Designer - Contractor

Position: Experience Designer - Contractor
Roles and Responsibilities:

Supports the transformation of tasks into intuitive, accessible and easy-to-use designs through the entire experience lifecycle, from the first-time user to the expert. Identifies and discovers customer and business needs through contextual inquiries, and generative and quantitative research, and identify solutions to meet those needs. Makes decisions of significant customer impact from wide array of possibilities, not limited to the Banking Industry.

Executes visual, information, interaction, and service design elements of the initiative that meets business and customer needs and delights customers. Gauges the usability of new and existing products, and make constructive suggestions for change.

Must Have Technical

Skills:

1. Experience working with the Figma suite of design tools (or similar digital prototyping tools)
2. Proficient in all stages of prototyping design (low, medium, high fidelity)
3. Ability to gather requirements from users and business stakeholders
4. Experience working with a design system
5. Understanding of accessibility fundamentals
6. Ability to validate designs through user testing
7. Experience providing actionable feedback to developers, preferably in an agile environment

Flex Skills/Nice to Have:
1.

Experience with conducting user interviews, research, and analysis to understand user needs
2. Understanding of frontend development fundamentals

Soft Skills:

" Are a natural collaborator and an excellent communicator, able to present design ideas and explain your thought process in a large team environment
" Can receive feedback from and align stakeholders on design solutions
" Can handle the details for multiple projects and deadlines
" Advocate for users and inspire a culture of design thinking

Education/

Certifications:

Bachelor's min Screening