Senior Digital Product Designer (Contract)

Bounteous x Accolite makes the future faster for the world's most ambitious brands. Our services span Strategy, Analytics, Digital Engineering, Cloud, Data & AI, Experience Design, and Marketing. We are guided by Co-Innovation, our proven methodology of collaborative partnership.  
Bounteous x Accolite brings together 5000+ employees spanning North America, APAC, and EMEA, and partnerships with leading technology providers. Through advanced digital engineering, technology solutions, and data-driven digital experiences, we create exceptional and efficient business impact and help our clients win. 
Bounteous is looking for a Contract Senior Designer to join our fast-growing design practice. The Senior Designer designs and contributes to creative concepts, detailed design, enhancements, and execution of digital media (websites, mobile applications, social media assets, email templates, etc.) for a wide variety of clients. The ideal candidate must be able to design, develop, or enhance existing graphic/identity branding that meets marketing objectives, integrates customer usability best practices, and address client brand standards. This is a hands-on opportunity ideal for an organized and detail-oriented individual who can consistently deliver high quality, data-driven solutions. The ideal candidate is a naturally engaging storyteller who works closely with cross-disciplinary teams to further best practices at every opportunity.

Role and Responsibilities

• Support User Research and Analysis: Lead user research initiatives to understand customer needs, behaviors, and pain points for both authenticated and non-authenticated user journeys, as directed by Product Manager/Owner Leads. 
• Analyze user data and feedback to inform design decisions and identify areas for improvement. 
• Create user personas, journey maps, and scenarios based on research insights.  
• UX/UI Design & Prototyping: Design intuitive and user-friendly interfaces for digital products that align with aligned product features, interactions and user stories, as well as brand and UX standards, patterns, and components. 
• Develop wireframes, mockups, interaction flows, and interactive prototypes to communicate and specify design concepts. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to ensure a cohesive and consistent visual and interactive experience aligned to design system patterns and components. 
• Lead the design and ongoing evolution of design system as necessary to deliver design specifications.
• Collaboration with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with product managers, developers, QA testers, and other stakeholders to continuously define requirements and deliver features as design-ready specifications. 
• Participate in and potentially lead stand-ups, sprint planning, and review meetings to align project goals and timelines. 
• Provide UX guidance and expertise throughout the development cycle to ensure the product meets appropriate and reasonable acceptance criteria.
• Usability Testing & Quality Assurance: Lead and facilitate client teams' usability testing sessions to validate design concepts and identify potential issues. 
• Analyze usability test results and recommend design adjustments. 
• Ensure the final product delivers a high-quality user experience by participating in QA reviews and testing.
• Documentation & Reporting: Document UX design processes, research findings, and design rationale for team reference. 
• Prepare reports and presentations to communicate UX findings and recommendations to stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in UX Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field. 
• 5-10+ years of experience in UX and UI design, preferably within a digital product development environment. 
• Strong portfolio showcasing UX and UI design projects, user research, wireframes, prototypes, and usability testing results. 
• Expert proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Miro, Mural, and related design and visualization and collaborative tools. 
• Working knowledge and experience with design thinking and lean UX principles 
• Extensive experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment and collaborating with cross-functional teams. 
• Deep familiarity with responsive design and accessibility standards. 
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present ideas clearly and collaborate effectively. 
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. 
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities and manage multiple projects simultaneously. 
• Extensive experience with authenticated and non-authenticated user experience design. 
• Well-versed with Financial Services products, experiences, and