UX Designer

Skills

Facilitate the client’s product vision by researching conceiving sketching prototyping and user-testing experiences for digital products. Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate your designs. Translate designs into site maps user flows wireframes journey maps mockups and prototypes leading to intuitive user experiences for a wide range of device types and interfaces. Identify design problems and devise solutions. Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core and new functions and features. Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders. Ask smart questions take risks and champion new ideas and UX/UI design standards.

Description

User Interface Designer Summary As an integral part of the software development team at RCIS, the UX Designer will contribute to the overall usability strategy within our product development roadmap. This strategy consists of delivering the vision, experience, and standards for information architecture and user experience.



The UX Designer fulfills key business objectives by designing effective and efficient digital user experiences through wireframes, interaction models, and UI specifications. The UX Designer will partner with cross-functional Agile software teams to establish and deliver on customer requirements as they pertain to the creation of new or existing product digital experiences. Working closely with product and program managers, business representatives, and customers, the UX Designer defines and ensures UX strategy and design guidelines are incorporated into requirements that specify how products are expected to operate and behave in order to achieve the expected user experience. This extends to ensuring plans incorporate user testing and validation of the documented experiences.

Responsibilities

• Bachelor’s degree in human factors, visual communications, graphic design, web design, or other IT or marketing-related disciplines, or five or more years of UX design experience required with a portfolio demonstrating user experience and visual design work.
• Expertise in standard UX software such as Axure, Figma, or other design software is a must.
• Basic HTML5 and CSS3 skills are needed. JavaScript skills are a plus.
• A self-directed, creative individual able to effectively articulate and present innovative user experience solutions with solid leadership skills.
• Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
• Experience in designing workflows, information architecture, storyboards, wireframes, mockups, design specs, and guidelines.
• Knowledge of web standards and accessibility guidelines.
• Highly collaborative
• Ability to work with clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet client needs and vision.
• Ability to iterate designs and solutions quickly, efficiently, and intelligently.
• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams, management, and clients.
• Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.
• Passionate about design and innovation and resolving user pain points through great design.
• Research and showcase knowledge of the industry’s latest trends and technologies.