COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Our core expertise is technology recruitment and consulting. We bring our technology recruitment and consulting expertise, network, and strong work ethic to deliver results and exceptional service. We help our candidates grow and develop their careers and introduce them to some of the best and most reputable companies in the Midwest and beyond. We help our clients build technology teams that make a difference, push the change forward, and develop software critical to their success.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Produce, document, and communicate effective UX designs for multiple interfaces - via mockups, high-fidelity wireframes, component specs, redlines, templates and prototypes

• Definition and deployment of UI styles and patterns via a componentized style guide, specifications and optimized assets

• Collaborates with business customers in discussions relative to current user experience projects and the future direction of design and user experience

• Participates in design reviews with the business community to refine and validate designs

• Demonstrates a solid understanding of Agile UX methodologies

• Involved in research and evaluation of emerging design, technology, industry, and market trends

• Ensures overall quality of solutions throughout the design process

• Represents as a strong and passionate voice for the work as we share and present to cross-functional teams and executive leadership

• Works closely with the technical delivery managers, business analysts, solution architects, and development leads for overall coordination of key design deliverables and to ensure accurate understanding of UI requirements

• Looks for opportunities to solve problems in unique and innovative ways

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2-5 years experience as a Product Designer, with experience in system implementation efforts following a standard software development lifecycle approach (scrum desired)

• Strong design skills: must be current on latest trends, color styles, & typography, with strong compositional skills; quick service retail experience a plus

• Able to integrate UX into Agile development practices to release working software in sprints

• Participate a design process that involves experimentation, productionalization, analysis and revision

• Strong oral and written communications skills ; s trong facilitation skills

• Excellent organization and management skills

• Has foundational experience playing a contributing role in full cycle software delivery

• Candidate must be thorough and detail-oriented

• Must have the ability to work independently and with minimal supervision