Morgan Stanley
UI Designer – Design Language, Associate
Morgan Stanley, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
UI Designer – Design Language, Associate
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The Morgan Stanley Wealth Management UX team builds digital experiences that help our clients manage their finances and monitor their investments easily on the Morgan Stanley and E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley platforms. Our growing team of designers and researchers bring an entrepreneurial spirit to a leading global financial firm. We employ design thinking methods and user-centered approaches to solve real business problems. If you can bring clarity to complexity, design holistically in an immense product ecosystem, and have gone the extra mile to create delight, we want you!
Responsibilities
Continue to evolve and refine a design language that resonates with our clients
Partner closely with UI/UX leadership to create design consistency and quality across the platform
Foster continual design system education throughout the team
Promote inclusive design; designing for equity and accessibility (ensuring WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance)
Form strong partnerships with engineering teams to create frictionless design system implementation
Implement and maintain processes tools for UI/UX engineering team to utilize our design system
Review in-flight designs with Product Designers for holistic application of a design solution
Contribute to a culture of continual creative improvement and innovation, excellence and accountability
Understand the underlying needs and motivation of our clients to ensure we achieve business goals and provide value to our clients
Work closely with our research team to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data and make value-driven design decisions that translate into clear, simple UIs
Design and deliver responsive/adaptive solutions that are optimized for web and mobile interfaces and partner with engineers to translate designs into successful products
Work closely with the larger Wealth Management UI/UX team to share design best practices, align on patterns, and promote a design-centric culture at the firm
Qualifications
You have 2-5 years of experience as a UI Designer working in a cross-functional team
You have an outstanding portfolio that demonstrates how you have created experiences that solved business and user needs
Candidate required to submit portfolio with previous case studies; linked to resume
You have a bachelor's degree in design or related field preferably, master’s degree a plus
You have a refined design aesthetic and can confidently communicate clear direction and provide timely and helpful feedback to keep work on schedule
You have excellent skills in Figma
You have a basic understanding of HTML/CSS
You have an advanced understanding of web components, interaction design, visual design and industry trends
You are fluent in responsive design, mobile/tablet UI
You can establish deep relationships across the entire Design department
You are a ‘self-starter’ who is driven and seeks out opportunities
You thrive in a collaborative, explorative environment and value being on a diverse team that you can bounce ideas off of, get critical feedback from, and unite with to mature design thinking within a large organization
You practice active listening and contribute in group situations (i.e. brainstorming, audits, critiques, whiteboard sessions, etc.)
You get excited by complex projects with high levels of ambiguity and are resilient in the face of obstacles
You have a relentless desire to validate assumptions and uncover a problem’s root cause by testing, learning, and iterating
You constantly seek opportunities to evangelize and promote design thinking in a large organization
Benefits Besides a competitive salary, work life balance, a clear career path, and great benefits, we take the well‑being and work satisfaction of our employees seriously. That’s why we put a lot of effort towards creating a safe space for people to be vulnerable, share work, and ask questions that will help them both to grow individually and move their projects forward. You’ll be encouraged to bring your own perspective to conversations, and we will help you understand and put into practice what you naturally do best by amplifying each other’s strengths.
EEO Statement Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.
It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).
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The Morgan Stanley Wealth Management UX team builds digital experiences that help our clients manage their finances and monitor their investments easily on the Morgan Stanley and E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley platforms. Our growing team of designers and researchers bring an entrepreneurial spirit to a leading global financial firm. We employ design thinking methods and user-centered approaches to solve real business problems. If you can bring clarity to complexity, design holistically in an immense product ecosystem, and have gone the extra mile to create delight, we want you!
Responsibilities
Continue to evolve and refine a design language that resonates with our clients
Partner closely with UI/UX leadership to create design consistency and quality across the platform
Foster continual design system education throughout the team
Promote inclusive design; designing for equity and accessibility (ensuring WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance)
Form strong partnerships with engineering teams to create frictionless design system implementation
Implement and maintain processes tools for UI/UX engineering team to utilize our design system
Review in-flight designs with Product Designers for holistic application of a design solution
Contribute to a culture of continual creative improvement and innovation, excellence and accountability
Understand the underlying needs and motivation of our clients to ensure we achieve business goals and provide value to our clients
Work closely with our research team to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data and make value-driven design decisions that translate into clear, simple UIs
Design and deliver responsive/adaptive solutions that are optimized for web and mobile interfaces and partner with engineers to translate designs into successful products
Work closely with the larger Wealth Management UI/UX team to share design best practices, align on patterns, and promote a design-centric culture at the firm
Qualifications
You have 2-5 years of experience as a UI Designer working in a cross-functional team
You have an outstanding portfolio that demonstrates how you have created experiences that solved business and user needs
Candidate required to submit portfolio with previous case studies; linked to resume
You have a bachelor's degree in design or related field preferably, master’s degree a plus
You have a refined design aesthetic and can confidently communicate clear direction and provide timely and helpful feedback to keep work on schedule
You have excellent skills in Figma
You have a basic understanding of HTML/CSS
You have an advanced understanding of web components, interaction design, visual design and industry trends
You are fluent in responsive design, mobile/tablet UI
You can establish deep relationships across the entire Design department
You are a ‘self-starter’ who is driven and seeks out opportunities
You thrive in a collaborative, explorative environment and value being on a diverse team that you can bounce ideas off of, get critical feedback from, and unite with to mature design thinking within a large organization
You practice active listening and contribute in group situations (i.e. brainstorming, audits, critiques, whiteboard sessions, etc.)
You get excited by complex projects with high levels of ambiguity and are resilient in the face of obstacles
You have a relentless desire to validate assumptions and uncover a problem’s root cause by testing, learning, and iterating
You constantly seek opportunities to evangelize and promote design thinking in a large organization
Benefits Besides a competitive salary, work life balance, a clear career path, and great benefits, we take the well‑being and work satisfaction of our employees seriously. That’s why we put a lot of effort towards creating a safe space for people to be vulnerable, share work, and ask questions that will help them both to grow individually and move their projects forward. You’ll be encouraged to bring your own perspective to conversations, and we will help you understand and put into practice what you naturally do best by amplifying each other’s strengths.
EEO Statement Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.
It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).
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