UX Designer

SoHo Dragon represents a global technology company with offices in New York, NY that needs to hire a UX Designer for a full time opportunity.

As a UX designer, you see yourself as the glue between developers, requirement specialists, product owners, and end-users, and you enjoy the challenge of creating excellent user experiences based on complex technical requirements. In the role as a UX Designer, you will support more junior individuals in their work to deliver our world-class technology solutions.

What you will be doing:

• Design user-centric experiences that meet users’ needs as well as business and technical requirements
• Scope, plan, and lead UX activities from start to finish – setting the direction, and identifying and solving problems
• Conduct user research, user testing, and workshops and apply the findings in design and requirements
• Pedagogically communicate findings and ideas internally, and as well with external clients, to educate and spread knowledge about UX/UI concepts and ways of working
• Take part in developing the UX strategy and vision for the current product portfolio as well as innovation initiatives within Market Technology
• Stay updated on the latest developments and trends within digital design and share your knowledge with the rest of the team

We expect you to have:

• A degree in Interaction Design or similar discipline
• Experience Required: 4-7 years in a user experience design role.
• Some experience in areas relating to UX design, preferably with experience in leading UX activities
• A solid understanding of applying common UX-centric methods, such as wireframing, Personas, User Journey Mapping, User Testing, etc.
• Ability to engage and collaborate closely with external clients, suppliers, and internal stakeholders
• A strong inner drive and motivation, thriving in a high pace environment

It would be great if you have:

• Experience from working in a company working with large scale, highly distributed systems, with high transaction volumes and which are data-intensive
• Proficiency in Figma or equivalent prototyping tools
• A basic understanding of Front-end development, HTML, CSS, Javascript, React, etc
• Knowledge or interest in financial markets