Senior UX Designer - Smart Bot Systems

Duration: 6+ month contract

Preferred Hours of work: 9 to 5 pm CST

Top 5 Skill sets

1. Strong UX .Com and App Experience

2. Experience with creating micro interactions

3. Innovative design approach

4. Strong accessibility experience

5. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Nice to have skills or certifications:

1. Masters in UX design

2. Accessibility standards

The Senior Designer - UX will help lead the design and definition as a key contributor to Uniteds Core UX team, Travel MBT, responsible for integrating human-centered practices in unpacking and improving the digital customer experience across all stages of the travel journey. The Core UX team supports defining Uniteds digital product strategy and providing the leadership to execute on that strategy with the help of a cross-functional mission-based teams. Were looking for an empathic, passionate curious designer who celebrates delivering high-quality solutions and thrives for innovation in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

PLAN & CONCEPT

Visualize ideas using professional design tools as well as sticky notes, sketch boards, whiteboard markers or whatever tools are necessary to rapidly work through ideation and move to the next stage

Initiate and respond to ideas for innovation/improvements based on research, analysis, and competitive reviews

Identify user needs and business requirements

Substantiate design approach with analysis & projections for improvements

DESIGN & REFINE

Ensure digital customer touch points become and remain consistent with Uniteds user experience and brand standards

Develop intuitive, usable, and engaging interactions

Drive the design of next generation, navigation schemes, patterns, components and templates across the companys products, insuring a consistent, appealing, and dynamic customer experience.

Create low and high fidelity interactive prototypes adhering to a rapid, iterative and collaborative process

Work with usability researchers to design test plans and iterate designs throughout user testing. Translate usability research findings into design improvements.

DEFINE & COMMUNICATE

Create final design deliverables through appropriately detailed design specifications including: process flows, wireframes, storyboards, high and low fidelity mockups, red-lines and prototypes

Present design work to the user experience team, product team, and executives for review and feedback

Collaborate with cross-functional teams as well as the larger UX team and business partners throughout the design process

Communicate harmoniously with multiple stakeholders to synthesize, review design project progress, and incorporate feedback appropriately with a user-centered focus

During implementation phase respond to day-to-day questions from developers, product managers & project managers

Work with QA to identify, document, and verify bug fixes

Provide guidance and mentor junior designers

Education/Certification

BA/BS or equivalent work experience required

Knowledge/Skills

Solid grasp of web design principles and a good understanding of front-end web technologies required

Excellent understanding of user experience design for the Web, mobile, and touch devices required

Ability to coordinate, prioritize, and accomplish multiple tasks in a fast-paced atmosphere with minimal supervision required

Experience in writing detailed design specifications (IA, work flow, page functionality and layout, etc.), which technology developers use to build the product required

Must be a self-starter that can create schedules and define scope of work even when there are no clear requirements and direction required

Strong ability to communicate your design, defend your design decisions, and respond quickly to business needs required

Proven ability to set the design direction for your projects and to collaborate with other designers working in the space required

A team player who can easily adapt in a rapidly changing environment required

Experience

5+ years professional UX design experience required

8+ years professional UX design experience preferred

Other

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship

Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualifications

Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position