Senior Interaction Designer

Position DescriptionThe Senior User Experience/Interaction Designer will handle the research, planning, design, and documentation of user interfaces for web-based, hand-held, and desktop applicationsThe ideal candidate* Is detail-oriented with strong interaction design skills* Has excellent communication, presentation, and client management skills* Is well versed in iterative User Centered Research and Design process* Has experience working in Agile development environments, specifically using scrum methodology* Understands and has opinions about current industry best practices* Has experience designing transactional user interfaces, not simply static web sites* Balances an academic interest in best practices with tactical solutions* Manages client expectations and own time efficiently* Enjoys collaborating with product owners and business analysts to design innovative solutions* Has experience with data/information visualization* Is fluent is standard design software and tooling (Sketch, Adobe, Axure etc.)Skills Required:The Senior User Experience/Interaction Designer will need to be able to:* Follow an Iterative User-Centered Research & Design Process* Work collaboratively in a cross-disciplinary design team contributing to UX operational initiatives beyond the scope of their project work (design crits, design ops etc.)* Conduct Ethnographic User research* Define/Develop Personas* Create Feature maps & prioritization* Develop Sitemaps & User Journeys* Create Wireframes & Interaction Models* Conduct User testingEducation and experience:* 10+ years UX experience, Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent* Financial Services industry experience a plus but not essential* Portfolio and References mandatory Position DescriptionThe Senior User Experience/Interaction Designer will handle the research, planning, design, and documentation of user interfaces for web-based, hand-held, and desktop applicationsThe ideal candidate* Is detail-oriented with strong interaction design skills* Has excellent communication, presentation, and client management skills* Is well versed in iterative User Centered Research and Design process* Has experience working in Agile development environments, specifically using scrum methodology* Understands and has opinions about current industry best practices* Has experience designing transactional user interfaces, not simply static web sites* Balances an academic interest in best practices with tactical solutions* Manages client expectations and own time efficiently* Enjoys collaborating with product owners and business analysts to design innovative solutions* Has experience with data/information visualization* Is fluent is standard design software and tooling (Sketch, Adobe, Axure etc.)Skills Required:The Senior User Experience/Interaction Designer will need to be able to:* Follow an Iterative User-Centered Research & Design Process* Work collaboratively in a cross-disciplinary design team contributing to UX operational initiatives beyond the scope of their project work (design crits, design ops etc.)* Conduct Ethnographic User research* Define/Develop Personas* Create Feature maps & prioritization* Develop Sitemaps & User Journeys* Create Wireframes & Interaction Models* Conduct User testingEducation and experience:* 10+ years UX experience, Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent* Financial Services industry experience a plus but not essential* Portfolio and References mandatory

• Is detail-oriented with strong interaction design skills

• Has excellent communication, presentation, and client management skills

• Is well versed in iterative User Centered Research and Design process

• Has experience working in Agile development environments, specifically using scrum methodology

• Understands and has opinions about current industry best practices

• Has experience designing transactional user interfaces, not simply static web sites

• Balances an academic interest in best practices with tactical solutions

• Manages client expectations and own time efficiently

• Enjoys collaborating with product owners and business analysts to design innovative solutions

• Has experience with data/information visualization

• Is fluent is standard design software and tooling (Sketch, Adobe, Axure etc.)

Skills Required:

The Senior User Experience/Interaction Designer will need to be able to, * 10+ years UX experience, Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent

• Financial Services industry experience a plus but not essential

• Portfolio and References mandatory