What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior User Experience Designer position at Apex Systems?
Client: Freddie Mac
Role: MicroStrategy UX Designer Senior (SR LEAD UX/UI DESIGNER)
Location: Hybrid – McLean, VA (T,W,TH)
Contract Duration: 6-months (contract-to-hire!)
Work Authorization: All candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship and be direct W-2 employees to our vendors.
Pay Rate: $62 /hour
Must Haves:
Expert at Figma (digital tool for design), working experience finding and tuning design systems for digital projects, wireframing - candidate needs expertise to be able to communicate and advise the client, and able to execute the agreed changes, Agile development process, Design sensibilities- up to date modern, trend and best practices. Confident but not abrasive as this is customer service focused role, self-start, strong written and verbal skills, resourceful and someone that can communicate within technical and business space effectively.
Qualifications:
• Must submit a portfolio for review
• Has 5 years of agency experience working on digital products and websites.
• College degree or equivalent work experience
• Knowledge of Atomic design principles
• Experience designing and managing enterprise-level design systems
• Experience working with UX research team to gather user data and formulate insights to improve IA, user experiences and visual design.
• Client consulting experience
• B-to-B experience
• Team lead experience
• Design documentation experience
• Prolific with Figma Adobe design tools
Your Impact:
- Design Systems Creation and Management: Leverage atomic design principles to actively design, expand and continuously advance the future of our corporate websites design system.
- User-centered design approach: Put yourself in the user’s shoes and craft experiences that are intuitive, simple and modern. Help them find what their looking in the most streamlined way.
- Team Lead: Be a leader in a flat, cross-functional team. Help drive projects forward by not only doing your part, but suggesting strategies to get a project done in the most efficient way. Be proactive and take initiative to do, delegate or facilitate what needs to be done.
- Client & Partner Relations: Help engage and lead a team of cross-functional professionals that hold themselves to a high standard, operate in a team-first environment, take on new challenges and growth opportunities, deliver a high-quality product, exceed the needs of our stakeholders, and succeed in an ever-evolving environment.
- Brand Consistency: Be the gatekeeper to our brand, uphold modern, digital, brand consistency and create opportunities for the brand to be engaging and meaningful.
Salary : $62
