Senior User Experience Designer

Position Details:
Location:                    Austin, TX
Duration:                    08/21/2016 with extensions for the right candidate and possible conversion for the right candidate
Interview:                   Phone then onsite.
# of Positions:           1

Seeking a User Experience Designer to provide analysis and design of consumer-facing self-service applications for web/mobile.

Education/Experience:
•    Bachelor degree in Design-related field
•    3+ years of experience required

Major Job Duties and Responsibilities:
•    Conceptual Problem Solving
•    Requirements gathering and production of style guides.
•    Wire-framing a wide range of experiences not limited to web, mobile and tablet.
•    Creation of high-fidelity, pixel perfect mock-ups
•    Deliver user-centered design solutions in fast paced environment, with quick iterative cycles
•    Willing to work with a geographically diverse team of product owners, UX designers, developers
•    Capable of communicating effectively with engineers and problem solving UX issues

Qualifications

Must Have Skills:
•    3-5 strong years of Agile development or knowledge, usability testing, user research.
•    This candidate must have a strong interaction designer background.
•    They must be comfortable speaking to product owners and development teams, a self starter, take/run with the project
Responsibility level:
•    Exercises independent judgment with minimal direction from supervisor. Serve as a design lead and work with our product partners to drive design decision making.
•    Capable of leading meetings and speaking to design decision making clearly and intelligently.

Skills:
•    Conceptual design
•    Able to maintain a high attention to detail in a fast paced, quick turn-around setting
•    Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills (Required)
•    Ability to interpret and design based on written style guides. (Required)
•    Expert ability to work independently and manage one’s time (Required)
•    Expert knowledge of Adobe products (Required)
•    Working knowledge of Sketch (Required)
•    Expert knowledge of design techniques and principals involved in the production of prototypes, wire-frames and high-fidelity mock-ups
•    Strong visual design
•    Strong aptitude for usability
•    Working knowledge of HTML and CSS desired

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.