Senior Mobile UI/UX Designer Job in Oakland, California US
Senior Mobile UI/UX Designer
The Senior Mobile UI/UX Designer will play a key role in the newly created Mobility Center of Excellence (MCoE) within Kaiser Permanente IT. This position will require a candidate with strong visual/creative design and leadership skills across multiple mobile application development efforts. The MCoE is a shared services organization that plans, develops and delivers the mobile application needs of all Kaiser Permanente audiences: workforce, clinicians and members. If you want to help design health care that is mobile and user-centered, this is the position for you. Working with a principal designer you will have a lead role in establishing design elements and usability flows that will be utilized across many of our mobile applications that could reach an audience of over 8 million people. The ideal candidate will support and deliver all user interface design requirements for each mobile application project in the Mobility CoE. The role will offer the unique opportunity to lay the foundation of Kaiser Permanente's mobile presence. This is a chance to help one of the largest health care providers in America establish a new approach to design and usability in mobile health care applications. Kaiser Permanente Mobility Center of Excellence: The MCoE is the team helping Kaiser Permanente change the way health care is delivered. We're creating the mobile experience that brings health care out of the doctor's office and into the hands of our members, workforce and clinicians. If you advocate the business case of good design on your spare time, this is the team for you to join. We're looking for people to design something better than a new button on a social networking-based game. While we do want our apps to be fun, we are designing the mobile strategy that compels Kaiser Permanente members to be active participants in their own health and the health of their communities. Essential Functions: The Senior Mobile UI/UX Designer must be a self-starter and will be accountable for the delivery of all UI/UX design related tasks on multiple mobile application projects Create Mobile experience designs that meet business requirements and are consistent with the KP brand Deliver Mobile Wireframes for parallel mobile application projects and Rapid Prototyping Ensure the design and usability flow of the application meet the product manager's requirements Lead the day-to-day design tasks within Scrum teams, including providing guidance to UI developers, articulating priorities, and escalating issues for developers and/or consultants Use the agile development methodology to become a primary contributor to the product backlog for UI/UX design tasks Report consistent and clear status of design progress, issues, risks, and mitigation/resolution plans Participate in the necessary meetings and communications with Scrum Masters and others within architecture, development, data services, and app certification teams Partner and collaborate with many varying design partners, such as the business stakeholders, brand, marketing, design consultants, and other 3rd parties Ensure alignment to brand strategy and KP standards Qualifications: Basic Qualifications: A strong creative design portfolio showcasing mobile applications user interfaces Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent experience. A minimum of 5 years experience in defining requirements, developing solution alternatives, estimates and translating client's business needs into a usable product A minimum of 5 years of software design work experience Extensive experience with the Adobe CS5 Suite Hands-on development of Mobile Web and Mobile Native app UIs Proven track record of creating wireframes for primary mobile platforms, such as iOS, Android, RIM, and other native platforms Deep knowledge of native mobile platforms in order to understand the design options and how that relates to the core elements of wireframes, from information design, interface design, to navigation design A minimum of 5 years of experience in web support including planning, design, development, testing, installation and maintenance of web environments and/or portals, sites and applications. Ability to collaborate with software developers to ensure design recommendations are implemented as intended Experience in working under Agile development methodology Experience in creating User/Screen Flows, Style Guides, and other design driven documentation Strong HTML/CSS skills Passion to learn emerging technologies and evolution of UI/UX design principles across the every changing landscape of mobile devices Strong communication, interpersonal, collaboration and leadership skills Strong ability to manage through issues and technical challenges Strong ability flexibility to be an individual contributor, as well as play a key role in a team setting Preferred Qualifications: Healthcare or health and wellness experience: A passion for redesigning the health care experience for a mobile world. Public available mobile applications that the candidate has either designed or owned the user experience: Real-world experience with mobile UI delivery. Hands-On experience with native UI design or Cross Platform design tools: The ability to be fast and thorough when needed.