UX Designer

About the position

ICE Mortgage Technology is seeking an experienced UX Designer to create meaningful and engaging user interfaces to optimize user experience for a variety of enterprise software features for mortgage technology products. The UX Designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, create design concepts, and develop high-fidelity mockups, wireframes, and prototypes for web and mobile applications. Core responsibilities will focus on designing user-friendly interfaces, evaluating user experiences, and translating business needs into functional features. Candidates are expected to provide a portfolio in addition to their resume.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with other teams to gather requirements, creates visualization concepts, high-fidelity mockups, and prototypes for clients
• Collaborates with back-end development, visual design, product management, and customers
• Designs behaviors and functionality for current and future software applications using design specifications
• Develops process flows, wireframes, and prototypes to effectively conceptualize a workable UI
• Studies how users feel about a system, evaluate perceptions of: ease of use, value of the system, utility, efficiency in performing tasks, etc.
• May assist with new user interface testing and participate in usability reviews
• Translates user needs and business requirements into features and functionality for web/mobile experiences
• Performs other duties as required

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience
• Requires 5+ years of relevant UX design work experience and a strong professional portfolio
• Working experience with design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Axure RP, Adobe Creative Cloud, or similar
• Prototyping experience, with specific experience creating mockups and prototypes of complex software features
• Proficiency creating UX design artifacts as needed. Including flow diagrams, personas, journey maps
• Ability to collaborate with product management and development team members
• Previous experience leading and/or assisting with discovery sessions designed to elicit software design requirements
• Strong communication and presentation skills required
• Ability to work both independently and under the direction of more senior design staff
• Some proficiency in design research
• Knowledge of accessibility guidelines

Nice-to-haves

• Masters degree in related field such as graphic design, industrial design, visual design, or Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
• Knowledge of CSS, HTML, and front-end development frameworks
• Experience designing and facilitating user research
• Experience working with and contributing to a design system