UX Designer

Company: Cella
Location: Bolingbrook
Posted on: May 10, 2022

Job Description:

Our Fortune 500 beauty retail client is seeking a remote User Experience Designer to support and report to the Senior Manager, Digital User Experience, within the eCommerce / Digital team. This critical role will play a crucial part in defining and shaping digital solutions by delivering user-centered designs supporting web, mobile web and mobile application experiences. To achieve these experiences, this individual will collaborate with a cross-functional team, including a creative design team, business stakeholders, development teams, consumer researchers and others. This role may also review work, coach and mentor other UXA resources.

This is a 6-month contract opportunity, full-time, 100% remote.

UX Designer Responsibilities
Represents the voice of the customer, based on customer research, analytic data, user experience best practices, and eCommerce industry expertise.
Captures and translates business requirements and user needs into innovative user experiences.
Conducts brainstorm sessions and workshops for gathering UX insights and direction.
Identifies project research needs and works with customer research team to prepare and execute research; or executes needed research for projects on their own.
Analyzes research findings and refines design approaches based on research results.
Conducts, analyses and clearly documents competitive analyses and heuristic evaluations.
Gauges the usability of new and existing features, and make suggestions for change.
Strategizes and collaborates with UX team, creative team, business stakeholders, and development teams to form user experience solutions.
Has a deep knowledge on web and app user experience best practices and can clearly communicate and apply those practices to project work.
Creates presentations, user flows, wireframe specifications, prototypes and other necessary documentation to communicate the recommended user experience to stakeholders and development teams.
Participates in regular reviews with work partners (creative team, business stakeholders, and development teams) to share design direction and gather feedback.
Demonstrated ability to interact comfortably with executives at highest levels of the company.
Effectively resolves problems and roadblocks as they occur with little oversight.
Effectively manages multiple projects varying in size and complexity.
Prioritize time and tasks as needed to meet deadlines .
Ability to lead projects without significant manager oversight.
Review work, coach and mentor other UXA resources. (both full-time and contractor)

UX Designer Requirements
3+ years experience in user interface design, information architecture, interaction design, human factors, and other related UX disciplines.
BS/BA degree in design, technology, psychology, human factors or HCI is preferred.
Experience creating user experiences for e-commerce businesses.
Retail industry experience is preferred.
Experience with native mobile apps (iOS and Android)
MUST have a strong portfolio demonstrating past work experience and deliverables (e.g. wireframes, user flows, site maps, research, etc.).
Experience creating wireframes and prototypes in Azure or similar tool.
Experience with all stages of the software development lifecycle in both traditional, waterfall and agile.

Job ID: 325049
Cella is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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