User Experience (UX) Designer

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies in Austin, TX is seeking a User Experience (UX) Designer to shape software design across advisor services platforms, primarily desktop and responsive mobile. The role involves collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to translate user needs into concrete design solutions, from sketches to prototypes.

You will lead collaborative design sessions, drive design reviews, maintain design schedules, and communicate status with project teams.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of foundational UX principles and best practices.
• Experience turning user needs into clear design artifacts.
• Experience documenting and tracking design work across projects.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate collaborative design sessions with sketching and ideation.
• Lead design reviews and drive decisions with stakeholders.
• Create design solutions with input from a multi-disciplinary team.
• Translate established patterns and design systems to meet company goals.
• Produce clear design documentation and deliverables.
• Set project timelines and communicate status to the team.
• Perform QA at an expert level and support research efforts.

Skills

Foundational UX principles

High fidelity design

Documentation/Project tracking

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Job description

Title: User Experience (UX) Designer

Location: prefers candidates LOCAL to Austin, TX , AM

Candidate may need to work remote at first until a seat opens up at the Austin location.

Duration:18 months

TOP 3 SKILLS

• - Expertise w/Foundational UX principles
• - Experience executing of High Fidelity Design
• - Documentation/Project Tracking experience (Confluence, Jira)

Our Opportunity

User Experience and Design is responsible for software design across advisor services platforms, which is primarily desktop and responsive mobile. We are a multi-disciplinary group of user experience designers, visual designers, content writers and researchers. We work with strategic business and technology partners across the enterprise to build best-in-class software experiences for our users. Our business is driven by looking through our clients' eyes, which makes it a great place to practice user-centered design. Our purpose is designing tools and experiences that enable users to achieve their financial goals. The team is responsible for: Design Consulting

• Facilitate collaborative design sessions including sketching and ideation.
• Lead design reviews and drive decisions.
• Create design solutions with a multi-faceted team considering all aspects of the advisor experience, from consultative to end client/consumer experience
• Faithfully translate the established patterns and design systems to ensure company goals are met.
• Understand great designs are achieved iteratively.
• Visualize ideas in a clear form (sketch, diagram, wireframe or prototype) and provide appropriate level documentation. Design Management
• Set expectations with the project team and prioritize activities.
• Create and maintain design schedules.
• Communicate status and agreements with project team.
• Review work with UX managers, keep them updated on project status and elevate items appropriately. Design Expertise and Execution
• Maintain the high standards set by the group.
• Conduct the primary design activities, create deliverables and conduct QA at an expert level.
• Participate and support research efforts.
• Commit to improving our process and methods with an emphasis on both effectiveness and efficiency.
• Teamwork, Collaboration and Engagement
• Work well with all partners to deliver work.
• Support UX team members.
• Strategically listen to feedback and help guide the delivery
• Collaborative and cooperative.
• Has a design position but is not rigidly fixed when presented with new information.
• Passionate about team, our mission and the needs of our partners and users.
• Enthusiastic about UX design. Empathy & Curiosity
• Understand user needs, walking in their shoes when possible.
• Focus on innovation and improvement.
• Regularly learns more about design theory, practice and tools.

Why your work matters

• You will support an engaged set of users who rely on our products to manage their financial lives
• By researching and understanding the user needs you will be able to impact how our users do business
• You will learn how balance functionality against complexity on a highly visible platform which serves millions of advisors and retail customers.
• You will work with an engaged design team that fosters a learning environment.