***This position MUST SIT IN CHICAGO, IL - will not consider other locations***
Position: UX Designer
Quantity: 3 openings
Pay: $68/hour
Duration: 12-month contract - potential to extend
Location: Hybrid in Chicago IL
As a User Experience (UX) Designer you will conceptualize and design for associate facing mobile and web applications. The UX Designer is involved in discovery sessions low and high-fidelity wireframe design, and the creation of development assets interface specifications. In addition, the UX Designer will need to ensure that assets that are created align to brand standards.
Requirements:
- A bachelor's degree in a related field and a minimum of 5 years UX design experience for digital products or services.
- A portfolio of professional UX design work for both web and mobile platforms.
- Working knowledge of the following technologies and software: Figma, Sketch, HTML, CSS (SCSS), iOS, Android, Design Systems, and Adobe Creative Suite.
- A team player but can work independently too.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks
Responsibilities:
- Actively participate in the design of software components. Translate requirements into visual designs and interactive solutions.
- Interact and communicate effectively with teammates, project stakeholders, and senior management.
- Analyze project requirements to identify user roles and specific use cases.
- Create flow charts, low-fidelity wireframes, and high-fidelity design compositions.
- Present, justify, and propose design solutions to achieve a shared understanding across teams.
- Work closely with visual designers, content strategists, product managers, and development teams.
- Partner with development team to create intuitive user interfaces for mobile devices and web-based applications.
- Understand accessibility for web and mobile.
- Collaborating with the marketing team, and internal and external designers to ensure the creation and delivery of tailored experiences for the digital user.
- Providing advice and guidance on the implementation of UX research methodologies and testing activities to analyze and predict user behavior.
- Adhering to style standards on typography and graphic design.