UI/UX Designer

UI/UX Designer BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated UI/UX Designer for an opportunity in Columbus, OH Hybrid! Position Title: UI/UX Designer Location: Columbus, OH (Hybrid) Anticipated Start Date: Tentative Start Date Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date. Expected Duration: 12 months contract Job Type: TEMP TO HIRE], [HYBRID] Pay Range: $69.70 - $74.19 Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.). Job Description: Job Title: UI/UX Designer Location: Columbus, OH Hybrid) Duration: 12 Months Contract Qualification: Job responsibilities * Develop and execute design/research strategies for complex projects and ensure alignment with business objectives and user needs across multiple product areas * Participate in upfront user research to better understand user needs and behaviors, and usability testing to see how your solutions work for users, with the support and guidance of Experience Researchers * Develop strong relationships with Sr. Designers, Sr. Content Designers, Sr. Researchers, and Product partners to ensure we think critically about the why, what, and how of project development: Why are we doing this design, what are the problems we need to solve, and how will we do it? * Comfortable in fast-moving, productive daily environment: Able to focus and prioritize tasks, lead projects, set standards, cut through and organize ambiguity to achieve results aligned to business priorities * Collaborate directly with engineering peers, advocating for the user's perspective * Ideation and prototyping to explore different options, landing on elegant, and even unexpected, solutions that satisfy requirements * Diagram service flows and product features, design wireframes, and prototype interactions for key touchpoints as you lead end-to-end design initiatives within a specific domain. * Present work, connecting design decisions to desired business impact * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate user experience design into the product development processes and ensure seamless and customer-centric solutions Required qualifications, capabilities and skills * 7+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in user experience design or similar roles * Can direct self and others in both planning and structuring the work, and executing on expected levels of quality * Prior work involves collaboration within design teams (with other designers, UX researchers, and content designers) and cross-functionally with product managers and software engineers * Advanced skills in Interaction Design, Visual/UI Design, and Information Architecture; Intermediate ability in adjacent skills such as User Research, UX Writing, and Prototyping * Advanced technical literacy, including an advanced understanding of client-side technologies, APIs, microservices, and the components of the technology stack, as well as their impact on user experience * Proven ability to develop experiences that meet or exceed the initial proposal of a product or experience, including the development of transformational innovation strategies and the creation of 'north star' representations to drive customer-centric decision-making * Familiar with system level thiApply here: https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjA5ODYyLjEwNTA4QGJjZm9yd2FyZGNvbXAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t