Lead, User Experience Design

Job Description

Verisk is an industry-leading insurance solutions organization, and we are seeking a talented and passionate UX Designer to join our dynamic team within the insurance claims industry. You will play a crucial role in shaping the user experience of our advanced digital products, ensuring they are intuitive, engaging, and impactful. If you are passionate about user-centered design and eager to be part of a company that is leading the way in technological and innovative advancements, we invite you to join us and make a significant impact on the future of our industry.

Responsibilities

• Design solutions to problems you may have never faced before using appropriate UX processes and tools while also conforming to established standards and guidelines.
• Effectively conceptualize, collaborate, and communicate with customers, stakeholders, and team members to achieve project goals.
• Advocate for design and engineering best practices to our teams to deliver modern and performant experiences.
• Become proficient with the existing feature set for your assigned product, particularly the most common workflows for each customer persona.
• Work autonomously and think strategically to identify areas of opportunity within your assigned product.
• Contribute to and maintain existing visual and UX patterns in our design system and in our product to ensure a consistent, intuitive experience.
• Provide design feedback and mentorship to other designers.
• Coordinate the creation of usability studies on a variety of projects and product features.
• Complete all responsibilities as outlined and projects and other duties as assigned.
• Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
  
  

Qualifications

• College degree, certificate, or equivalent training in user experience or a related field
• 4 years of work experience in user experience design or a related field
• A portfolio demonstrating user experience skills and understanding
• Proficient with common UX design and research tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC, UserZoom, UserTesting.com, or Maze
• Proficient in UX processes such as prototypes, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, information architecture, process flows, and user flows
• Advocate for planning and executing effective customer research
• Demonstrated leadership in an interactive design process that includes addressing and acting on feedback
• Confident in designing reusable UX components or libraries
• Clear understanding of current mobile and web technologies; understanding of desktop technologies a bonus
• Focused on empathy and bringing out the best in others through a collaborative and friendly approach
• Be an advocate for the product user and for design thinking
• Apply attention to detail and meet deadlines
• Self-starter with a collaborative attitude and excellent partnership skills
• The ability to conceptualize rapidly and creatively
• Ability to simplify complex information and find creative solutions
• A willingness to discard or revisit ideas that aren't working
• Strong communication skills
• An eagerness to engage with and understand quantitative and qualitative data at scale
• Guide projects from concept to delivery and ongoing improvement
• Ability to proficiently facilitate brainstorming sessions, cultivate the creative thinking process, build compelling presentation decks or videos, and present concept pitches
  
  

About Us

For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.

At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.

For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and second consecutive year in Poland. We value learning, caring and results and make inclusivity and diversity a top priority. In addition to our Great Place to Work® Certification, we’ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and Best Employer for Women, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.

We’re 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.

Verisk Businesses

Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision

Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences

Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient

Extreme Event Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.

Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance

Marketing Solutions — delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing,relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement

Life Insurance Solutions – offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.

Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

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