Senior User Experience Designer

Overview Client Location: Onsite; Austin, TX (Must be local) Starting: 02/23/2026 Pay Comments: Minimum Pay (per hour): 72.00 Maximum Pay (per hour): 80.00 Hours: Full-time Duration: 12 months Job Description: This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading firm dedicated to empowering individuals to achieve their financial aspirations. We believe in liberating people to create their own destiny by championing every client's goals with passion and integrity. As a partner with Aquent, you will contribute to a culture that values diversity, challenges conventions, and fosters an environment where employees can truly 'own their tomorrow.' Your work will directly impact how users interact with critical platforms, enabling them to manage their businesses and clients' financial futures with greater ease and confidence. We are seeking a Senior User Experience Designer to join our multi-disciplinary User Experience and Design Team. In this pivotal role, you will be at the forefront of crafting intuitive and impactful digital solutions, shaping best-in-class software experiences across mobile, web, and desktop platforms. Your expertise will directly influence how our users achieve their financial goals, balancing functionality with complexity on a highly utilized platform. You will thrive in an engaged design team that fosters continuous learning and innovation. What You'll Do Lead design reviews and facilitate critical design decisions. Collaborate with a multi-faceted team to create innovative design solutions. Represent the design team's brand, ensuring a consistent and high-quality design process. Embrace an iterative design approach to achieve optimal results. Visualize and communicate ideas clearly through sketches, diagrams, wireframes, and prototypes, providing appropriate documentation. Maintain the highest design standards through primary design activities, deliverable creation, and quality assurance. Actively participate in and support user research efforts to uncover deep user insights. Contribute to the continuous improvement of design processes and methods, focusing on effectiveness and efficiency. Foster strong relationships and collaborate effectively with all partners. Support fellow UX team members, providing guidance and constructive feedback. Strategically listen to feedback, guiding the delivery of user-centric solutions. Maintain a collaborative and cooperative spirit, demonstrating openness to new information. Champion the team's mission and the needs of partners and users with enthusiasm for UX design. Cultivate a deep understanding of user needs, empathizing with their experiences. Drive innovation and continuous improvement in all design endeavors. Continuously expand knowledge of design theory, practice, and tools. What You'll Bring (Must-Have Qualifications) 11+ years of extensive interaction design experience, primarily focused on digital products. A compelling online portfolio showcasing your interaction design process and strategic thinking. Expertise in all facets of a user-centered interaction design process, including user research, developing user flows, creating wireframes, conducting usability tests, and crafting annotated design specifications. Proven experience working within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team, utilizing an iterative process and Agile development methodologies. Strong self-management skills, comfort with substantial responsibility, and the ability to work directly with client partners and manage project schedules effectively. Proficiency in industry-standard design tools. Demonstrated experience in leading and facilitating design sessions with cross-functional teams. Exceptional relationship-building skills, with the ability to partner cross-functionally and work effectively with various levels of the organization and diverse personality types. A positive attitude, solid work ethic, and comfort in a project-oriented work environment. #J-18808-Ljbffr