User Experience (UX) Designer - Hybrid

Smart IMS Inc; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart IMS Inc in Austin, TX is seeking a User Experience Designer for a 18-month hybrid contract. You will design across advisor services platforms, primarily desktop and responsive mobile, collaborating with designers, writers, and researchers to create user-centered software experiences.

You will facilitate design sessions, lead reviews, translate established patterns into working solutions, and produce sketches, wireframes, prototypes, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Desktop and responsive mobile design experience.
• Experience leading design reviews and translating patterns into design systems.
• Ability to work in a hybrid setup with cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate collaborative design sessions (sketching and ideation).
• Lead design reviews and drive decisions.
• Translate patterns and design systems to meet company goals.
• Create deliverables and prototypes with documentation.
• Support research efforts and QA at expert level.

Skills

UX design

Prototyping

Collaboration

Job description

Job Title: User Experience (UX) Designer - Hybrid

Duration (Contract): 18 Months

Client Location: Austin, TX

Location Preference: Hybrid

Job Description

As a User Experience Designer, you are 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.

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.

The hourly range for roles of this nature are $40.00 to $80.00/hr. Rates are heavily dependent on skills, experience, location, and industry.

cyberThink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.