Senior Product / UI Designer

Our client, a financial service organization, is seeking an accomplished Senior Product  / Visual Designer with to help lead their team in crafting intuitive and impactful user experiences across our digital products.

MUST HAVE: Multiple case studies highlighting visual work, preferably in a front end, non-gated site (e.g., a dot com)

This role is fully remote but you ideally are able to work CST hours. The initial contract is 3-6 months, starting in early January, with great opportunity to extend.

As a Senior Product Designer, you will leverage your extensive experience and expertise to drive the creation of compelling experiences that enhance the usability and overall satisfaction of users. You will collaborate closely with product managers, developers, UX Writers, and UX Researchers to design, test, and iterate digital experiences prior to and after launch. You will play a crucial role in driving effective and distinctive digital experiences that marry desirability, feasibility, and viability within our product model.

Responsibilities:

• Define new solutions that align to the organization's vision and the needs of users using problem-framing approaches and well-known tools such as Jira and Figma within a product model and agile-like processes.
• Apply best practices to common design problems using human-centered design methods in the digital product development process.
• Address specific product capabilities that need to be solved, such as optimizing a process or improving user engagement, based on direction received from team leads or managers.
• Communicate decision-making rationale confidently to cross-functional team members and senior stakeholders in a clear way.
• Utilize design facilitation skills to foster collaboration within cross-functional teams, and storytelling to build trust and establish long-term relationships.
• Mentor and collaborate with junior team members, providing guidance and support in best practices and methodologies.
• Models leadership opportunities
• Supports and/or develops an environment in which employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Interaction Design, UI/UX Design, Web Product Design, Web Development or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background.
• 6 years of experience in a related field, with at least 3 years of experience in user experience, interaction design, product innovation and research in a product development team required.
• Proven experience in leading projects and contributing to the development of multiple shipped digital products.
• Ability to develop processes and approaches for tackling design problems, anticipating challenges, and uncovering quality solutions.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain rationale for design decisions and clarify success metrics.
• Demonstrated application of human-centered design with a keen understanding of business and technical impacts on digital design.
• Self-directed and proactive, with a passion for driving progress and making meaningful contributions.
• Able to turn research into action that solves the user definition of a problem.
• Experience in cross-functional collaboration roles, with a focus on delivering business value.
• Extensive knowledge of how to leverage a design system and how to push the boundaries of the design system to achieve product and user goals.
• Relevant agile experience

Preferred:

• Knowledge and experience working in diversified financial service.
• Familiarity with current UX research, theories and methodologies (especially user-centered design processes), as well as understanding of how human factors impact ROI and the product development lifecycle.

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data, including financial information.

Benefits

Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.