Senior UX Designer - HYBRID

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior UX Designer to enhance user experience for their stock and portfolio analysis platforms. This role involves collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to design intuitive solutions and maintain a comprehensive design system. The ideal candidate will have over five years of UX design experience, a strong visual design aesthetic, and the ability to engage clients effectively. Join a culture that values innovation, collaboration, and individual growth, while contributing to a company known for its commitment to employee well-being and career progression.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Retirement Savings Plans

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Paid Time Off

Wellness Days

Flexible Work Accommodations

Career Progression Plans

Employee-led Initiatives

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in UX design or as a contractor.
• Strong aesthetic sense and visual design skills.
• Experience in managing and iterating a design system.

Responsibilities

• Engaging in all aspects of the UX process using best practices.
• Building wireframes and prototypes to explore interactions.
• Contributing to maintaining and improving the design system.

Skills

UX Design

Visual Design

Prototyping

Client Engagement

Design Systems

Analytical Thinking

Collaboration

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Design or related field

Job description

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The Senior UX Designer contributes to developing usable UIs and standards for FactSet’s stock and portfolio analysis software platforms. This role is part of a UX team that reports into the Product Development Group and consists of user research, interaction design, visual design, and front-end development teams. Group members collaborate together as well as with product, sales, marketing, and technical teams to meet the needs and improve the experience of tens of thousands of FactSet users. The best candidate for this role is a self-confident and self-motivated UX practitioner who is passionate about meeting client needs through user-centered design and has experience collaborating on cross-functional teams to derive optimal product solutions to client needs.

The key goals of the UX team are as follows:

• Give clients a consistently excellent experience from first engagement onward.
• Design comprehensive intuitive solutions to meet our users' needs.
• Provide seamless integration of our platform into our users' day-to-day workflow.
• Define and maintain a comprehensive design system.
• Craft a beautiful, unified, and predictable UI and increase ease of use across the product.

To help us achieve these goals, you will need to work closely and collaboratively with team members across the organization. As a senior team member, you will have a large amount of trust and independence, responsible for driving your project forward. You will be part of a team that values your opinions, ideas, and concerns. You should be an emotionally intelligent, pragmatic, and straightforward person who is comfortable sharing your thoughts and feedback.

As our product & design system evolves and we strive for consistency of experience across the platform, it will be critical for you to bring a careful and detail-oriented approach to designing and collaborating on interfaces.

Our team understands the close relationship and collaboration needed between departments to build excellent software. You should have a strong understanding of design & systems thinking to work closely with PMs to explore problems and plan solutions aligned with long-term goals. You will also work with engineers and QA throughout implementation and testing to clarify interactions, solve edge cases, and ensure high quality in production releases.

Having a design portfolio and experience in user interface design is required for this position.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has 5+ years of experience in a full-time role as a UX designer or UX contractor.
• Has a strong aesthetic sense and visual design skills.
• Has experience building visual mockups and prototypes.
• Will be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with team members and stakeholders.
• Will work with clients to understand detailed requirements and design solutions that meet their needs.
• Is knowledgeable about managing and iterating a design system.
• Is confident and experienced at engaging with clients.
• Welcomes feedback and constructive criticism.
• Possesses an understanding of UX principles and practices.
• Has strong writing, speaking, and listening skills.

Some of the main responsibilities of this role will be:

• Engaging in all aspects of the UX process, using various methodologies, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency and usability.
• Suggesting and participating in information gathering sessions such as story mapping, journey mapping, empathy mapping, and others.
• Producing comprehensive deliverables demonstrating analytical thinking and problem solving, with a solid understanding of UX principles.
• Participating in initial planning sessions with PMs to explore problems and solutions.
• Building wireframes and prototypes to explore workflows and interactions.
• Creating detailed pixel-perfect mockups.
• Working with PMs & QA to write high-quality acceptance criteria for new features.
• Planning research tasks and participating in client feedback sessions.
• Contributing to maintaining, documenting, and improving our design system.

What's In It For You

At FactSet, our people are our greatest asset, and our culture is our biggest competitive advantage. Being a FactSetter means:

• Contributing to a firm with over 40 years of consecutive growth, named a top-rated company by Glassdoor.
• Support for your total well-being, including health, life, and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, employee stock purchase programs, paid time off, and wellness days.
• Flexible work accommodations to support work/life harmony.
• A global community dedicated to innovation, collaboration, and individuality.
• Career progression plans with dedicated learning and development time.
• Employee-led initiatives aligned with our DE&I strategy, supported by leadership.