UI / UX Designer
Walker and Dunlop - New York, NY
posted 2 days ago
About the position
As a UI/UX Designer within Walker & Dunlop's WDTech organization, you'll help research and design a suite of digital products. We strive to optimize and enhance both our customer and internal teams' experiences across the commercial real estate investment process, through purpose-built technology. This role is an integral part of our efforts. Partnering with product designers, product managers, and developers, you will distill complex use cases and requirements into intuitive user interfaces. While supporting the R&D process through rapid iterations and prototyping, you will advocate for the user, ensuring our digital experiences are a pleasure to interact with. Our ideal candidate must be a great systems-level design thinker who craves opportunities to learn and solve challenging Fintech business workflows.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Product Designers as well as other cross-functional partners, in the research and design of enterprise and consumer-grade financial applications
- Depending on the initiative, design may involve early concept mockups, component creation, and/or rapid iteration & prototyping
- Communicate design ideas and prototypes to stakeholders
- Craft meticulously defined design specs for development
- Design QA; Partner with developers to ensure designs are efficient to implement while providing redline specs prior to deployment
- Assist with enhancement and maintenance of the WDTech design system, ensuring flexibility of its use, but also simplicity in its implementation
- Build relationships with business stakeholders and the R&D org, to advocate for the user while balancing the needs and concerns of all involved
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Work hours are generally 8:30 am - 5:30 pm EST Monday through Friday
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience designing financial service applications
- Online portfolio of UI-focused work samples for web and mobile applications, including 2-3 detailed case studies that document the scope and process of the initiatives
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field or relevant work experience
- Experience working with a cross-functional team, partnering with users, product managers, UX designers, developers, and data scientists to deliver business value
- Experience working across organizational boundaries to define, manage and prioritize work, with a collaborative and innovative approach
Nice-to-haves
- UI/UX designer interested in developing their more generalized end-to-end product design experience is a plus
Benefits
- Up to 83% subsidized medical payroll deductions
- Competitive dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) + match
- Pre-tax transit and commuting benefits
- A robust health and wellness program - earn cash rewards and gain access to resources that promote health, engagement, and balance
- Paid maternity and parental leave, as well as other family paid leave programs
- Company-paid life, short and long-term disability insurance
- Health Savings Account and Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
- Career development opportunities
- Empowerment and encouragement to give back - volunteer hours and donation matching
