UX Designer, Core Strategic

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(Please note that portfolios are required to be in consideration for this role.)

The Morgan Stanley Wealth Management UX team builds digital experiences that help our clients manage their finances and monitor their investments easily on the Morgan Stanley and E
* TRADE from Morgan Stanley platforms. Our growing team of designers and researchers bring an entrepreneurial spirit to a leading global financial firm. We employ design thinking methods and user‑centered approaches to solve real business problems. If you can bring clarity to complexity, design holistically in an immense product ecosystem, and have gone the extra mile to create delight, we want you!

• Working closely with the UX lead, help execute the product vision by being involved in every step of the end‑to‑end product design process
• Understand the underlying needs and motivation of our clients to ensure we achieve business goals and provide value to our clients
• Craft intuitive and elegant experiences that empower our clients to make confident financial decisions
• Work closely with our research team to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data and make value‑driven design decisions that translate into clear, simple UIs
• Create and present a variety of design deliverables (sketches, wireframes, user flows and prototypes) in a way that engenders confidence in you and your solutions with the team and the greater organization
• Form holistic solutions that integrate seamlessly into our wealth management product ecosystem
• Design and deliver responsive/adaptive solutions that are optimized for web and mobile interfaces and partner with engineers to translate designs into successful products
• Work closely with the larger Wealth Management UX team to share design best practices, align on patterns, and promote a design‑centric culture at the firm
• Advocate for all user abilities by thoroughly testing design deliverables to meet WCAG ADA compliance
• You have an outstanding portfolio that demonstrates how you have created experiences that solved business and user needs
• You've spent 2‑5 years as a UX designer who was a key contributor to the success of products that have launched
• You have a bachelor’s degree in design or related field preferably, master’s degree a plus
• You have excellent skills in Figma
• You have experience designing intuitive interfaces that enhance user experience and drive customer engagement
• You can leverage research, wireframes and prototypes to effectively validate and enhance your design concepts to achieve the best possible solutions for your users
• You thrive in a collaborative, explorative environment and you value being on a diverse team to brainstorm and get feedback from within a large organization
• You practice active listening and contribute in group situations, like brainstorms, audits, critiques, and whiteboard sessions
• You get excited by complex projects with high levels of ambiguity and are resilient in the face of obstacles

• You have an outstanding portfolio that demonstrates how you have created experiences that solved business and user needs
• You've spent 2‑5 years as a UX designer who was a key contributor to the success of products that have launched
• You have excellent skills in Figma
• You have experience designing intuitive interfaces that enhance user experience and drive customer engagement
• You can leverage research, wireframes and prototypes to effectively validate and enhance your design concepts to achieve the best possible solutions for your users
• You thrive in a collaborative, explorative environment and you value being on a diverse team to brainstorm and get feedback from within a large organization
• You practice active listening and contribute in group situations, like brainstorms, audits, critiques, and whiteboard sessions
• You get excited by complex projects with high levels of ambiguity and are resilient in the face of obstacles

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