Sr. UX Designer

Overview

Aquent has an EXCITING opportunity for a Sr. UX Designer in Austin, TX!

This is a hybrid position.  We will only consider candidates that live in or can commute to our client’s office in Austin 3 days/week.  At this time, relocation is not available.

In addition, to be considered for this role, you must:

• Be authorized to work in the United States 
• Not require sponsorship of any kind for the entire duration of the assignment.  (C2C is not allowed)
• Be able to showcase your work through case studies and/or portfolio.  These must be narrative in nature and demonstrate your design process.

Our client’s User Experience and Design team is responsible for software design across advisor services platforms, which is primarily desktop and responsive mobile. They are a multi-disciplinary group of user experience designers, visual designers, content writers and researchers. This team works with strategic business and technology partners across the enterprise to build best-in-class software experiences for our users.

Our client’s business is driven by looking through their clients’ eyes, which makes it a great place to practice user-centered design. Their purpose is designing tools and experiences that enable users to achieve their financial goals.

TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design Consulting
• Facilitate collaborative design sessions including sketching and ideation.
• Lead design reviews and drive decisions.
• Create design solutions with a multi-faceted team, taking into account how digital, physical, and service channels work together
• Represent the design team brand, and deliver a consistent design process to partners.
• Understand great designs are achieved iteratively.
• Visualize ideas in a clear form (sketch, diagram, wireframe or prototype) and provide appropriate level documentation.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Design Management 

• Set expectations with the project team and prioritize activities
• Create and maintain design schedules
• Communicate status and agreements with project team
• Review work with UX managers, keep them updated on project status and escalate items appropriately

Design Expertise and Execution 

• Maintain the high standards set by the group
• Conduct the primary design activities, create deliverables and conduct QA at an expert level
• Participate and support research efforts
• Commit to improving our process and methods with an emphasis on both effectiveness and efficiency

Teamwork, Collaboration and Engagement 

• Work well with all partners to deliver work
• Support UX team members
• Strategically listen to feedback and help guide the delivery
• Collaborative and cooperative
• Has a design position but is not rigidly fixed when presented with new information
• Passionate about team, our mission and the needs of our partners and users
• Enthusiastic about UX design

Empathy & Curiosity 

• Understand user needs, walking in their shoes when possible
• Focus on innovation and improvement
• Regularly learns more about design theory, practice and tools

Why your work matters:

• You will support an engaged set of users who rely on our products to manage their financial lives
• By researching and understanding the user needs you will be able to impact how our users do business
• You will learn how balance functionality against complexity on a highly visible platform which serves millions of advisors and retail customers
• You will work with an engaged design team that fosters a learning environment

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• 6 + years of rich interaction design focused on digital products
• An online portfolio demonstrating interaction design process and thinking
• Experienced with all aspects of a user-centered interaction design process, including user research, developing user flows, creating wireframes, conducting usability tests and creating annotated design specifications
• Experience working in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team within an iterative process and an Agile development methodology
• Strong self-management skills, comfortable with substantial responsibility, working directly with our client partners, and capable of managing your project schedules
• Proficient in design tools like Sketch, Figma, Mural, InVision
• Experience running design sessions with cross-functional teams
• Effective relationship builder–ability to partner cross-functionally, cross-enterprise and work effectively with various levels of the organization as well as various personality types
• Comfort in a project-oriented work environment, with a positive attitude and solid work ethic

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $71.99 to $79.99 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.

Our eligible talent gets access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through AquentGymnasium. 

More information on our awesome benefits: https://aquent.com/talent/talent-benefits!

Aquent is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive

Working with AQUENT provides you access to some pretty awesome perks:

• Subsidized (up to 85%!) Health, Vision and Dental Benefits, and Access to Fidelity 401(k) with Matching!
• FSA Program
• Weekly Direct Deposit
• Resume / Portfolio Review + Interview Prep. You’ll be set-up for success!
• Free Continued Learning: https://thegymnasium.com/
• Compare our benefits to other agencies, here: https://aquent.com/find-work/talent-benefits
• Who is AQUENT? www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z-n8nfytuM