Senior User Experience Designer Position Available In Hampden, Massachusetts

Senior User Experience Designer#25-61805
Springfield, MA
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Job Title:

Senior User Experience Designer
20 Hours a week.
The Team
At Financial, we’re passionate about helping millions of people find financial freedom and this passion has driven our approach to developing highly interactive digital experiences for our customers. Financial’s Enterprise Technology & Experience (ETX) organization comprises collaborative, cross-functional, product centric groups who like to have fun, challenge each other, and are energized to create innovative solutions that exceed the changing needs of our customers.
To help us achieve our mission, we are hiring a senior UX Designer, with a deep toolkit of design system skills to join fellow UX practitioners of the User Experience & Design team (UXD).
The Impact
This will be a dedicated individual contributor, ambassador of design and design thinking, who defines & refines the design direction of Financial digital products and our design system. You will partner across teams and stakeholders championing the value of design.
Use design to help our customers secure their futures and protect the ones they love
Change how Financial financial professionals connect with and serve their customers
Focus on elevating our design system in partnership with a multidisciplinary cohort of colleagues
Use iterative and collaborative design techniques to transform new concepts to digital products via storyboards, wireframes, and prototypes Create high-fidelity final designs, developing effective documentation for varied audiences
Ensure proper implementation of the designs
Maintain, update and improve existing digital products, UX/UI, and brand
Reform how customers interact with financial solutions like life insurance and investments
Deliver and iterate on new, innovative, omnichannel experiences
Influence product lifecycle by imagining the future state
Partner with Agile squads using the latest frameworks
Partner with our team of user researchers and user interface designers
Collaborate with engineering and design team on Financial’s Blueprint design system
Advocate for the use of fresh design tools and ethical design practices The Minimum Qualifications
Design is a passion.
5+ years as a product designer, user experience designer, or similar role.
You are a great communicator who gets energized sharing ideas and collaborating with a variety of stakeholders.
You are well-versed in all things research and when to use each methodology.
You have a proven track record of working independently and taking ownership. You don’t miss the details but are also happy to let your teammates figure out their work.
Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field
The Ideal Qualifications
A passionate user experience designer with an in-depth understanding of UX practices.
A data-driven decision maker who leans on research to advance their designs.
A talented verbal and visual communicator who becomes a trusted partner of product managers and business stakeholders.
Great at putting just enough detail into wireframes to garner great feedback.
Interested in and adept at learning new technologies — enough to understand trade-offs between development time and impact to the user experience.
A great collaborator who is well-versed in Agile methodologies and the role of design.
Well-versed in a variety of design problems, information architecture needs and common interface patterns.
Great at giving and receiving feedback, collaborating with and coaching other designers.
Attentive to detail with strong pattern recognition skills.

EEO:

“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”