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Seeking UX design Lead for our direct client contract opportunity in Richfield MN.

User Experience Designer II

19274-1

Richfield MN

Locals only please.This is a long term role starting with a 6 month contract• Designer will be supporting our Retail Store Applications team, including store signage, video chat, and other mobile first tools used by employees and managers in our storesBusiness Overview: Tell me about your department:The Retail User Experience team seeks a passionate, collaborative, and outgoing candidate to join our fast-paced group. You will have a strong attention to detail throughout the lifecycle of a project, and conduct quality assurance to ensure final product meets UX standards. You will be responsible for creating all UX deliverables for our employee-facing applications. This will support an effort to re-platform an existing application.Collaboration is at the center of how we develop experiences and you will be able to hold conversations with, and present to business analysts, business stakeholders, project managers, UX peers, and developers. You should also be comfortable working across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment and have the ability to self-define tasks, deadlines, and next steps as needed.Project Description: Position Overview:Responsibilities/Deliverables that the resource will be responsible for:- Produce a variety of UX deliverables from information architecture flow to visual design for UI.- Must understand mobile first and be proficient in designing for touch devices. - Be responsible for creating flows and wireframes to depict interaction solutions that are in-line with business and IT requirements.- Be responsible for designing solutions and delivering assets that adhere the Retail Visual Design Language, used to guide all design decisions for our Retail applications- Able to quickly and seamlessly move between designing for different platforms and fully understand the nuances between all.- Ability to work with business product owners, IT developers, business analysts, and other project resources.- Ability to translate business requirements and strategy documents into simple, concise and compelling solutions. - Ability to present UX work and findings to a variety of audience, including business product owners, IT resources, and senior leaders in the enterprise. - Perform UX quality assurance against developed applications and log defects with development teams.- Collaborate with other UX resources to deliver the optimal UX solution based on requirements.- Seek and gain alignment across business and discipline groups.- Deliver UX assets to third party, off-site development team for implementation.Skills Overview:What are the MUST have skills that you are looking for in a candidate?Qualifications - Portfolio required for submission (online or PDF is acceptable)o Portfolio must include user flows, wireframes and visual designs- Prefer 3+ years’ experience delivering digital solutions to a variety of industries, retail experience is beneficial- Mobile first experience is recommended - Experience working on website, tablet applications and other touch-based interfaces - Understanding of HTML/CSS (position does not include front-end development)- Strong ability to collaborate and assert a point of view positively - Comfortable with ambiguityPreferred Qualifications- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in user experience design, human factors or similar - Prototyping skills - Figma and Sketch App skills- Previous retail industry or similar corporate experience What are the technologies and the depth of the technologies that a candidate must have in order to be successful in this role?-

Figma is ideal, Sketch

- Jira

- InVisionWhat are the

soft skills that you feel candidates must-have in order to be successful in this role?1. Comfortable presenting their work to business and IT partners2. Ability to thrive with ambiguity and change3. Self-driven and pro-activePlease provide

three industries that would produce fitting candidates:1. Corporate design experience very nice to have2. Retail, ecommerce businesses3. Mobile (web and/native app)Prescreening Questions 1. Online, or PDF portfolio is requiredInterview Process Overview :30 minute pre-screen video interview followed by 60 minute video interview.

Tell us about your department:This role reports up through The Customer Office within the Employee Experience –Design Team for Services and Home. We represent the Voice of the Employee, and are customer obsessed. We live this by creating meaningful experiences that advocate for both customers and employees throughout the enterprise.Relationship and collaboration are at the center of how we develop experiences. You will be able to build bridges, facilitate, hold conversations with, and present to, business analysts, business stakeholders, project managers, UX peers, developers and users. You should also be comfortable working across multiple projects, managing both long term and short time timelines, in a fast-paced environment and have the ability to prioritize, self-define tasks, deadlines, and next steps as needed.We are looking to find an innovative, passionate, and collaborative,

Design Lead to join our fast-paced team. You will love creating simplicity from complexly and have a strong attention to detail throughout the lifecycle of a project/experience. You will create UX deliverables for our employee-facing experiences/applications that have direct impact on the customer experience, and you will conduct quality assurance to ensure final product meets world class UX standards.

Project Description:Lead the practice and advocate for Human Centered Design within the Services and Home product group. This role will focus on driving modernization and simplicity in a highly complex end-to-end customer and employee-facing experience. Expertise to create best in class human centere,UX solutions and wireframes, visual designs, as required.

Position Summary/Job Description:

Ability to translate complex user need, business requirements and strategy documents into simple, compelling, human centered solutions.
Be responsible for creating flows and wireframes to depict interaction solutions that are in line with user, business and IT requirements.
Produce a variety of UX deliverables including detailed visual design and information architecture.
Ability to present UX work and findings to a variety of audiences, including business product owners, IT resources, and senior leaders in the Best Buy enterprise.
Ability to work with business product owners, IT developers, business analysts, and other project resources.
Perform UX quality assurance against developed applications and log defects with development teams.
Relationship builder able to evangelize the mission and value of UX, build bridges, seek and gain alignment across business and discipline groups.
Must understand mobile first and be proficient in designing for touch devices for the product evolution.
Comfortable acting as a designer and managing the work of other designers, within a framework of project requirements to completion of deliverables as required.

What are the top five skills and number of years of experience required to perform this job?

Use case and portfolio examples are required for submission (online or PDF is acceptable)
- Use cases and portfolio must include visual design, user flows and wireframes
10+ years’ experience delivering digital solutions to a variety of industries
Experience working across digital, website, mobile applications and other touch-based experiences
Touch and mobile first experience preferred
Strong ability to build relationship, collaborate and assert a point of view positively
Comfortable with change and ambiguity

What are some preferred/nice to have skills the manager is looking for?

5+ years experience in leadership role with other designers is preferred
Bachelor’s Degree in user experience, graphic design, marketing, human factors or similar
Prototyping and design skills
Sketch App skills
Previous retail industry or .com corporate experience
Understanding of HTML/CSS (position does not include front-end development)

What are the technologies and the depth of the technologies that a candidate must have in order to be successful in this role?

Both remote and on-site (when safety allows) work models
Sketch
Jira
InVision
Figma
Mural
Axure

What are the soft skills that you feel candidate’s must-have in order to be successful in this role?

Empathy
Relationship builder and team player
Practice advocate for Human Centered Design and UX
Service Design
Gets things done - Self-driven and pro-active

Please provide three industries that would produce fitting candidates:

Corporate design experience very nice to have

Retail, ecommerce businesses

Digital & Digital Transformation

Prescreening Questions: Online or PDF use cases and portfolio is required

Interview Process Overview: 30 minute phone interview followed by 60 minute in person (video) interview.

Vacancy expired!

ID	#5910497
State	Minnesota
City	Richfield
Job type	Contract
Salary	USD Depends on Experience Depends on Experience
Source	Javen Technologies, Inc
Showed	2020-11-19
Date	2020-11-18
Deadline	2021-01-17
Category	Art/media/design
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Sr UX Designer-Locals only