Product UI Designer

Job Description

Description: Product UI/UX Designer (8 months contract) Our Client is one of the worlds preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary andindividual investors around the world. Asset management company offers a range of solutions - from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximising outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gainbroad exposure to the worlds capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and ETFs.Job background We are hiring a contract position for a Designer to focus on the Product Experience on our public site at the mid-level. This work has the opportunity to drive cohesion and clarity across our multiple customer types and many product offerings.We have many design challenges in our pipeline, and this role will be at the forefront of our efforts, focusing on the heart of our digital projects and main customer journey. The full range of skills from user experience, interaction design, prototyping,visual design, and user research to build impactful experiences will be utilized. In this position, you will be close to the pixels and partnering with a senior-level designer, participating in concept development, delivering wireframes, mocks and testableprototypes that can help you validate design decisions. You will need to follow up with engineers to ensure the design is implemented effectively. The ideal candidate for this role thrives collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and deliver productexperiences that enhances peoples understanding of complex data. They will work closely with the product owner to define projects appropriately scoped for our highest priority needs, proactively seek regular design feedback, ask clarifying questions in theface of ambiguity, and stay closely aligned to ambitious deadlines. They are able to precisely articulate design rationale from both a site architecture and product point of view and can present to diverse stakeholders from all across the company. Responsibilities: Champion user-centered design principles, and rely on these principles to create experiences that meet user needs (while simultaneously addressing business goals)Collaborate with key project team members, including Designers, product managers, engineersand technology leads to deliver end-to-end solutionsRapid ideation and iteration: Visualize and communicate ideas to your team in a timely mannerBe proactive in giving and acquiring feedback from Designers as well as cross-functional members of yourteamOccasionally build presentations to be shared with the across teams within the organization Qualifications:Strong portfolio of professional work with clear demonstration of your role and contributions on each project.Skilled in developing wireframes,prototyping, user flows, interaction design, and pixel-perfect end designsSkilled in documenting work including annotations, prototypes, functional specificationsStrong understanding of contentExperience or ability to adapt to lean/agile product developmentmodelsAbility to communicate with development teams to ensure pixel perfect implementation with high quality standards through QA of development work through buildEffectively act on internal feedback, user testing results and takeaways to iterate designsthat deliver more value for the user and businessStrong presentation skills in explaining interactions, scenarios and story boardsExperience running user research and user testing - and subsequently identifying user needs, actions, behaviors and emotionsthrough researchFamiliarity with Design Systems and best practicesDesign with intention, able to articulate your design decisionsHave an opinion, and provide different perspectives on specific problems We are an equal opportunity employer and valuediversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilitiesare provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Skills: etfs designer customer journey Ux design Design Ui designWireframe Visual design Invision Photoshop User experience Ui/ux Wireframing Sketch Job Title: Product UI Designer Location: London, UK Rate/Salary: 550.00 - 650.00 GBP Daily Job Type: ContractTrading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, WesternRoad, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. 2876353. Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company withinthe Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will beprocessed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at https://en-gb/privacy-notices. To access our Online Privacy Notice, which explains what information we may collect, use, share, and store about you, and describes your rights andchoices about this, please go to https://en-gb/privacy-notices. We are part of a global network of companies and as a result, the personal data you provide will be shared within Allegis Group and transferred and processed outside the UK, Switzerland and EuropeanEconomic Area subject to the protections described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice. We store personal data in the UK, EEA, Switzerland and the USA. 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