UX/UI Designer

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Health savings account

401k program

Pension plan

Life and AD&D insurance

Disability insurance

Paid Time Off – 20 days per year

Job summary

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is seeking a senior UX designer to craft world-class user-centered designs for web and mobile platforms in an Agile environment. You will lead design efforts, drive user testing, and evolve our design system while collaborating with developers and cross-functional teams.

The role requires 5+ years of experience, plus strong proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite. A Bachelor's degree in Digital Design, HCI, or related fields is expected, with a focus on

Qualifications

• Portfolio of work samples demonstrating design approach.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Digital Design, HCI or related fields.
• 5+ years of experience as an interaction designer, UI designer, or similar role.
• Expert-level proficiency with UX design-related software and tools (e.g., Figma and Adobe Creative Suite).
• Strong visual design skills that include typography, animation, iconography, color and composition.
• Experience in atomic design systems and pattern libraries.
• Experience designing experiences for web, tablet and mobile devices.
• Knowledge of contemporary design and development methodologies is a plus.
• Must have excellent user experience and interaction design skills and be able to communicate clearly and concisely through visual specifications.
• Knowledge of digital accessibility and accessible design principles.

Responsibilities

• Create world-class, user-centered designs based on research, business needs, analytics & user feedback in an agile environment.
• Demonstrate experience participating in white-boarding sessions, design thinking and story mapping exercises.
• Design UX and interaction flows of responsive web and mobile experiences.
• Develop conceptual sketches, visual mockups, navigation flows, storyboards, wireframes, and interactive prototypes to form and communicate design ideas.
• Work on projects as a solo designer or design leader.
• Educate others and contribute to the evolution of our design process.
• Lead the design effort on programs you are working on.
• Lead user testing to gauge the usability of new and existing products.
• Develop interactive prototypes and iterate based on user insight and stakeholder/user feedback.
• Demonstrate strong visual design skills and attention to detail in delivering on-brand, development-ready responsive UI designs for web and mobile platforms, incorporating accessibility best practices.
• Evolve and develop the design system and library.
• Partner with developers and cross-functional teams to assess and optimize new and existing features and page templates, and support accurate implementation of approved designs.
• Give and receive feedback generously, advocate for quality, learn new tools and processes, grow your craft, stay up to date on UX/UI and accessibility best practices.
• Present concepts and designs with a point of view, communicating your vision, ideas, process, and decisions.

Skills

Portfolio samples

5+ years UX design

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Digital Design / HCI

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Create world-class, user-centered designs based on research, business needs, analytics & user feedback in an agile environment.
• Demonstrate experience participating in white-boarding sessions, design thinking and story mapping exercises.
• Design UX and interaction flows of responsive web and mobile experiences.
• Develop conceptual sketches, visual mockups, navigation flows, storyboards, wireframes, and interactive prototypes to form and communicate design ideas.
• Work on projects as a solo designer or design leader.
• Educate others and contribute to the evolution of our design process.
• Lead the design effort on programs you are working on.
• Lead user testing to gauge the usability of new and existing products.
• Develop interactive prototypes (ranging from low- to high-fidelity with interactions and visual design) and iterate based on user insight and stakeholder/user feedback.
• Demonstrate strong visual design skills and careful attention to detail in delivering on-brand, high-quality, development-ready responsive UI designs for web and mobile platforms, incorporating accessibility best practices.
• Evolve and develop the design system and library.
• Partner with developers and other cross-functional teams to assess and optimize new and existing features and page templates, and support accurate implementation of approved designs.
• Give and receive feedback generously, advocate for quality, learn new tools and processes, grow your craft in new ways, and stay up to date on UX/UI and accessibility best practices.
• Present your concepts and designs with a point of view, and be able to communicate your vision, ideas, process, and decisions.

Required

• Portfolio of work samples that demonstrates your design work and original approaches to challenges.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Digital Design, Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) or related fields.
• 5+ years of experience as an interaction designer, user interface designer, or similar role.
• Expert-level proficiency with UX design-related software and tools (e.g., Figma and Adobe Creative Suite).
• Strong visual design skills that include typography, animation, iconography, color and composition.
• Experience in atomic design systems and pattern libraries.
• Experience designing experiences for web, tablet and mobile devices.
• Knowledge of contemporary design and development methodologies is a plus.
• Must have excellent user experience and interaction design skills and be able to communicate clearly and concisely through visual specifications.
• Knowledge of digital accessibility and accessible design principles.

Preferred

• Ability to extract complex concepts and quickly turn around rigorous flows, mockups and interactive prototypes reflecting a range of options.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, work autonomously and multi-task in an agile environment.
• Demonstrate visual design expertise through mockups and style guides.
• Additional design skills in related fields, including motion design and prototyping.
• Strong understanding of typography, color and layout principles.
• Motion design and video editing.
• Complex prototyping, including animations and micro-interactions for digital products.
• Conducting competitive analyses, research, and/or usability testing.

Pay Transparency

Thrivent's long-term growth depends on attracting, rewarding, and retaining people who are committed to helping others thrive with purpose. We accomplish this by offering a wide variety of market competitive compensation programs to attract, reward, and retain top talent. The applicable salary or hourly wage range for this full-time role is $89,691.00 - $121,346.00 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will be determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to, location, relevant experience, skills, and knowledge, business needs, market demand, and other factors Thrivent deems important.

The following benefits may be offered: various bonuses (including, for example, annual or long-term incentives); medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings account; flexible spending account; 401k; pension; life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; disability insurance; supplemental protection insurance; 20 days of Paid Time Off each year; Sic

• various bonuses (including, for example, annual or long-term incentives)
• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• health savings account
• flexible spending account
• 401k
• pension
• life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• disability insurance
• supplemental protection insurance
• 20 days of Paid Time Off each year
• Sic