Lead UX Designer

Morningstar; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Morningstar seeks a Lead UX designer to support the Workplace design team in delivering high-quality, scalable solutions for investors. You will partner with product owners, engineering leads, and fellow designers to evolve products and translate complex data into intuitive experiences.

The role emphasizes design systems, user research, and collaboration to drive outcomes that help users achieve their financial goals across Morningstar’s global products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Digital Design, Communication Arts, HCI, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 6–8 years of professional UX design experience for software, web, or digital products.
• Solid understanding of UX design principles and user-centered design.
• Experience planning and conducting research activities, such as user interviews and usability testing.
• Experience with design systems.
• Experience with or interest in financial topics or investing is a plus.
• Design facilitation experience is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of Figma, Adobe design suite, Microsoft Office 365, and macOS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product owners, engineers, and other designers across the process from discovery to delivery.
• Own all parts of the design process on assigned projects.
• Plan and design for product improvements and future needs of the software.
• Create site maps, wireframes, and low-fidelity prototypes to visualize design direction.
• Make decisions about information structure and relationships within products.
• Lead product discovery/design efforts within time and scope constraints.
• Conduct, analyze, and communicate user research including interviews and usability testing.

Skills

UX design

Information architecture

User research

Design systems

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Prototyping

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design / Digital Design / HCI

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office 365

macOS

Job description

Lead UX Designer

Location: Vashi, Navi Mumbai (4 days working from office)

Morningstar brings inspired problem solvers together with one goal in mind—to help investors reach their financial goals. At our core, we’re one of the world’s top investment research and data companies. But where we set ourselves apart is how we use that data and research to serve diverse users. Our investment data and research enable us to deliver analytics and insights with a purely independent view, and then we leverage the latest in technology and design to deliver an array of solutions that best meet our users’ needs. This foundation of research, data, technology, and design uniquely positions us to provide a more complete set of services to investors all around the world—ultimately helping people make better decisions about their money or the money they manage for millions of people all over the world.

The Morningstar design team is dedicated to creating thoughtfully designed financial products and services so that people across the world can make the best investing decisions for themselves and their clients. We synthesize complex financial information into experiences that empower our users to deliver better outcomes. The design organization is made up of several disciplines—visual, UX, communications, content, and research—united to help each other, and the whole company, grow. We’re always seeking designers who are motivated, driven to deliver user-centered outcomes, and are equally committed to craft and compassion.

The role

Morningstar is looking for a Lead UX designer to support our Workplace design team. You’ll focus on improving and evolving products that help investors succeed. You will partner with product owners, engineering leads, as well as other designers to deliver high-quality scalable solutions.

We’re Looking For Someone Who Is

• Open to working collaboratively with the product owners, designers, and engineers to make decisions on our products.
• Making complex information understandable and formulating design concepts that are engaging, attractive, and user-friendly.
• Created high-fidelity prototypes with interactive transitions, visual specs, and other artifacts to communicate detailed design direction, as needed.
• Interested in collecting, interpreting, and prioritizing the user testing data to better understand the customer’s needs.
• Create scalable solutions while utilizing the Morningstar Design System in our products.
• Participate in user research and prototyping activities, such as helping with planning, taking notes during sessions, and helping analyze the data.
• Use design thinking to drive conversations around product goals and needs, while creating artifacts and presenting concepts using appropriate methods.
• Eager to master complex information and translate it into experiences that resonate with our users.
• Can communicate design decisions clearly, while being open to feedback.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Digital Design, Communication Arts, Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial Engineering/Design, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 6-8 years of relevant professional experience designing for software, web, and/or digital products.
• A background in UX design, information architecture, product design, or similar design experience.
• Solid understanding of UX design principles and user-centered design.
• Experience planning and conducting research activities, such as user interviews and usability testing.
• Experience working with design systems.
• Experience with or an interest in financial topics or investing is a plus.
• Design facilitation experience a plus.
• Strong knowledge of Figma, Adobe design suite, Microsoft Office 365, and macOS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with colleagues on all parts of the process, from discovery, definition, development, and delivery.
• Own all parts of the design process on assigned projects.
• Design and plan for product improvements/features while considering the future needs of our software.
• Create site maps, wireframes, low-fidelity prototypes, task flows, and other artifacts to visualize and communicate design direction.
• Make and articulate decisions around information structure and relationships.
• Plan and lead product discovery/design efforts while balancing time and scope constraints to meet deadlines.
• Conduct, analyze, and communicate user research; these may include user interviews and usability testing, etc.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.