Senior UI/UX Designer

Job Summary

Currently seeking a Sr. User Interface and User Experience Designer for  an industry leader in Chicago. This individual will be working on challenging projects to address the needs of internal and external customer.

Responsibilities

  • Create first-rate, user-centered designs through consideration of market research, business requirements, customer feedback, and usability study findings.
  • Translate business requirements into use cases and high-level customer experience requirements.
  • Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, and prototypes.
  • Develop and maintain detailed user-interface specifications and style guides.
  • Work closely with product management and technical architects to ensure that UI designs align with the business strategy and technical solutions chosen for each product and service.
  • Present design work to the user experience team, product team, executives, and external partners for review and feedback.
  • Follow department quality assurance guidelines and processes.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience working as senior designer with a track record of defining interaction design on large-scale web, mobile and/or desktop applications.
  • An impressive UI design portfolio showing your working experience.
  • Strong knowledge of Adobe suite of products (Photoshop, Fireworks, InDesign, Illustrator).
  • Experience prototyping rich interactions.
  • Experience with designing interactive applications (not just pure content web sites).
  • Working knowledge of color theory, visual design and typography.
  • Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, Flash, and Flex.
  • The ability to turn around rigorous wireframes and mockups quickly.
  • Experience conducting usability/contextual research and the ability to show how results from this research influenced the user interface.
  • Strong ability to work and converse intelligently with fellow User Experience Designers, Product Managers, Business Managers and Application Architects/Engineers.

Recruiter Information

Angela Semmen – Executive Recruiter
asemmen@htassociates.com

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