User Experience Designer

Sr. UX Designer 3 days Hybrid long term contract role Must be in Chicago Our direct client is looking for a UX designer to join the teams focused on a product redesign and re-platform. The position requires detailed visual and interface design, with some support for research, development, definition work, and exploratory concepting. Contractor's Role: As part of a product design team within a larger business group you will have many responsibilities, but also variety, which keeps it lively. This team is also a part of the larger internal design team, which is great for exposure to other projects and expanding your experience. Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in UX, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, HCI, or related field • 7 years of professional UX/UI experience, working within an enterprise or agency environment • Experience creating desktop / responsive web applications • Working familiarity with some flavor of UI tools: Figma, Sketch, InVision, Abstract, Zeplin, etc. • Flexibility to handle various design tasks including concepting, research, visual design • Strong communication and conceptual thinking abilities • Experience working directly with subject matter experts, stakeholder teams, or research participants to translate their needs into design outputs • Current online portfolio that demonstrates solving client problems — a URL to work examples must be provided for consideration • Experience working within established design systems • Experience in storyboarding/writing, data visualizations, animation, usability studies • Financial services experience is nice to have, but not required Tasks and Responsibilities: • Be a champion for user-centered design and the client voice • Uncover user needs through discovery sessions with teams across the bank and research with employees and clients • Quickly generate concepts and communicate them to various audiences through hand sketches, digital prototypes, or motion examples • Implement brand-appropriate design based on existing design systems and UX best practices • Manage feedback from business teams, clients, and product to find practical, useful design solutions • Create production-ready UI that represents the approved design, and collaborate with developers to build a good experience Please share your updated resume for immediate consideration. Thanks