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Requirements
- In-depth understanding of User Experience (UX) design principles
- Understanding of front-end development web programming languages such as HTML and CSS, JQuery and JavaScript
- Knowledge of UX industry trends and associations
- Expertise in using industry tools such as, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Suite, and Pendo
- Experience working in an Agile development process
- Experience working with AI and LLMs
- Experience using user research throughout the product life cycle, incorporating data from multiple sources into decision-making
Responsibilities
- Executes against large strategic and high-profile initiatives, creating work product holistically on product lines, not just individual projects.
- Understands business needs and frames UX solutions in terms of practical short- and long-term goals.
- Self-directs over a phase of a project.
- Highlights and mitigates risk.
- Annotates projects appropriately.
- Actively manages expectations of team or business client.
- With the guidance of the UX research team, uses design performance metrics to guide design decisions and future development.
Other
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to clients, team members, and large audiences.
- Ability to represent both user and business objectives in meetings and design
- Possesses mastery of all traditional UX deliverables, including but not limited to: their value, their dependencies, and their downsides.
- Strong attention to detail and a feeling of pride and ownership over the quality of our product
- Must have a portfolio showing user experience work, thinking, and process.
