Ben Hester Hiring
UX Designer ·REDSHIFT ·
At Redshift, in addition to being a top-notch UX designer, and leading cross-functional project teams, senior UX designers are responsible for regularly presenting work to clients, so the ability to communicate confidently and clearly are essential. You must be able to speak fluently about both business objectives and design principles, and to handle feedback and questions with poise. UX designers, consultants, project managers, and interactive producers are all potential candidates. This role reports to our Director of UX.
Responsibilities
Lead client engagements and collaborate cross-functionally with research, visual design, front-end engineering, producers, and company leaders to take products from concept to launch.
Understand our clients' customers and users, and serve as their advocate when making design proposals.
Generate design concepts, drive design discussions and critiques, and facilitate collaborative sessions with teams and stakeholders.
Prototype design flows and interactions with low-fidelity paper prototypes and clickable prototypes, and guide high-fidelity coded prototypes toward a high standard of excellence.
Deliver detailed wireframes and user flows to agile development teams and refine as needed during project sprints.
Manage simultaneous project schedules and budgets.
Lead client meetings and presentations, confidently articulate Redshift's design thinking, and respond appropriately to feedback.
Mentor junior designers so they may expand their skills.
Help plan and participate in user research and testing, and incorporate learnings into designs.
Manage client relationships, and ensure client satisfaction.
Contribute to a collaborative culture by maintaining openness to new or different ideas, seeking out and incorporating input from other team members, and making a creative contribution to other studio projects
Assist in the planning and estimating of the project, participating in broader project coordination and expectation setting.
Contribute to a positive, pleasant and creative culture, and help ensure it is always fun to do business with Redshift.
Candidates must have:
Passion for user-centered design, and all things digital (web, mobile, desktop, social)
Strong knowledge of the latest design and technology trends
An understanding of user interface design processes and methodology across a variety of devices, and of how web and mobile apps are built
A sophisticated sense of taste
Ability to rapidly generate multiple design solutions, evaluate their strengths and weaknesses, and improve upon selected designs
Ability to express yourself clearly and confidently
Outstanding client management skills
Experience managing a 3-5 person team of UX, Visual Design, researchers, and developers
Great wireframing chops
Proficiency with UX tools (e.g. InVision, Sketch, and the Adobe Creative Suite), as well as any other UX tools needed to get the job done
3-5+ years of experience on a UX team in an agency environment
Contributed to the launch of several web, mobile, and/or software applications
Ability to take criticism and quickly apply feedback to designs
Tolerance for working on-site in an open studio environment
A sense of humor
Plus at least 2-3 of these:
Experience working with large consumer brands
Excellent writing skills
Visual design experience
Technical experience (e.g. coding)
Formal project management training
Great Spotify library