UX architect on w2 contract

Deegit Inc; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design consultancy in California is seeking a skilled UX Architect to lead usability assessments and design strategies for B2C applications. The ideal candidate will have 6-12 years of experience, strong leadership and communication skills, and a background in user-centered design. Responsibilities include managing client workshops, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and presenting deliverables. A Bachelor's degree in a design-related field is preferred. This position offers a dynamic work environment and the opportunity to impact user experiences significantly.

Qualifications

• 6-12 years of experience in UX design with a focus on B2C applications.
• Certification within their area of specialization is required.
• Prior experience in a consulting firm preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assessment of existing sites for usability and design.
• Analyze research data and identify business value opportunities.
• Create comprehensive sitemaps for large-scale solutions.

Skills

User-centered design methods

Strong analytical skills

Leadership and communication

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in design-related discipline

Job description

UX architect

6 Months

Required Skill: Worked on B2C applications used in day to day vasis by public

Portfolio: Showcasing the work required with the link or sample of work

Experience:12-12 years

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Assessment

• Lead the assessment of an existing site/property for usefulness, usability, visual design, content, and branding.
• Identify strategic opportunities for competitive advantage based on findings.
• Lead participatory design/user testing sessions.
• Present findings to senior clients.
• Utilize low-fidelity, medium-fidelity, and high-fidelity prototypes across the different stages of the design process.

Discovery

• Analyze, synthesize, and organize research data into meaningful themes, categories, and visually compelling frameworks and behavioral models.
• Identify opportunities to create business value and improve the user experience, based on user research; organize opportunities into visually compelling matrices or maps.
• Lead participatory requirements gathering sessions and manage debrief process.
• Lead stakeholder interviews, including: conducting, preparing notes, and analyzing findings to understand key success factors for a project or pursuit.
• Facilitate user scenario planning sessions with both internal team and clients
• Lead development of user scenarios from personas and segmentations that can be clearly tied to business objectives and user needs; integrate scenarios with other related deliverables such as concept models, process flows, opportunity maps, and wireframes.

Experience & Interaction Design

• Lead the creation of visually compelling representations of the solution's high-level interaction, navigation, and organization design (i.e., concept models).
• Create (and lead the development of) comprehensive sitemaps for large-scale solutions.
• Present deliverables to senior clients.

Project Management

• Create accurate design plans to address the time and tasks required to complete a track of work (
• Lead a track of work in the development of a quality solution; track progress according to the plan created for the project (e.g., conduct design reviews and creative status meetings as needed).

Client Management

• Manage operational level client meetings.
• Plan and execute client workshops
• Act as the primary POC/facilitator for planned (regular) client meetings

SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Certification within their area of specialization is required. Strong leadership and communication skills to effectively client accounts and multi-track sapient teams. Candidates must be versed in user-centered design methods and techniques
• Excellent analytical and process-oriented skills
• Ability to work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience in working on multiple projects simultaneously. Prior experience in a consulting firm preferred

Personal Attributes

• Strong and innovative approach to problem solving and finding solutions
• Excellent communicator (written and verbal, formal and informal)
• Flexible and proactive/self-motivated working style with strong personal ownership of problem resolution
• Ability to multi-task under pressure and work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to prioritize when under pressure

EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree preferred in design-related discipline: Interaction, Information or Interface design; Human-Computer Interaction; Design Planning; Graphic Design; Communications.