The Custom Group of Companies
UI Developer/Designer
The Custom Group of Companies, New York, New York, us, 10261
Your role as UX Designer:• Adapt, contribute and maintain cross-product design principles and UX patterns leveraging the design system for delivering effective end-to-end business processes• Execute design from requirements gathering, to concepts, to handoff to developers for a portfolio of products• Create user flows, wireframes, visual designs, site maps, storyboards, low- and high-fidelity prototypes, and add to style guides and component libraries• In coordination with product owner, conduct stakeholder presentations and design/prototype reviews, proposing design solutions to increase engagement, and as appropriate, conversion• Provide UX design leadership and guidance to portfolio of product teams using shared design system patterns and drive cohesive UX implementation, including guiding UI developers in agile squads• Enforce adherence to style standards, actively participate in all phases of the product lifecycle, including product ideation, user persona definition, user interviews, requirements gathering, cross-discipline UX design sessions, usability testing, and data analytics• Incorporate user-interface (UI) and user-experience (UX) best-practices into design and production, including where appropriate usability testing and other user research programs to inform user-centric design• Identify design opportunities to create consistency in established and new patterns within each workstreams, explore various concepts through prototyping and lead user testing to validate usability assumptions• Serves as a trusted advisor to Product Owners in establishing product strategies and roadmaps
QualificationsWhat we are looking for:• UX design experience, financial services industry experience preferred• An online portfolio demonstrating strong visual design experience, as well as expertise in user-centric, interactive design for web• Track record of meaningfully contributing to, creating and/or managing impactful design systems and processes in Figma• Experience with information architecture projects and card sorting research activities; experience organizing user facing datasets nice to have• Experience working in an Agile delivery model• Proven ability delivering customer-centric designs in broad and complex stakeholder landscapes• Ability to collaborate across teams and find a way to move forward in ambiguous circumstances• Strong executive communication skills
QualificationsWhat we are looking for:• UX design experience, financial services industry experience preferred• An online portfolio demonstrating strong visual design experience, as well as expertise in user-centric, interactive design for web• Track record of meaningfully contributing to, creating and/or managing impactful design systems and processes in Figma• Experience with information architecture projects and card sorting research activities; experience organizing user facing datasets nice to have• Experience working in an Agile delivery model• Proven ability delivering customer-centric designs in broad and complex stakeholder landscapes• Ability to collaborate across teams and find a way to move forward in ambiguous circumstances• Strong executive communication skills