Associate UX Director(CARNYUX)

Job Location: Chicago, IL

Description:

Bestica is seeking an Associate UX Director, for its client in NY City, who is committed to creating meaningful multi-channel, interactive experiences. We want creative problem solvers who are experienced with the user-centered design process and who have a passion for creating interfaces that are intuitive and a joy to use.
 
The Associate UX Director will work under the direction of UX Directors for all UX activities and deliverables for complex consumer and corporate digital initiatives. You would be involved in projects from the beginning and work to maintain the user experience vision from concept to finished product.
 
Responsibilities 

• Participate as a UX thought leader and as a contributor to a collaborative UX team.
• Lead and mentor user experience teams across one or many projects
• Advocate user-centered design best practices
• Oversee project teams and sets direction for project team
• Lead the design process, drive decisions, track issues, manage client communications, and lead planning for project timelines and schedules
• Lead requirements and project workshops that define UX strategy
• Work with client teams and understand business needs and develop design strategies, present and defend the design team’s work, and build consensus
• Plan and conduct user research and requirements gathering work sessions
• Facilitate user experience workshops with clients and users
• Determine best UX solution and approaches
• Foster UX artifact reuse, maintainability, and consistency across multiple team members and projects
• Establish UX process, tools and templates
• Provide strategic and tactical direction in user research activities and creation of personas, journeys, scenarios, wireframes, prototypes, workflows, interaction and experience models, and functional specifications and ensure deliverables are client-ready
• Plan and conduct usability testing, and evolve the design based on the findings
• QA development and implementation
• Effectively communicate research findings, conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale
• Plan, initiate, and lead client workshops and presentations
• Mentor one or more junior team members
• Assist in recruiting and business development

Required Experience / Skills 

• 8+ years of experience in user interface design
• Experience with user research and usability testing
• Strong knowledge of user-centered design principles, methodologies, best practices, and approaches for both web- and mobile-based applications
• Excellent communication, organization, and team interaction skills
• Ability to function as a thought leader as well as an individual contributor
• Proficient in design and prototyping tools such as InDesign, Visio, and Omnigraffle
• Knowledge of channel factors and considerations (web, mobile, tablet, TV)
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, Flex, Native 

Nice to Have 

• Master’s degree in Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Human-Computer Interaction or a related design or behavioral science discipline
• Experience designing for multiple platforms/channel
• Experience working in a consulting environment
• Experience in managing multiple and complex UX projects
• Knowledge of areas such as game dynamics, behavioral economics, brand strategy, data visualization, activation tactics and SEM.

To apply, email resume and cover letter at your earliest.

If this is not the position for you than please forward it to other UX professionals within your network or visit Bestica’s career page to view the latest UX opportunities nationwide: http://www.bestica.com/JobSeekers/UxJobs

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