User Experience (UX) Designer - Hybrid

Job Title: User Experience (UX) Designer - Hybrid

Duration (Contract): 18 Months

Client Location: Austin, TX

Location Preference: Hybrid

Job Description:

As a User Experience Designer, you are responsible for software design across advisor services platforms, which is primarily desktop and responsive mobile. We are a multi-disciplinary group of user experience designers, visual designers, content writers, and researchers. We work with strategic business and technology partners across the enterprise to build best-in-class software experiences for our users. Our business is driven by looking through our clients' eyes, which makes it a great place to practice user-centered design. Our purpose is designing tools and experiences that enable users to achieve their financial goals.

Required Skills, Experiences, Education and Competencies:

Design Consulting:

• Facilitate collaborative design sessions including sketching and ideation.

• Lead design reviews and drive decisions.

• Create design solutions with a multi-faceted team considering all aspects of the advisor experience, from consultative to end client/consumer experience

• Faithfully translate the established patterns and design systems to ensure company goals are met.

• Understand great designs are achieved iteratively.

• Visualize ideas in a clear form (sketch, diagram, wireframe, or prototype) and provide appropriate level documentation.

Design Management:

• • Set expectations with the project team and prioritize activities.

  • Create and maintain design schedules.

  • Communicate status and agreements with project team.

  • Review work with UX managers, keep them updated on project status and escalate items appropriately.

Design Expertise and Execution:

• • Maintain the high standards set by the group.

  • Conduct the primary design activities, create deliverables, and conduct QA at an expert level.

  • Participate and support research efforts.

  • Commit to improving our process and methods with an emphasis on both effectiveness and efficiency.

Teamwork, Collaboration and Engagement:

• • Work well with all partners to deliver work.

  • Support UX team members.

  • Strategically listen to feedback and help guide the delivery

  • Collaborative and cooperative.

  • Has a design position but is not rigidly fixed when presented with new information.

  • Passionate about team, our mission and the needs of our partners and users.

  • Enthusiastic about UX design.

Empathy & Curiosity:

• • Understand user needs, walking in their shoes when possible.

  • Focus on innovation and improvement.

  • Regularly learns more about design theory, practice, and tools.

The hourly range for roles of this nature are $40.00 to $80.00/hr. Rates are heavily dependent on skills, experience, location, and industry.

cyberThink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.