Sr. UX Designer

smartdept.inc. is searching for a Sr. UX Designer for a finance and technology client located in Grand Rapids, MI. The ideal candidate will come with at least 7+ years of experience. This is a remote full-time 3-month contract that has the possibility to extend to other projects.

What You’ll Do: 

The Senior UX Designer will work alongside business consultants, application developers, strategists, and other user experience designers on projects from conception through delivery for desktop and mobile devices. 

What You'll Need:

• 7+ years of related professional experience
• 5+ years of experience as a practicing user experience designer
• 3+ years of experience with the agile project methodology
• Ability to communicate difficult and unfamiliar concepts in plain language
• Sketching, wireframing, and prototyping
• Journey mapping
• Experience with ethnographic research, user studies, digital tracking tools, interviewing, field observation and any other methods you’ve invented or learned over the years to observe and track user behavior
• Demonstrated excellence in multiple disciplines within the designer’s toolkit (i.e. user research, prototyping, visual design, content strategy, etc.)
• Ability to build strong relationships throughout an organization
• Ability to be a good team member and team leader
• Successful management of competing priorities