User Experience Designer

Job Description - User Experience Designer (2500228)

User Experience Designer - ( 2500228 )

This position has the option to work hybrid with an in-office requirement in Brooklyn, OH. on Tuesday.

Founded in 1934, Medical Mutual is the oldest and one of the largest health insurance companies based in Ohio. We provide peace of mind to more than 1.2 million members through our high-quality health, life, disability, dental, vision and indemnity plans. We offer fully insured and self-funded group coverage, including stop loss, as well as Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, and individual plans.

Under minimal supervision and with some latitude for decision making, creates intuitive, easy to use, and accessible customer journeys for customers: members, employers, brokers, and providers. Works with business and agile teams to gather requirements and partner with User Experience Researchers to understand customers' needs. Translates those findings into visually appealing designs that adhere to brand and design system standards, creating various UX deliverables like flow diagrams, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups for both responsive websites and native mobile applications.

Provides design deliverables through mentoring and balancing workload for more junior designers on assigned project. Influences the product roadmap with design strategy and actively looks for process improvements for design as a practice.

• Validates design decisions early using low-fidelity deliverables like wireframes, flow maps, and information architecture diagrams
• Supports the handoff of design to development by creating high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and other assets
• Assists in conducting usability research and synthesizing findings into insights that drive design decisions
• Participates in design thinking exercises and workshops to understand user needs, analyzes requirements from stakeholders, breaks down complex problems, and iteratively design solutions
• Participates in agile ceremonies to support the software development lifecycle
• Adheres to design standards and uses design systems to maintain consistency
• Ensures designs meet section 508 compliance using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) guidelines
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Validates design decisions early using low-fidelity deliverables like wireframes, flow maps, and information architecture diagrams
• Supports the handoff of design to development by creating high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and other assets
• Assists in conducting usability research and synthesizing findings into insights that drive design decisions
• Participates in agile ceremonies to support the software development lifecycle
• Facilitates design thinking exercises and workshops to understand user needs, gathers requirements from stakeholders, breaks down complex problems, and iteratively design solutions
• Documents design standards and contributes to design systems to update design patterns
• Ensures designs meet section 508 compliance using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) guidelines
• Orients, trains, and assists more junior level staff
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Validates design decisions early using low-fidelity deliverables like wireframes, flow maps, and information architecture diagrams
• Supports the handoff of design to development by creating high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and other assets
• Assists in conducting usability research and synthesizing findings into insights that drive design decisions
• Leads design strategy for a project to ensure that user experience enhancements are appropriately prioritized within the product roadmap
• Facilitates design thinking exercises and workshops to understand user needs, gathers requirements from stakeholders, breaks down complex problems, and iteratively design solutions
• Participates in agile ceremonies to support the software development lifecycle and ensures appropriate level of work is assigned to the team
• Champions design standards, participates in design governance, and reviews designs produced by the team to ensure that they are easy to use and adhere to design system patterns
• Ensures designs meet section 508 compliance using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) guidelines
• Mentors junior designers to help them grow their skills, solve problems, and work effectively within agile crews
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Bachelors degree in Web Design, Interactive Design, User Experience Design, Human Centered Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or other design and technology related fields.
• 3 years of experience as a User Experience Designer or equivalent experience designing experiences for web or mobile applications

• Knowledge of design thinking methods such as wireframes, flow maps, information architecture, etc.
• Proficiency with iterative design…