UX/UI Designer at HAYS in Atlanta, Georgia

Job Description:

The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's/applicant's qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.


Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.


Our client is seeking a UX/UI Designer for a remote opportunity.


Role Description


Key Responsibilities
• Balance customer needs and business requirements to design user centered experiences
• Define information architecture and sitemaps of digital experiences
• Create user flows to define steps needed to achieve user goals
• Design UI components leveraging the Client design system; partner with Global Design System team to ensure reuse of existing components and to inform expansion of Client's design system
• Define brand expression throughout the experience
• Create wireframes to blueprint the information hierarchy and interactions of a digital experience
• Create prototypes to explore and test design decisions
• Oversee user testing to validate design decisions
• Create production-ready design files and assets for handoff to UI developers
• Perform design quality assurance during development
• Identify design solutions that can scale, create new components to be part of the Client global design system


Skills & Requirements


Essential Business Experience & Technical Skills
• 3+ years of experience designing for responsive web and mobile
• Skilled in user experience fundamentals: research, wireframes, prototypes, usability testing
• Strong knowledge of user interface design, interaction design, information architecture, visual design and the ability to generate design ideas
• Proficiency with Adobe XD and Figma
• Skills in CSS, Javascript and HTML a plus
• Experience successfully partnering with product managers, developers, business analysts, content strategists, design researchers and other designers to arrive at optimal solutions
• Strong communication skills with ability to articulate and optimize design based on the value to the user and the business.
• Ability to take direction and work in a team environment, while also owning initiatives
• Ability to manage competing priorities and timelines
• Comfortable designing and leveraging a design system
• Ability to create designs that can scale, and care for alternate scenarios
• Experience developing or maintaining design systems a plus
• Experience working in iterative processes and in an agile environment
• Financial services and insurance domain knowledge; ability to leverage business and domain knowledge to engage in meaningful conversations with stakeholders, leading to increased design quality and efficiencies


Core required skills:
- Mobile first approach to design
- Responsive and adaptive web design skills
- Experience with mobile app interaction design


Benefits/Other Compensation


This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).


Why Hays?


You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there's a position you really want, you're fully prepared to get it.


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Hays is committed to building a thriving culture of diversity that embraces people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better we serve our candidates, clients, and employees. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, and we comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, HIV-positive status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. One of Hays' guiding principles is 'do the right thing'.
We also believe that actions speak louder than words.
In that regard, we train our staff on ensuring inclusivity throughout the entire recruitment process and counsel our clients on these principles. If you have any questions about Hays or any of our processes, please contact us.


In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law protecting qualified individuals with known disabilities, Hays will attempt to reasonably accommodate those individuals unless doing so would create an undue hardship on the company. Any qualified applicant or consultant with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should call or text 813.336.5570.


Drug testing may be required; please contact a recruiter for more information.


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