Product (UX/UI) Designer | Chicago, IL – Hybrid Job at Stellent IT LLC in Chicag

Overview

Position: Product (UX/UI) Designer

Location: Chicago, IL – Hybrid

Duration: 6 + Months

Interview Mode: Video

LinkedIn is must. Locals only

Top 3 skill sets

• Strategy: translating business and user goals into product and user experience direction
• Execution: UX/UI/interaction design skills and operation of Figma (design systems, prototyping)
• Soft skills: ability to effectively collaborate and communicate with team and stakeholders

Nice to have

• Data analysis (product analytics e.g., GA, Quantum Metric)
• Motion design
• UX writing

Spotlight Call Notes

• Figma, constructive design, someone with great execution
• Soft skills: someone who works well with stakeholders, good communication skills, works well in a team environment

Resumes HM would like to see previous work experience at product design companies – i.e. high tech companies with products, and good duration (not short term tenure).

Product focus

• Products internet, websites
• Split UI vs. UX: strong strategy with UI is ideal; contractor will not conduct UX research. Needs someone who translates or defines the items needed to research and then develop the UI based on that while partnering with their design team.

About the work

You will unpack ambiguous problems, absorb insights about the business and its users, design, test, and help deliver usable, innovative, and compelling digital products and features.

Design experiences and influence strategies for a variety of audiences, stakeholders, products, and features in the world of Intranet, GenAI, Marketing, and more.

Apply your curiosity, asking the right questions and more to uncover key information.

Collaborate with product management, research, visual design, engineering, and stakeholders.

Clearly articulate design choices and rationale, tailoring communications to your audiences.

Zoom into the pixels and aesthetics while also keeping in mind broader strategy.

Effectively work with design systems, knowing when to leverage existing patterns and when to push for new concepts.

Elevate the quality of the team, giving and soliciting constructive feedback and knowledge.

Scope and prioritize work across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Skills/experience

• 5+ years of experience (senior level): shipping products and features that solve complex problems (with a proven portfolio of work); interaction design and visual design, exhibiting a proficiency in user experience concepts, typography, layout, and responsive design
• Demonstrable articulation of product strategy and vision and all the thinking design/strategy/system
• Strong understanding and application of user-centered design methods and principles
• Mastery of Figma (components, variants, prototyping, branching, etc.); experience with other software is a plus
• Proficiency in prototyping; motion design skills are a bonus
• Well-versed in accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA), designing for broad audiences
• Experience working in scrum/agile and with developers
• Experience working with user experience researchers and various methods of research and designing experiments

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