Design Specialist - Onsite

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.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements:

• 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

Desired skills:

• 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!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis
10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis
10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis
10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis
10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis
  10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis
  10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis
  10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis
10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis
10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.