements as they apply to the user interface and experience.
• Facilitates kick-off meetings with partners, stakeholders and internal project teams to determine application direction, strategy and constraints.
• Helps product and development teams assess and prioritize opportunities and constraints.
• Evaluate potential design solutions and determines approach to design challenges.
• Accurately scopes tasks and provides timeline and resource needs to project management.
• Frame's design approach, leads our partners through the digital process, and provides solutions to design and usability problems. Ensures brand consistency and maintains a user-centered approach in design and practice.
• Rapidly iterates design prototypes and working applications.
• Leverage existing design patterns for consistency and adhere to established UX and Brand standards.
• Identify UX issues to ensure a quality product is deployed.
• Guides product decisions through user research and iterative feedback loops.
• Maintains a keen understanding of design principles and industry best practices, while staying up-to-date on current technologies and design trends.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience as a UX Designer
• -Expert knowledge HTML5/CSS3 and front-end development implementation
• Proficient in A e Creative Suite, Axure, Omnigraffle, HTML5 and CSS 3 tools
• Advanced knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator
• Familiar with the wide variety of usability concepts, best practices, and procedures, as well as the basic concepts of user centered design
• Experience developing design plans/or gathering user research and insights to aid in the design and presentation process
  
• Trained 'eye' for design elements, specifically around testing and reviewing implementation of a visual design style guide
• Demonstrated ability to work with and lead cross-discipline design teams and collaborate with clients, developers, and fellow designers
• Excellent project management and presentation skills
• Ability to present multiple design concepts to problems
• Ability to maintain focus on project detail and overall brand awareness while understanding and managing business partner and customer needs