User Experience Designer

Pyramid Consulting, Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,872 - 137,760; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) plan

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a User Experience Designer, where your creativity and expertise will shape user-centered designs for consumer-facing applications. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, facilitating workshops, and championing design principles to create scalable experiences. With a focus on user testing and research, you will iterate designs that not only meet user needs but also align with business goals. If you have a strong portfolio and a passion for design, this contract position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the investment industry while working in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in user experience design for consumer-facing applications.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating design contributions and skills in wireframing and prototyping.

Responsibilities

• Champion user-centered design principles and collaborate with project teams.
• Facilitate workshops and iterate designs based on feedback and user testing.

Skills

User Experience

User Testing

Prototyping

Interaction Design

Visual Design

User Research

Product Development

Quality Assurance

Articulate

Education

BA/BS

Job description

Immediate need for a talented User Experience Designer. This is a 06+ months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in San Francisco, CA (Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID: 25-56972

Pay Range: $95 - $100/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Champion user-centered design principles, and rely on these principles to build experiences that meet user needs while simultaneously addressing business goals.
• Collaborate with key project team members, including product managers, engineers, technology leads, and fellow designers to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Rapid ideation and iteration: Visualize and communicate ideas to your team in a timely manner.
• Facilitate and participate in workshops and discussions to promote the communication of ideas.
• Be proactive in giving and acquiring feedback from Designers as well as cross-functional members of your team.
• Occasionally build presentations to be shared across teams within the organization.
• Champion our design system to build consistent experiences that can scale in our suite of products.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• User Experience
• User Testing
• Education: BA/BS
• Product Development
• Quality Assurance
• Articulate
• User Research
• Prototyping
• Interaction Design
• Visual Design
• Must have 7+ years of professional experience as a practicing designer in either product-related or agency environments designing consumer-facing applications, websites, and mobile experiences.
• Strong portfolio of professional work with clear demonstration of your role and contributions on each project.
• Skilled in developing wireframes, prototyping, user flows, interaction design, and visual design.
• Skilled in detailing work including annotations, prototypes, and functional specifications.
• Strong understanding of content.
• Experience or ability to adapt to lean/agile product development models.
• Ability to connect with development teams to ensure pixel-perfect implementation with high-quality standards through QA of work and build.
• Effectively act on internal feedback, user testing results, and findings to iterate designs that deliver more value for the users and business.
• Strong presentation skills in explaining interactions, scenarios, and storyboards.
• Experience running user research and user testing – and subsequently identifying user needs, actions, behaviors, and emotions through research.
• Familiarity with Design Systems and standard methodologies.
• Design with intention, able to articulate your design decisions.
• Have an opinion, and provide different perspectives on specific problems.

Client is a leading Investment Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.