Overview

Placement Type:

Temporary

Salary (USD):

$70.00 - $75.00/hour

Start Date:

05.20.2024

We're looking for a Sr UX Designer for an onsite freelance role in Redmond, WA. Ideally, we're looking for Designers over Strategists. Must be proficient in Figma, have the ability to naviate ambiguity, be self-directed and a problem solver.

• Start Date: May 2024
• End date: September 2024
• Schedule: M - F; 40 hours per week
• Location: Required to be onsite at client offices in Seattle/Redmond (5 days/week)

As a Sr. UX Designer, you will own the definition and design of simple, fluid, and beautiful experiences that simplify workflows for internal customers while enabling innovation for machine learning models, science, and technology to automate or completely augment workflows in the way we know them today. You have an inventor's spirit and highly refined aesthetic sensibilities to design elegant data visualizations that help users to make educated business decisions that drive billions in revenue annually. You obsess over the customer experience; never settling for good enough. You love to dive into unknown territory, thrive in ambiguity, and invent simple solutions to complex challenges, working in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. Your work will focus on desktop first, but you should be passionate
about expanding features that move with users from one device to another. You are a pragmatic visionary that can translate business needs into a fantastic customer-focused solution. You must be responsive, flexible, and able to deal with ambiguity within an open and collaborative peer environment. The ideal candidate for this position will be at ease visualizing an experience in the abstract and then being able to drive that vision into solid design deliverables that achieve the customer goals and business requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate and work cross-functionally with design, product, and engineering teams from design concept to design solution, using business requirements, customer research, and customer feedback to assist in developing scenarios, use cases, and high-level requirements.
• Design conceptual sketches, wireframe information architecture, journey maps, user flow diagrams, service design blueprints, high-fidelity mockups, and interaction specifications
• Develop and nurture relationships across teams and disciplines to promote collaboration, efficiency, and adoption of solutions
• Develop and maintain detailed design patterns that scale for your team and influence other designers
• Lead brainstorming sessions and give presentations to partners and stakeholders to drive design, demonstrating features and flows
• Understand and respond to data (metric tests, usability studies, usage data), using that to inform future design

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 6+ years of design experience
• Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity
• Experience with UX design of complex workflows
• Have an online portfolio or samples of work on resume, demonstrating experience creating great end-to-end, user-centered design solutions and patterns, across desktop and mobile devices
• Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps

The target hiring compensation range for this role is the equivalent of $70.00 - $75.00 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location. Additional benefits offered may include; medical health insurance and dental insurance, life insurance, and eligibility to participate in 401k plan with company match.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands. Our talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium . More information on our awesome benefits ! Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.