The Creative Group is looking for a User Experience (UX) Designer for a remote contract project. The role will be working remotely, but candidates in the Austin area are ideal.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead design of the website and mobile application design
- Transform ideas into valuable, usable software experiences across multiple devices
- Build interactive prototypes and mockups to effectively communicate the design patterns, product architecture and component functionality to internal and external team members, and to influence adoption and creation of new User Interface (UI) patterns
- Conduct formal and informal user research and testing of in-progress work, and assist in the implementation of user-based testing to provide optimization of existing applications; produce detail oriented research reports
- Effectively collaborate with Product Managers, Researchers, Project Team Members, and other stakeholders to understand product vision and customer needs while validating designs through testing and customer feedback
- Deliver effective presentations of ideas and concepts to small project teams
- Responsible for ensuring that all security, availability, confidentiality and privacy policies and controls are adhered to
Requirements
- Experience with transactional workflows and data visualization
- Experience designing for mobile and tablet applications, both native apps and responsive web applications
- Ability to collaborate well with teammates in multiple roles and lead small projects
- Understanding of industry design systems and guidelines, including iOS and Android, as well as best-in-practice web applications and UI design trends
- Visual design and knowledge of the software development lifecycle, including agile scrum, strongly preferred
- Strong foundation in prototyping and wireframing tools (such as Sketch, Axure, and InVision)
- Solid understanding of information architecture tools and techniques, including site maps, concept maps, and process flows
- Strong foundation in usability best practices and user research
- Knowledge of accessibility best practices
- Ability to understand and inspect HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for design acceptance and troubleshooting
- Strong attention to detail, with an aesthetic sensibility that requires minimal art direction
- Highly detail oriented written and verbal communication skills