Senior UX Designer

The Senior UX Designer works under minimal supervision of senior development or design staff with duties including design, development, testing, debugging, and documentation of interactive components, in support of our software engineering efforts.

Essential Job Functions:

• Consistently considers the holistic user experience while balancing existing design system patterns with product specific patterns ensuring a consistent, intuitive experience.
• Drives the most appropriate deliverable for the work employing information architecture and interaction design.
• Identifies design system gaps and inconsistencies creating consistent design solutions and socializes this with the team.
• Acts as the primary designer for complex products and/or programs.
• Produces artifacts such as storyboards, mockups, web flows, product feature presentations, and/or prototypes.
• Assists senior staff in the creation of UX strategies that improve usability and streamline design by researching competitors, new tools, methodologies, industry best practices, and trends.
• Conducts a cross-section of testing methodologies with a subject matter expertise in one or more methods.
• Leads testing with minimal oversight and supports tests with notetaking, test plans, and participant outreach.
• Seeks out opportunities to test their products and can run research studies, analyze findings, and validate potential changes.
• Socializes research findings with UX staff to enhance the understanding of our systems and users.
• Knowledge of all enterprise products, including subject matter expertise into multiple products and how they fit into a larger system.
• Presents complex ideas, goals, and problems, seeking feedback from leads, stakeholders, teammates, and product teams.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of the core principles of design thinking and can speak to its value and benefit across teams.
• Can lead group conversations, keeping them on-track and focused.
• Contributes to the UX team culture by advocating for and supporting projects that have cross-team impact and
• identifies opportunities to grow the team's visibility.
• Mentors and supervises junior staff in project-level tasks.
• Assists with adherence to technology policies and comply with all security controls.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Interactive Design, User Experience Design, Human Factors, Human Computer Interaction or related discipline, with at least six  (6) years of related experience or equivalent training, and/or work experience.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in interactive design technologies and concepts which resulted in the deployment of enterprise solutions.
• Experience with developing enterprise solutions in an iterative or agile environment.
• Knowledge of industry standards including UX, graphic, and web application design.
• Strong written and verbal technical communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships that improved the quality of work products.
• Excellent organization skills, thorough, and able to handle competing priorities. 
• Ability to maintain focus and develop proficiency in new skills rapidly.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ensures all work products meets or exceeds FINRA standards.

Working Conditions:

• Work is normally performed in an office environment. 
• Occasional travel and extended hours may be required.

For work that is performed in CA, Washington, DC, CO, HI, New York, NY, WA and MD the chart below outlines the proposed salary range for the corresponding location. In addition to location, actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s skill set, level of experience, education, and internal peer compensation comparisons.

California: Minimum Salary $106,400, Maximum Salary $200,200

Washington, DC/Maryland: Minimum Salary $106,400 Maximum Salary $191,800

Colorado/Hawaii: Minimum Salary $92,500, Maximum Salary $166,800

New York, NY: Minimum Salary $111,000, Maximum Salary $200,200

Washington State: Minimum Salary $92,500, Maximum Salary $191,800

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To be considered for this position, please submit an application. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

The information provided above has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work of the position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required.

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