Location: Mettawa, IL (onsite Tues and Thurs)
Job Type: W2 hourly contract-to-hire
Compensation Range: $45-53/hr
Our client, a leader in the marine recreation and technology industry, is seeking a
User Experience Designer to craft consumer-centric interactive mobile products that enhance both on- and off-boat user experiences. This role involves leveraging a deep understanding of user needs to design new experiences through information architecture, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and visual design comps. In this role you will integrate qualitative and quantitative research findings to continually elevate the mobile experience while working alongside Product Managers, UX Researchers, and Developers.
Responsibilities:
- Help drive guidelines, best practices and methodologies across the entire cross-functional team.
- Partner with product, brand, marketing and creative teams to adhere to each brand's creative vision.
- Grow our Figma based design system and component libraries with focus on re-usable components across the organization.
- Be an advocate for human centered design thinking principles and promote the value of user research techniques and analysis.
- Align user needs and desires with business goals and objective.
- Create various fidelities of interactive prototypes for rapid and iterative testing coupled with deeper qualitative studies.
- Create inspiring, visual, story-based research summaries that communicate key findings to team members and stakeholders, leveraging audio and video as narrative devices.
- Provide short-and longer-term actionable outcomes following usability testing.
- Collaborate with UX researchers to derive new concepts from key insights.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years' experience applying human-centered design and design thinking methodologies throughout digital product development.
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in a related field such as, Human Centered Design, Design Research, UX Design, Product Design or equivalent work experience.
- Proficient in Figma, XD, or Sketch.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
- Proven track record of solving complex problems with simple solutions.
- Strong portfolio with data driven insights.
- Ability to defend ideas and concepts from gathering rich consumer insights.
- Confident presentation and storytelling abilities.
- Proficiency with a range of prototyping and experience design tools.
- Experience in growing design systems and libraries.
- Familiarity with design thinking methodologies.
- Familiarity with remote moderated and un-moderated user testing techniques.
Bonus Qualifications:
- Experience in mobile app UX research; and related research tools / platforms.
- Experience in the Marine, RV or Automotive Industry.
Job ID: 1076705
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
