UX Designer

Chicago, IL
zDO NOT USE Contract / Full time
smartdept.inc. is searching for a UX Designer for a retail corporation located in Chicago, IL. The ideal candidate will come with 5-7 years of experience. This is a year-long contract with the opportunity to go longer. 
 
What You'll Do: 
  • The primary function of the UX Designer is to work with project teams to design and deliver high-quality client-centered, practical, consistent, and usable interfaces.
  • Works closely with business analysts, business sponsors, project managers, and IT teams to obtain and understand business requirements.
  • Creates the design of user interface specifications by applying client research, design standards, industry best practices, taking into account strategic business objectives, user needs, systems constraints.
  • Participates in design review sessions with project teams, acquiring consensus, and getting approvals on designs and documentation.
  • Executes business acceptance test cases and testing.
  • Works with the project managers to ensure that usability deliverables accommodate project timelines, budgets, technical and scope constraints.
  • Contributes to the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of efficient and effective usability methodology/process, documentation, workflow, ROI, metrics, and design standards.
  • Acts as a user experience advocate regarding principles of user experience and user-centered design. 
 
What You'll Need: 
  • 5-7 years of experience
  • Expertise with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Sketch, Zeplin 
  • Proven understanding of user-centered design techniques & demonstrated ability to incorporate UCD principles into user interfaces' architecture and design. 
  • Demonstrated ability in gathering and translating requirements from business sponsors, SMEs, users, and business analysts, etc
  • Experience applying usability testing techniques and principles. 
  • Experience applying a web design standard 
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills and the ability to articulate ideas effectively. 
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