UX Designer

$93,600 - $112,320/Yr

Wunderland Group - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Chicago, IL

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

As a mid-level UX Designer at one of the biggest and most recognizable brands in the US, you will play a crucial role in enhancing user experience across various digital platforms. This position is a hybrid, long-term contract role, ideal for individuals with 2-5 years of experience in UX design. Your daily responsibilities will include identifying user needs and business requirements, visualizing ideas using professional design tools, and developing intuitive, usable, and engaging interactions. You will initiate and respond to ideas for innovation and improvements based on research, analysis, and competitive reviews. Additionally, you will drive the design of next-generation navigation schemes, patterns, components, and templates across the company's products, ensuring a consistent, appealing, and dynamic customer experience. You will be responsible for creating both low and high-fidelity interactive prototypes while adhering to a rapid, iterative, and collaborative design process. Your expertise in user experience design for web, mobile, and touch devices will be essential in this role. You will also leverage your experience in designing for e-commerce or transaction-based sites and applications, building advanced wireframes and prototypes, and writing detailed interaction specifications. A good understanding of front-end web technologies and mobile UI guidelines for iOS and Android will further enhance your contributions to the team. This position offers a competitive hourly rate of $45 - $54 on W2, along with eligibility for health, vision, dental, and 401k benefits.

Responsibilities

• Identify user needs and business requirements
• Visualize ideas using professional design tools and other necessary tools for ideation
• Develop intuitive, usable, and engaging interactions
• Initiate and respond to ideas for innovation/improvements based on research and analysis
• Drive the design of next generation navigation schemes, patterns, components, and templates
• Create low and high fidelity interactive prototypes adhering to a rapid, iterative, and collaborative process

Requirements

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in UX design
• Excellent understanding of user experience design for the Web, mobile, and touch devices
• Experience designing for E-Commerce or transaction-based sites and applications
• Experience building advanced wireframes and prototypes for both web and mobile
• Experience in writing detailed interaction specifications (IA, workflow, page functionality and layout)
• A good understanding of front-end web technologies
• Experience with touch-based UI & UX design
• Knowledge of mobile UI guidelines and patterns for iOS and Android
• Experience with large cross-functional teams
• Experience designing for large, complex digital application projects
• Experience designing for multiple devices
• Experience with Figma, Sketch, Invision, Axure, Miro and other design tools

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401k benefits