Director of User Experience

The Altip Group; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Altip Group is seeking a Director of User Experience to lead the design of innovative and meaningful interactive experiences. This critical role requires collaboration with various teams to uncover client needs and produce outstanding digital solutions.

The ideal candidate should have over 8 years of experience in user experience design, a strong portfolio, and proficiency in design tools. A commitment to user-centered design is essential to drive client projects forward.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience working in a client-driven User Experience environment.
• Strong knowledge of user-centered design tools and methodologies.
• Engaging portfolio demonstrating design thinking process.
• Excellent communication and organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop meaningful user experiences for interactive projects.
• Lead usability testing and measure design improvements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on projects.
• Present and defend User Experience deliverables.

Skills

User-centered design

Proficiency in design tools

Excellent communication skills

Tools

InDesign

Illustrator

Omnigraffle

Balsamiq

InVision

Job description

Job Description

We have an immediate opportunity for a Director of User Experience who will work directly with Design, Technology, Quality Assurance and Client Services teams to develop meaningful and valuable interactive experiences for clients. The ideal candidate will leverage user, stakeholder and competitive research, and customer personas and stories developed by the Strategy team to construct conceptual designs, storyboards, information architecture, clickable prototypes, and functional specifications for responsive websites, complex transactional web applications and portals. S/he will produce scalable content structures

including taxonomies and metadata used for organizing, retrieving and displaying data. You will work closely with clients to uncover transformational business needs. Will also be expected to present and defend the User Experience deliverables, and build consensus among the various stakeholders. Working with the project team, you will lead usability testing and measure improvements to design solutions through these methods. S/he will also work closely with the Creative Director, and will ensure that a user experience process is implemented across all client projects. In addition, you will assist, as needed, with internal Tahzoo digital products and services including marketing, social media, and content strategies.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience working professionally in a client-driven User Experience environment (web & mobile)
• Strong knowledge of user-centered design tools and methodology, particularly as applied to web-based and mobile-based applications
• An engaging portfolio that not only shows the end-result of your work, but also shows how you think and
• Excellent communication and organization skills – must be able to function as a thought leader as well as
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools such as InDesign, Illustrator, Omnigraffle, Balsamiq, InVision,

Additional Information

Applicants must have work authorization that does not require a visa sponsorship for employment authorization in the United States.

All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.