MicroStrategy UX Designer Senior

Freddie Mac: 163510: MicroStrategy UX Designer Senior

8200 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102 United States

• Location: Hybrid- McLean, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
  
• Duration: 6 Months
• Work Authorization: All candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship and be direct W-2 employees



Local candidates only

• Please include the following at the top of each candidate resume - Resumes without completed templates and/or
  vetting questions will not be considered.
• Responses to vetting questions are to be provided directly from the candidates.*


• Please describe your most recent project. What was the project? What was your contribution? What tools did you use and what for?


• Can you tell me about a challenging time working with a stakeholder and how you resolved the conflict?
• Tell us about one of your passions outside of work, we would love to hear details.
• Submittal must include either Portfolio Link OR Link to samples



Job Description:

• The successful candidate will demonstrate solid UX/UI experience, as well as experience managing and evolving design systems.
• This candidate should display great leadership and presence, and have company- and team-first mindset.
• They must also be self-driven and strategic with excellent communication skills.
• As a lead in client's digital team, they will play an essential role in leading client's web design efforts across client's multiple digital properties.
• This candidate is a highly motivated self-starter with amazing soft skills, who can collaborate with project managers, owner, business strategists, UX researchers and developers. Must be on top of the latest web design sensibilities, tools and best practices.



Client's Impact:

• Clients Corporate Communications & Marketing team helps employees understand and value the mission and business of client.
• Client's team of marketing, digital, creative and research professionals work in partnership with the PR/Media, business and technology teams to distill complex concepts into informational and educational content about how technology and innovation shape and evolve the housing market.
• This content is shared internally across client's company via client's intranet or externally across client's enterprise digital properties and social platforms.



Candidate's Impact:

• Design Systems Creation and Management: Leverage atomic design principles to actively design, expand and continuously advance the future of client's 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, deligate 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 client's stakeholders, and succeed in an ever-evolving environment.
• Brand Consistency: Be the gatekeeper to client's brand, uphold modern, digital, brand consistency and create opportunities for the brand to be engaging and meaningful.



Qualifications:

• Must submit a portfolio for review
• Has 5 plus 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
• Helpful but not required front dev knowledge



Keys to Success:

• Self-starter
• Strategic, ability to see big picture and connect the dots
• Proven ability to build relationships, lead teams, deliver best in class digital experiences
• Strong interpersonal and persuasive communications skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience presenting wireframes and designs to stakeholders
• Team first mentality



Must Have Qualifications:

• 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.
• Note:
• Are you looking for a mission driven, professionally nourishing, team oriented and flexible environment?
• Are you a strategic relationship builder and thinker, who is excited to tackle enterprise level website design and the creation, maintenance and governance of client's digital design system.
• If you are ready to dedicate your talents towards something of real consequence, then client is looking for you!

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