Compensation: Competitive W2 Hourly Rate, Access to Healthcare and Dental Insurance Plan of Choice
Chamberlain Advisors is currently seeking a UX Designer for our direct client in the financial services industry. This is a contract-based position. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience and be independent, self-motivating, and thrive on working in a fast-paced environment where the focus is firmly on our customers. You have expertise in UI design and are fluent in the use of best practices and standards, and have a knack for designing products that are feature-rich, with high information density. You are an influencer and a negotiator with excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to focus on the most valuable initiative by partnering with product management. You’re comfortable working with team members across geographic boundaries and across functions (Design, Engineering, QA, Product, Customers, Leadership). Click apply now and join the Chamberlain experience.
Why Join Right Now?
We are a partnership of Design and Engineering, with teams encompassing experienced designers, engineers, product owners, researchers and architects - with a shared mission to deliver customer value with every project we work on. Our focus is on the future of trading experience, using design thinking to ideate, iterate, implement and deliver the very best in class web-based platform for both existing customers, and those new to trading.
What You’ll Be Accountable For
Collaborates with developers, product managers, designers & researchers.
Works closely with the development team to ensure that designs are implemented effectively and meet technical specifications.
Works with product managers, designers and researchers to translate requirements into engaging and appealing user experiences, ensuring alignment with enterprise design patterns and guidelines.
Follows a human-centred approach by leveraging qualitative and quantitative research and metrics to affect key decisions and enhance the user experience: competitive analysis, customer feedback, site analytics, and user research findings
Creates extremely detailed user flows, journey mapping, wireframes, etc. based on requirements from stakeholders, and communicates UX clearly to relevant teams.
Captures all states, edge-cases, “unhappy paths” and path logic for visual UI design and development teams to build out.
They should be comfortable with an agile approach to design, with an emphasis on user testing and rapid iteration
Actively contributes to design system growth based on use cases
Champions the customer experience and promotes usability best practices
What Qualifications You Need
Undergraduate qualification - User Experience Design, Interaction Design, Multimedia, HCI, Communications or equivalent degree preferred
Online portfolio or work samples demonstrating a variety of user-centred design solutions – with proven experience of delivering high quality design across large scale, data driven digital experiences.
Experience in designing Trading or Banking front ends and data intensive screens
Proficiency in a variety of prototyping and design tools e.g. Figma, Sketch, Adobe suite
5+ years of UX experience in user-centred design methods and techniques to create viable solutions across screen sizes and devices
Development and implementation of design systems, brand guidelines and standards
Fluency in best practices for user experience design, and strong understanding of usability principles and techniques
Strong conceptual thinking with an ability to understand user needs, motivations and behaviours and translate them into actionable deliverables.
Financial/Futures industry experience is a plus
Experience in working across geographic boundaries is a plus
About The Client
Mixing powerful thinking and cutting-edge technology, our client is where the world comes to manage risk. Offering the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes. They have created a marketplace for buyers and sellers bringing together individuals, companies, and institutions that need to manage risk. Our client works to serve as the counterparty to every trade that happens in our markets, to protect the integrity of our markets, and to virtually eliminate third-party credit risk. They are more than a marketplace, they are a team of groundbreakers, problem solvers, and difference makers.
Why Work with Chamberlain?
Chamberlain Advisors is a veteran-owned business that provides human capital solutions across a wide range of industries and engagement types. Chamberlain candidates benefit from our unique hiring and interviewing process which has been designed to increase the likelihood that they will be successful in their job searches. This is achieved through our 5-step recruitment process, ensuring a top-of-the-line candidate experience. Find out what makes us different; apply to Chamberlain today.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Chamberlain Advisors provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Chamberlain Advisors complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Chamberlain Advisors expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Chamberlain Advisors' employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
General Business, Information Technology, and Consulting
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