Remote Digital Product Designer UX UI Apply
Overview:
TekWissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. The below job opportunity is to one of Our Clients it is an American publicly traded corporation deals with business are financial information and analytics, which helps investors pinpoint global opportunities.
Job Title : Digital Product Designer (UX/UI)
Job Location : New York NY 10007
Job Type : Contract
Duration : 6 Months
Work Type : Remote
Description:
The Team
- The User Experience Design Team is a small but influential group of UX designers creating digital products for customers around the globe.
- We provide product design, prototyping, research and facilitation services for client Platts desktop and mobile products.
- The UX team solves abstract problems and makes massive amounts of data and content easy to use by our customers.
- We work closely with our product and technical partners throughout the entire lifecycle, from analysis and concept to launch.
- We strive to create an environment where thoughtful design is a major contributor to the success of client.
The Impact
- The world of commodity markets is fast-paced and intense.
- Our users need tools designed to let them succeed -find things quickly and easily; perform their work fluidly, in a way that matches how they think and speak about work; collaborate with others seamlessly.
- There are enormous opportunities for this role to greatly impact the working life, and business success, of thousands of industry professionals and hundreds of firms, through thoughtful UX research and design.
Summary
- The user experience designer works with the product team to produce winning designs for native apps and responsive websites.
- The user experience designer can internalize and extend a digital product's visual language and interactive model.
- The designer will consider not only how a feature looks, but how it will support our customers' goals.
Essential Functions
- Creates visual designs to meet brand and business requirements
- Supports the user experience director or lead in documentation and design of functional user experience through sketches and/or wireframes and building prototypes
- Works with client and technical team to collect and disposition requirements throughout the life of the project
- Design communication and documentation through annotated wireframe creation
- Interactive prototyping
- Usability testing
- Promotes accessibility by incorporating WCAG guidelines into designs
Additional Responsibilities
- Appreciates and offers critical feedback. Seeks it out in reviews with customers, peers, stakeholders and research
- Contributes knowledge to our company intranet
- Works well with fellow team members
- Demonstrates dedication to helping client meet commitments to our customers and stakeholders
- Increases learning in the technology platforms pertaining to current projects/clients
- Addition duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned and/or change at any time with or without notice
Basic Qualifications:
- At least 5 years of UX design experience
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Project Management skills not necessary to be a certified project manager, but someone with a sense of urgency when required, and a head for scheduling and planning.
- Experience conducting usability tests and heuristic studies
- Comfort with one or more UI prototyping tools and flexibility to adopt a new one
- Understanding of web and mobile technologies (CSS, HTML5, JavaScript)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree with a focus in HCI, Design or a related field
- Financial Technology (FinTech) knowledge or experience
- Skilled using Figma, Sketch and Invision
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity
