User Experience Designer - Onsite

Title: User Experience Designer - Onsite

Mandatory skills:

User Experience, UX,
UX Design, User Centered Design,
visual interface design, web, mobile,
engineering, software development, marketing,
research methodology, design concepts, data analysis, medical device,
product development, product engineering, wireframes, prototypes, digital product design,
UX interaction design and validation, user centered system requirements, UX metrics, UX solution,
UI visual design, task flows, product discovery, design research, user centered design process,
user flows, storyboards, accessibility, visual hierarchy, brand influence, human factors

Description:

As a User Experience (UX) Design Lead for the client Intelligent Solutions Group, you will support projects of moderate and high complexity through the development of User Interaction task flows, wireframes, prototypes through to final production for new and existing products.

In addition, you will:

Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to features and develop user-centered system requirements
Plan, coordinate, and perform UX interaction design and validation activities for a variety of projects of highly automated systems
Collaborate with UX designers on solution concepts derived from user-centered system requirements
Work closely with engineering and development teams to ensure features are implemented according to specification
Mentor and coach less-experienced UX Designers

What Skills You Need:

Four or more years of experience planning, executing, and analyzing UX design projects
Four or more years of visual interface design as applied to web and mobile
Four or more years of experience applying User-Centered Design principles to complex interface problems
Four or more years of experience working with cross-functional teams, such as: engineering, software development, marketing, and business leaders
Three or more years of experience of communicating research methodology, design concepts, data analysis, and test results to a broad range of stakeholders
Three or more years of experience with technology and product development processes

What Makes You Stand Out:

Two or more years of visual interface design as applied to in-vehicle displays
Demonstrate ability to champion end user experience and to influence digital product designs across product areas
Demonstrate experience in product discovery, design research and concept validation to inform experience definition and design concepts
A strong portfolio of UI visual design, task flows, and designing to solve user problems
Experience using UX metrics and a user-centered design process to provide insights to product engineering groups
Experience applying design principles in terms of user flows, accessibility, visual hierarchy, and brand influence
Demonstrated ability to utilize prototyping, user flows, storyboards and/or existing research to provide insights to design ahead of high-fidelity design delivery
Experience designing for agriculture in-vehicle interfaces

Education (or equivalent work experience)

Ideally, you will have a degree or equivalent work experience in the following:

Bachelor's degree in a Human Factors, Graphic Design, Interaction / Visual Design, or related field discipline or equivalent experience
Must have experience in UX or human factors on a product other than web or mobile. Examples include automotive or equipment displays, medical devices, etc

Note:

100% onsite ONLY

A portfolio demonstrating ability to prototype and design elegant UX solutions (website URL or attachment) is required upon application.

VIVA USA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a professional working environment that is free from discrimination and unlawful harassment. The Management, contractors, and staff of VIVA USA shall respect others without regard to race, sex, religion, age, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, physical, mental or sensory disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or status as a Vietnam-era, recently separated veteran, Active war time or campaign badge veteran, Armed forces service medal veteran, or disabled veteran. Please contact us at for any complaints, comments and suggestions.

Contact Details :

VIVA USA INC.
3601 Algonquin Road, Suite 425
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008