User Experience Designer

**User Experience Designer, Assurant-GCC, India**

The UX/UI Designer is responsible for creating and implementing designs that make human-computer interactions intuitive, accessible, adaptive, consistent, and relevant to the task performed.

The designer must ensure that the design of a system satisfies the functionality required by the user and considers the emotions a functionality will invoke.

**This position will be based in Hyderabad at our India location.**

**What will be my duties and responsibilities in this job?**
- The UX/UI Designer will participate in the discovery, design, development, and deployment processes of the software delivery lifecycle - market and user research, creating journey maps, site maps, personas, wireframes, hi-fi interface designs, information architecture, validating assumptions using usability testing, and supporting front-end development.
- Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, and analytical skills is a must as the role requires active collaboration with product owners, UX peers, developers, business stakeholders, and corporate brand marketing
- Facilitate design thinking workshops as needed to support the overall product UX roadmap and vision
- Leverages metrics, qualitative, and quantitative research to validate design decisions and effectively communicate findings to stakeholders and clients
- Participate in or lead client progress meetings by reporting results, making recommendations, and assisting clients in understanding strategies developed that aid in strategic decisions
- You're a great storyteller - verbally, visually, in writing, and behaviorally. You can generate and communicate your research, conceptual ideas, attractive designs, and design rationale; all within a structured user-centered design process
- You are a natural problem solver with the ability to successfully juggle multiple demands, prioritizing multiple concurrent UX/UI initiatives across multiple teams, delivering under tight timelines, and adapting to change

**What are the requirements needed for this position?**

**Education**:

- Bachelor’s degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), communications, or equivalent professional experience as an interactive/user experience designer

**Previous Experience**:

- **5-8 years of relevant UX/UI design experience, interaction design, information architecture, software/web design, or similar role.**:

- Demonstrable expertise in industry-standard design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Invision, Adobe CS/CC, or Axure
- Experience designing responsive user experiences accessible on any device (e.g., desktop computers, tablets, mobile phones, etc.)
- Working knowledge ADA accessibility standards
- Experience in executing moderated and unmoderated user testing phases to encourage a data-driven design approach. Familiarity with
- Attention to detail and passion for best-in-class visual designs
- A strong portfolio demonstrating past work experience creating great user-centered design solutions that have moved the needle commercially or in terms of customer satisfaction.
- Basic knowledge of essential front-end technologies - HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and modern frameworks like bootstrap and Google Material Design is a plus.
- Experience working in collaborative teams including developers to implement designs
- Comprehensive understanding of the current state of web technologies and best practices
- Strong practical knowledge of user-centered design methodologies, usability principles, web-based information architecture, and design
- Ability to define patterns and advocate for consistency without repressing inspiration or inhibiting innovation
- Ability to work gracefully and have a bias for action in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environment
- Experience with agile/scrum
- UX certifications are a huge plus (NNG, HFI, etc.)

**What are the preferred experience, skills, and knowledge needed for this position?**
- Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills including the ability to communicate complex, interactive design concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization
- Relentless desire for innovation, balanced with business needs, and customer expectations
- You are metrics and outcome driven.
- Experience with A/B Testing and Impression Testing is a plus
- You are a passionate, tireless advocate for the end user, and you always put their needs first
- You have deep empathy for their everyday struggles and challenges, and you're unwavering in your desire to provide the best experienceYou're a commanding storyteller who distills complex problems and proposes simple, elegant solutions

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