Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Technology Operations Engineer with a premier Financial client in Chicago, IL.

Our client is seeking a talented and experienced User Experience Designer with 5 years' experience to join their team helping build the next generation of trading and markets front ends. You will be responsible for designing and implementing interfaces that are both visually appealing and highly functional, catering to the specific needs of our sophisticated trader clientele.
Responsibilities:

• Craft experiences from concept through digital product creation, owning interface and interaction design activities: workshops, creative brainstorming, complex problem solving, user flow development, UI and interaction design - leading to the creation of compelling and thoughtful user experiences.
• Independent, self-motivating, and thrive on working in a fast-paced environment where the focus is firmly on customers.
• Expertise in UI design and are fluent in the use of best practices and standards and have a knack for designing products that are feature-rich, with high information density.
• Influence and a negotiate with excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to focus on the most valuable initiative by partnering with product management.
• Comfortable working with team members across geographic boundaries and across functions (Design, Engineering, QA, Product, Customers, Leadership).

• Collaborates with developers, product managers, designers & researchers.
  • Works closely with the development team to ensure that designs are implemented effectively and meet technical specifications.
  • Works with product managers, designers and researchers to translate requirements into engaging and appealing user experiences, ensuring alignment with enterprise design patterns and guidelines.
• Follows a human-centred approach by leveraging qualitative and quantitative research and metrics to affect key decisions and enhance the user experience: competitive analysis, customer feedback, site analytics, and user research findings
• Creates extremely detailed user flows, journey mapping, wireframes, etc. based on requirements from stakeholders, and communicates UX clearly to relevant teams.
• Captures all states, edge-cases, "unhappy paths" and path logic for visual UI design and development teams to build out.
• They should be comfortable with an agile approach to design, with an emphasis on user testing and rapid iteration
• Actively contributes to design system growth based on use cases
• Champions the customer experience and promotes usability best practices

Qualifications & Skills:

• Undergraduate qualification - User Experience Design, Interaction Design, Multimedia, HCI, Communications or equivalent degree preferred
• Online portfolio or work samples demonstrating a variety of user-centered design solutions - with proven experience of delivering high quality design across large scale, data driven digital experiences.
• Experience in designing Trading or Banking front ends and data intensive screens
• Proficiency in a variety of prototyping and design tools e.g. Figma, Sketch, Adobe suite
• 5 years of UX experience in user-centered design methods and techniques to create viable solutions across screen sizes and devices
• Development and implementation of design systems, brand guidelines and standards
• Fluency in best practices for user experience design, and strong understanding of usability principles and techniques

• Strong conceptual thinking with an ability to understand user needs, motivations and behaviors and translate them into actionable deliverables.

Preferred Skills:

• Financial/Futures industry experience is a plus
• Experience in working across geographic boundaries

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

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