User Interface Designer IV

Title: User Interface Designer IV Location: Portland, OR Duration: 6+ Months contract Job description: As a UX Designer for the eCG’s global mobile UX team, you will partner with cross-functional teams create delightfully intuitive mobile interfaces that address user and business needs. In this role, you will participate in the entire iterative design process from discovery to launch.

You have strong interaction design skills underpinned by strong knowledge of mobile design best practices. You are comfortable delivering high quality interaction design in the form of wireframes, mockups, motion studies, and prototypes - but have a deep experience and interest in scalable UI systems. You have experience creating, using, and maintaining pattern libraries and style guidelines.

Creating UI specs and assets is second nature. You have a passion for learning about how people interact with your products. You are comfortable facilitating collaborative user-centered design exercises with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.

You work closely with developers on a daily basis to ensure your designs are technically well considered and feasible. A close collaboration with product owners helps you prioritize the work that will have the biggest impact for our users and our business Responsibilities

• A passion for your craft
• You have your finger on the pulse of design and UX trends. You are inspired by best-in-class user experiences, and excited by problem solving.
• Valued contributor
• You are comfortable with ambiguity, understand the conversation between business and user requirements, and are technical enough to work closely with developers.
• Excellence in communication
• You have strong verbal, written, and visual presentation skills. You confidently speak about the rationale of your design solutions from a user-centered perspective.
• Strong team player
• Standout interpersonal skills. You build positive working relationships with team members, have a good sense of humor, and a positive outlook on things. You are willing to share your point of view without dismissing others.
• A passion for your craft
• You have your finger on the pulse of design and UX trends. You are inspired by best-in-class user experiences, and excited by problem solving.
• Valued contributor
• You are comfortable with ambiguity, understand the conversation between business and user requirements, and are technical enough to work closely with developers.
• Excellence in communication
• You have strong verbal, written, and visual presentation skills. You confidently speak about the rationale of your design solutions from a user-centered perspective.
• Strong team player
• Standout interpersonal skills. You build positive working relationships with team members, have a good sense of humor, and a positive outlook on things. You are willing to share your point of view without dismissing others.
• Hands on design skills
• Your work demonstrates knowledge of user centered-design principles and trends. You are comfortable creating thoroughly considered wireframes, flow diagrams, mockups, and prototypes within tight timelines.
• You have a track record of applied creativity. You maintain an open mind and are not afraid to explore unique, new solutions alongside more conventional solutions.
• Strong interaction design and visual design skills.
• A balanced approach to using analytics data and qualitative user research inform your design.
• Mastery of the tools necessary to articulate, test, and socialize design solutions.
• BS/BA in User-centered design, HCI, Cognitive Science, or related field preferred.
• Strong UX portfolio.

What are the three must have skills we are looking for?

• Information Architecture.
• Visual Design.
• Assets and UI spec delivery.

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