UX Architect

UX Architect

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated UX Architect for an opportunity for Minneapolis, MN!

Position Title: UX Architect

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Anticipated Start Date: 09/19/2024

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 6 Months (possibility for extension)

Job Type: Monday - Friday

Pay Range: $55/hr. - $70/hr.

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree (preferred emphasis on Service Design, Experience Architecture, or Information Architecture), or equivalent experience


• Five to eight years of related work experience, such as UX or digital industry, with at least one year of team leadership experience.

Description:

Experience Designers at the bank are customer-obsessed in developing human-centered experiences that provide personalized, clear, helpful, and inclusive digital plus human solutions for our customers. Experience designers consider the why, what, and how of product use to help identify where user needs intersect with business goals across the entire user journey. Leverages human-centered design methods (design-thinking, service design, research/insights, etc.) to plan, create, and present persuasive, engaging, and strategic ideas that influence product roadmaps and demonstrate a solution's potential for success. Performs competitive analysis of direct/indirect competitors and monitors the marketplace for new trends to inform the research and design process. Partners with product managers, content strategists, research specialists, developers, testers, and compliance specialists to translate requirements into experience architectures.

This role specifically focuses on a web application and the CSS and responsive design.

Job Description:

Responsibilities include:

Employs a range of human-centered, accessible design techniques, such as conceptual models, personas, user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes, to determine and convey design decisions.
Optimizes experience architecture to promote findability and usability, while accommodating technical and business needs/constraints.
Review artifacts and deliverables from peers to ensure they accurately represent or improve upon the Bank layout, design, and interaction patterns.
Accurately interprets how the Bank brand is applied to interaction modules, screen layouts, style guides, pattern libraries, images, icons, and other visual elements.
Formally observes user interviews and usability sessions.
Works concurrently on multiple tasks or projects in an agile environment.
Delivers assets of record, e.g., wireframes, versioned prototypes, flow/process diagrams, etc.
Participates in validating code is built as designed during projects (according to brand standards, style guides, and pattern libraries).

Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree (preferred emphasis on Service Design, Experience Architecture, or Information Architecture), or equivalent experience
Five to eight years of related work experience, such as UX or digital industry, with at least one year of team leadership experience

Preferred Skills/Experience
Thorough knowledge of user experience (UX) best practices, interactive design principles, information architecture, and experience architecture; Service Design knowledge a plus
Thorough knowledge of design thinking process and framework, and familiarization with workshops and co-creations
Thorough knowledge of website architecture, interactive design principles, web usability, and online marketing and business needs

Experience with user-centered design from concept to delivery
Experience/familiarity with CSS and responsive design
Familiar with common design software
Experience working in a cross-channel environment, including desktop/laptop, mobile, devices, and brick-and-mortar locations; internal facing systems experience a plus
Experience collaborating with large teams
Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
Ability to problem-solve and work independently.

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 228194 when responding to this ad.