| A national full-service advertising and integrated marketing agency is seeking a Senior UX Designer for their Pittsburgh office. The Senior UX Designer is a research minded digital experience pro with proven experience in all areas of the user-centered design process and a passion and zeal for data-driven design and understanding user needs. In our team environment, this role will work closely with strategists, designers, developers, account leads, creatives and clients from the point of problem discovery to solution execution. Here's what you’ll be doing in this progressive opportunity: - Define the user experience through personas, customer journey maps, user flows, IA diagrams, wireframes and interactive prototypes.
- Perform user testing and research to optimize the experience for targeted audiences through rapid iteration
- Collaborate effectively with other designers, both providing and receiving thoughtful, constructive, data-driven feedback.
- Effectively communicate design decisions to peers, account teams and clients.
- Understand business goals and to advance client’s strategy through design
- Monitor evolving design trends and best practices
- Contribute to thought leadership on design.
- Create, document and evangelize design standards and principles.
- Applies a strong understanding of primary and secondary research and data to deliver personas, usability studies, data analysis and other UX/CX deliverables.
- Measures impact of decisions on user behavior and outcomes
- Adheres to agreed-upon delivery schedule coordinated with project management
- Participates in new business development as requested
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves and help with projects beyond your core job responsibilities
Desired Background, Experience and Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in User Experience, Computer Science, HCI, Information Architecture or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience designing small to large-scale applications for web and mobile.
- Understanding of user interface design patterns and user-centered design methodologies
- Expert knowledge of the necessary software: eg: Sketch, Adobe CS, InVision plus additional prototyping software.
- Highly conceptual and proven ability to deliver a digital brand experience.
- High level of understanding around current UX and CX best practices.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating user experience knowledge and clean design sense.
- The senior level would be managing other designers, and would need to step into a leadership role. Needs to be comfortable with working closely on new pitches and winning new business, and then presenting to the client.
- Mid level UX wouldn't be involved with client pitches and presentations but should know that the role would move in this direction so they should have the capability to do so.
- The position is very hands on and solutions driven
- Wil be executing projects and this person shouldn't need a lot of hand holding.
- They've been looking to fill this role for a while and the people they've liked have gotten snatched up by Google and CMU. Or the candidates claim they can do UX but after the test it shows that it's not the case. Or they have been way too expensive for them.
- Really needs to hire for this role as its been vacant for a while and they tried to get by without it but realized they need someone.
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