Sr. UI/UX Designer

*This opportunity is an 18 Month Contract!*

*There are no benefits provided for the duration of this Remote Contract!*

Work Experience / Qualifications

• 5 years as a UI/UX designer working primarily with b2b applications that required balancing brand or system guidelines with flexible design patterns
• 10 years in web design generally, preferably in the media and entertainment industry
• Experience designing for multiple content types, including long-form editorial material, visually-stunning marketing pages, and functional collaborative or workflow systems (think Salesforce, Monday, etc)
• Ability to work directly with multiple types of end users, consolidating their input into a collaborative design and refine until approved.
• Proven ability to work in with highly agile teams, requiring incremental mockups instead of highly polished design.
• Broad understanding of mobile device design implications, and how to effectively navigate them

Required Skills

• Ability to conduct user research that involves complex functional rather than aesthetic concepts
• Ability to create user personas?by identifying key user groups and creating representative personas of their behaviors and demographics
• Ability to work closely with end users, Sr. Product Manager, Sr. Business Analyst and CP’s Product/Process Owner(s) to gather and evaluate user requirements
• Proven ability to create user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, the voice of the customer, user journeys, customer feedback, and usability findings
• Ability to create user journey process flows, storyboards, and sitemaps and effectively and communicate with key stakeholders
• Must quickly and iteratively develop user flows, wireframes, prototypes, low and high-fidelity mockups
• Ability to communicate design rationale to key stakeholders 
• A sharpened eye for spotting and creating quality user experiences
• Design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs, and widgets
• Proven ability to identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g., responsiveness)
• Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
• Create original graphic designs (e.g., images, sketches, and tables)
• Communicate with product and engineering teams, as well as business stakeholders and executive leadership
• Ensure the voice of the customer is present by incorporating customer feedback, usage metrics, and usability findings into design
• Performing metrics analysis post-launch to inform design/UX optimization efforts
• Possess excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, and interpersonal skills

Highly Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience working on complex projects, such as:
  • Simultaneous functional workstreams within a single application
  • Highly matrixed teams that require frequent context switching
  • Iterative agile projects that span multiple years of development
• Consumer products experience, either for a licensee, licensor, manufacturer or retailer