The Senior UX Designer will lead UI design projects, conduct user research, develop information architecture, and collaborate with design teams to create responsive wireframes and prototypes. Responsibilities include managing client feedback, designing usability deliverables, and ensuring quality assurance on final web products. A portfolio review is required, and applicants should have 5-10 years of relevant experience.
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Blue Acorn iCi is a digital consultancy focused on delivering innovative solutions across customer experience, commerce, and data. Our team of over 400 experts enable clients to navigate large-scale, digital transformation programs.
Whether it’s a digitally savvy consumer brand or a legacy manufacturer, Blue Acorn iCi empowers businesses with digital scalability to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer experience. With services that include strategy, analytics, design, and engineering, we elevate global brands across industries such as media, consumer goods & retail, financial services, manufacturing, technology and more.
Join our innovative and collaborative team as we deliver extraordinary digital experiences for some of the world’s largest brands!
POSITION SUMMARY:
We’re on the hunt for a Senior UX Designer to join our growing UX UI design team. This role is open to an experienced Designer with a focus in UX and Information Architecture. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of professional experience, will be a team player, and will be able to lead design projects based on UX research and findings. A portfolio review is required.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead a UI design project based on UX findings and insight
- Collaborate and delegate with design team to plan approach for both full-site and feature-level execution
- Create user interface designs and prototypes based on quantitative research and UX input
- Conduct research in order to develop a strategic approach to a strong information Architecture
- Elicits constructive feedback from clients and is capable of interpreting that feedback into design solutions
- Is able to design flexible UI informed by clients brand guidelines
- Research, formulate, execute and deliver standard web usability deliverables including personas, heuristic reviews, formal usability tests and card sorts
- Perform competitive analysis of client's competitors websites
- Design and develop information architecture designs and documentation
- Develop, present, defend and iterate responsive wireframes to meet client needs
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team as necessary to complete client projects
- Ability to pick up a project mid-flight and complete it
- Document designs to meet the needs of our front-end development teams and work with our developers as the designs are implemented to ensure that the finished product meets the design goals
- Perform visual quality assurance on finished web product prior to customer delivery
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 5+ years of experience as a user interface designer, interaction designer, visual designer, or similar role
- Excellent interpersonal skills and presentation skills, including the ability to clearly articulate both design decisions/rationale to a variety of audiences and how those design decisions will directly impact the success of the business/client
- Strong conceptualization ability, strong visual communication ability, drawing skills and sketchbook technique
- Exceptional design skills, production value and attention to detail
- Ability to create wireframes as well as visual design comps
- Proficient with user interface design patterns and standard UCD methodologies
- Able to integrate UX into Agile development practices.
- Must be self-motivated, responsive, and dedicated to customer success.
- Knowledge of Usability and Information Architecture
- Demonstrated ability to learn quickly, be a team player, and manage change effectively.
- Knowledge of eCommerce
- Have substantial, demonstrable practical experience across all facets of usability testing, user experience design and visual design for the modern, responsive web. Front-end development and/or mobile design experience is a plus
- Understand the design and usability problems associated with large enterprise and eCommerce websites
- Ability to remain flexible and successfully context switch to meet project demands across multiple engagements and clients
- Proven experience with Sketch. Version control / Abstract experience a strong plus
- Experience working with an Agile UX team
Top Skills
Agile
Information Architecture
Sketch
Ux
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