User Experience Designer

Our Automotive client is seeking an experienced and talented UX designer to create experiences that solve both business and customer problems. You will collaborate with the UX team, product owners, developers, and other stakeholders to understand customer needs, and explore solutions at both the conceptual and detailed design level.

Paid travel time expected on a quarterly basis to meet with team in Torrance. You must be able to meet these requirements!

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

Form a cohesive experience across touchpoints, including apps, websites, and the in-vehicle experience.

Create wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes to convey proposed experiences.

Map out comprehensive user flows to visualize potential pathways.

Follow direction from the UX Lead and leadership team.

Leverage research and data to understand user needs and make evidence-based decisions.

Help to determine the design strategy for products and programs.

Conduct experience audits and structure the information architecture.

Generate competitive and analogous experience analyses.

Help to determine experience improvement prioritization.

Form and evolve personas and align experiences with their needs and context.

Conduct sprint reviews and User Acceptance Testing, and partner with development teams to ensure that what is delivered aligns with what was designed.

Use frameworks such as Jobs-to-be-Done to uncover deeper needs and opportunities.

Design at both at the conceptual and detailed levels and deliver high quality work on time.

Present work at design reviews, UX crits, sprint reviews, and business reviews.

Advocate for the customer and encourage empathy from stakeholders.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

Bachelors degree in design, human computer interaction or similar. Or equivalent work experience.

Strong verbal and visual communication, presentation, and storytelling capabilities.

Experience in design thinking and human centered design methodologies and conducting workshops.

Experience with design tools such as Figma and Mural.

Experience working within an agile process.

Demonstrate a growth mindset, be open-minded and curious.

Excellent time management skills and strong attention to detail.

Flexible and adaptable, able to work through ambiguity.

NICE TO HAVES:

MBA or graduate degree.

Skills in specific design disciplines, including UI/visual design, content design, conversational design.

Ability to plan and conduct UX research.

Expertise in design strategy.

Experience in the automotive or energy industries.

If you think you're a good fit for this role, send us your portfolio / resume!

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Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

Submit resume (and samples if applicable) to: Lyla.Weiss@jobalert.creativecircle.com

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