Sr. User Experience Designer recruitment
OptionsHouse is looking for seasoned User Experience Designers to design the user experience for the OptionsHouse trading platform and mobile applications. This individual will work very closely with other OptionsHouse teams to translate product roadmaps into functional, user-friendly experiences. The ideal candidate will have strong working knowledge of key web development technologies and design applications. This position is located in our Chicago office, or based in our newly formed Seattle office – a great opportunity to be an early member of our team as we expand our presence to the Northwest!
Responsibilities:
- Be a leader in the customer-centric vision, strategy, and execution of our user experience design. This includes information architecture, interaction and visual design on websites, web applications and mobile apps.
- Responsible for defining the user experience, UI and front end design requirements and translating them into web pages and applications. Ability to create detailed wireframes, use cases, prototypes and mockups.
- Implement innovative designs that have lasting impact on the brand, products and customers. Builds upon and extends existing online and consumer design and interaction principles.
- Collaborates with diverse stakeholders – product, marketing and engineering to build the overall customer experience. Work with development team throughout the product development, testing and implementation phases to ensure UI integrity.
- Evangelizes the importance of human factors, user feedback, and data-driven decisions in designing the end-to-end user experience. Acts as a brand steward by championing our brand in all of our customers’ experiences.
- Lead and participate in user research and usability testing to help improve the products through every stage of the product lifecycle.
- Work collaboratively and iteratively with engineering, business owners, and executive team. Incorporates input from multiple stakeholders while pushing back when appropriate based on user research, data, brand, and design principles.
- Stay abreast of advances on the web (both technical and experiential) and look for ways to appropriately integrate these advances into PEAK6 Online properties.
- Ensures consistency and best practice design across the product lines. Builds style guidelines and works with development to create reusable design elements.
- Communicates evolution of design ideas clearly, consistently, and effectively to a variety of audiences and skill sets. Articulates design concepts and prototypes, communicating the "vision" in a variety of ways: visually and verbally.
Requirements:
- Must have experience working in an agile development environment
- Has advanced knowledge of key web development technologies including JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML. Understanding of SEO best practices.
- Strong knowledge of design applications including Photoshop, Illustrator and diagramming / prototyping tools
- Ability to connect user experience to brand and product differentiation to create a seamless experience.
- Ability to collaborate with local and remote employees across different functions in a way that makes the people around you better.
- 3-6+ years of web design experience for consumer-oriented websites with the ability to show relevant work.
- Complex web application experience and mobile application experience preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in information science, information design, human-computer interaction, related field or coursework.
- Strong passion for creating world-class consumer experiences on the web. Strong understanding of usability principles and web applications framework.
- Demonstrated ability to translate user insights into exceptional user experiences.
- Understand the principles of information organization and user interface design.
- Ability to interact positively with all levels of employees and management.
- Excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills
May 16, 2012
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