Sr UX Generalist | Irving
Apply NowCompany: Photon
Location: Irving, TX 75061
Description:
Job Description
The Role
As an experienced UX Generalist you'll be contributing and leading the research and design of our digital products. Working in concert with Product and Engineering partners, you'll be applying your extensive skills and experience across the entire UX process including all key stages of UX research (including a wide variety of research methods, testing, metrics and insights), and UX design (including ideation, wireframing, prototyping, and high-fidelity design). You will take a holistic approach, creating intuitive, accessible, beautiful, and highly usable designs that have strong foundations in research, data, standards, and best practices.
Responsibilities
Lead meetings with users, clients, product sponsors and technology to understand requirements
Plan and perform UX research, define IA, user journeys, and create personas
Identify metrics and data that can support decision-making, guiding tech partners where needed to add necessary metrics
Work closely with users, stakeholders, business analysts, product managers and development teams to brainstorm and co-create ideas, approaches and solutions
Perform relevant testing to validate and inform design decisions
Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs using Figma
Apply a positive and constructive attitude to all feedback
Use (and contribute to) the design system, design standards and best practices
Perform detailed handover to dev teams, ensuring they have all they need to implement the designs
Provide ongoing collaboration with dev, including regular UX review checkpoints to ensure quality
Continuously look for opportunities to improve research and design practices and processes, keeping track of latest trends, standards and tools in the industry
Ensure all designs comply with ADA/WCAG standards for accessibility
Deliver on-time, identifying and managing risks to ensure timelines are met, escalating where needed
Confidently challenge substandard work by other team members, providing coaching and guidance
Build consensus, and find smart solutions when colleagues and stakeholders are in conflict over technical or design
Required Skills, Experience and Competencies
5-10 years of industry UX Design experience
Strong attention to detail, analytical skills and problem-solving
Experience on complex, enterprise-scale or consumer design projects
Creative flair and a good eye for design
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Outstanding skills in professional design tools, such as: Figma, Sketch, AdobeXD, InVision.
Experience working with, and contributing to, Design Systems
Bachelors Degree
Desirable Skills, Experience and Competencies
Experience in e-commerce/Internet/mobile space
Experience with agile methodology
Financial services industry and commercial banking experience
Master's degree
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 42,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 169,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post
The Role
As an experienced UX Generalist you'll be contributing and leading the research and design of our digital products. Working in concert with Product and Engineering partners, you'll be applying your extensive skills and experience across the entire UX process including all key stages of UX research (including a wide variety of research methods, testing, metrics and insights), and UX design (including ideation, wireframing, prototyping, and high-fidelity design). You will take a holistic approach, creating intuitive, accessible, beautiful, and highly usable designs that have strong foundations in research, data, standards, and best practices.
Responsibilities
Lead meetings with users, clients, product sponsors and technology to understand requirements
Plan and perform UX research, define IA, user journeys, and create personas
Identify metrics and data that can support decision-making, guiding tech partners where needed to add necessary metrics
Work closely with users, stakeholders, business analysts, product managers and development teams to brainstorm and co-create ideas, approaches and solutions
Perform relevant testing to validate and inform design decisions
Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs using Figma
Apply a positive and constructive attitude to all feedback
Use (and contribute to) the design system, design standards and best practices
Perform detailed handover to dev teams, ensuring they have all they need to implement the designs
Provide ongoing collaboration with dev, including regular UX review checkpoints to ensure quality
Continuously look for opportunities to improve research and design practices and processes, keeping track of latest trends, standards and tools in the industry
Ensure all designs comply with ADA/WCAG standards for accessibility
Deliver on-time, identifying and managing risks to ensure timelines are met, escalating where needed
Confidently challenge substandard work by other team members, providing coaching and guidance
Build consensus, and find smart solutions when colleagues and stakeholders are in conflict over technical or design
Required Skills, Experience and Competencies
5-10 years of industry UX Design experience
Strong attention to detail, analytical skills and problem-solving
Experience on complex, enterprise-scale or consumer design projects
Creative flair and a good eye for design
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Outstanding skills in professional design tools, such as: Figma, Sketch, AdobeXD, InVision.
Experience working with, and contributing to, Design Systems
Bachelors Degree
Desirable Skills, Experience and Competencies
Experience in e-commerce/Internet/mobile space
Experience with agile methodology
Financial services industry and commercial banking experience
Master's degree
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 42,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 169,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post