Design Specialist - Onsite

Experience Design Specialist

Genesis
10 is currently seeking an Experience Design Specialist for an onsite position with a Global Financial Institution located in Iselin, NJ. This is a 6+ month contract opportunity.

This role is part of a team seeking an AI fluent Product Designer or Design Engineer to accelerate how they design, validate, and ship user-centered experiences with quality and speed. You will operate as a hybrid practitioner, strong in UX/product design and comfortable working code-adjacent. This is a dual mandate role to ship high-impact experiences and scale reusable patterns and guidance for others.

• Lead and execute User-Centered Design (UCD) processes from discovery to delivery
• Translate complex functional requirements and user insights into simple, elegant, and accessible user interfaces using Figma
• Align design decisions with business goals and user needs by strategically connecting or creating personas, experience journeys, and user flows
• Leverage AI-assisted workflows where appropriate to improve speed and quality
• Collaborate within Agile/Scrum teams, participating in sprints, stand-ups, planning sessions, and retrospectives
• Perform lightweight, early validation of designs and prototypes to catch issues before development
• Advocate for consistent design system components, UI controls, patterns, and accessibility best practices
• Iterate designs based on user feedback and usability data
• Partner with engineering to design and ship reusable UI patterns/components
• Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and senior stakeholders

• 5-7 years of experience in experience design, content design, design programs, design research and strategy, or product design
• Proficiency in Figma for wire framing, prototyping, and design collaboration
• Solid understanding of User-Centered Design (UCD) principles, methods, and tools
• Strong experience working in Agile environments, closely collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Experience partnering closely with engineering on implementation details, including component behavior, states, and accessibility requirements
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain detailed user journey maps and user flows
• Familiarity with usability testing, accessibility (WCAG), and responsive design best practices
• Excellent communication skills to clearly articulate design decisions and rationale
• Experience with building and/or contributing to design systems

• Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently
• A clear understanding of the importance of user-centered design, design thinking, planning, and conducting user research and user testing
• Experience shipping (or co-developing) coded UI components
• Familiarity with a variety of AI tools and AI-assisted design workflows

Pay range: $57.19 - $65.19 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis
10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!