Senior UX Product Designer, New York

About the position

Lab49 is growing their Design team and currently has an opportunity available for a Senior UX Product Designer to work with our development teams and customers, envisioning and designing the desktop, web and mobile applications we create. You will work in a customer-facing environment solving complex challenges. The ideal candidate will be excellent in a customer-facing environment. You like to solve complex challenges and think outside the box. With strong written and verbal communication skills, you not only understand client requirements, but are comfortable making presentations. You will work well in a team-environment and assimilate easily with a close-knit and friendly staff.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for every aspect of a system's user experience including overall flow and layout of screens, fields and information presented, actions and interactions, and visualizations of data.
• Involved in solving workflow problems, developing new ways of visualizing market data, and identifying tools the client needs in their solution.
• Think on your feet, sketch, present, iterate and refine ideas alongside and in front of clients.
• Gain broad exposure to many areas of clients' businesses and a wide range of technologies.
• Quickly learn new skills and terminology and build rapport with various end users.
• Work onsite with product and development team and partner with a Visual Designer to define the solution.

Requirements

• 8+ years of solid experience in UX Design, Interaction Design or Information Architecture including an ability to define and drive the process.
• Hands-on experience in user research, sketching solutions and wire-framing.
• An abiding interest in and competence for solving real-world business problems.
• Experience working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively and influence client strategy, tactics, and perceptions.
• Determination to succeed despite obstacles and challenges, with a positive attitude favoring achievement of goals over open-ended investigation.
• Resourcefulness and independence.
• Undergraduate or Graduate Degree in HCI, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Visual Communication, Graphic Design or any design-related field is highly preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience designing complex, interactive, transactional, enterprise-level, expert systems.
• Knowledge of, and strong demonstrated interest in, global financial markets and financial products.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $150,000 - $180,000 based on experience and skills.
• Eligibility for a discretionary bonus based on company and individual performance.