UX Designer - Director at Moody's Analytics

We need one to Lead the creation of prototypes to validate design concepts with stakeholders and customers

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a User Experience Designer of web and mobile products
• Expert level knowledge and skill in all phases of the user-centered design methodology
• Strong oral, written and presentation skills
• Extensive experience with user-centered design patterns and methodologies
• Strong ability to communicate abstract concepts to audiences that are not skilled in a UX discipline
• Comfort with ambiguity, complexity and passion for challenges
• Detail-oriented self-starter with ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong expertise with design tools such as Adobe CS, Miro, Figma, Axure, HTML, CSS
• Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s Degree in HCI preferred
• Experience in financial environment preferred 

Role/Responsibilities

The Director - UX is a highly skilled practitioner responsible for the architecting, design and delivery of exceptional end-to-end user experiences. This individual exhibits a strong grasp of the user-centered design methodology to provide innovative solutions that meet business goals and support customer needs. 

 The Director - UX leads user experience team members within a multidisciplinary environment on user experience design activities in collaboration with product strategists and stakeholders to understand business goals and translate those goals into compelling interactive experiences throughout the full product development lifecycle, often leading numerous design initiatives concurrently. 

 This individual leads the design of the overall intuitivity of interactive user interfaces across multiple products and platforms. 

• Simplify and unify complex information into intuitive interactions, flows, charts, graphs, and other forms of visual representation 
• Leads the creation of prototypes to validate design concepts with stakeholders and customers 
• Lead the creation of wireframes, visual designs, flow charts, site-maps and detailed specifications 
• Contribute to a pattern library, to maintain consistency in behaviours across multiple products 
• Offers new ideas advancing user-friendliness, efficiency, and design 
• Perform user-centered design tasks such as use cases, site maps, flow diagrams, wireframes, and final user interface documentation 
• Create detailed specifications of interactions and visual designs to communicate with developers 
• Guides other user experience team members by delegating clearly communicated tasks and providing constructive feedback 
• Manage relationships with the key stakeholders and influence user-centered design practices 
• Manage projects and deliverables