UI/UX Designer- entry level Job at Swoon, Chillicothe, IL

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  • Swoon
  • Chillicothe, IL

Job Description

Title: DIGITAL UI/UX Designer 1

Location: Chillicothe, IL- 100% onsite (may be open to relocation candidates if open to relocating at own costs and can be onsite day 1 of contract, no more than 2 weeks from offer)

Pay: $29/hr on w2- no flex with rate

Hours: 8-5 Monday through Friday (4- hour work week)

Type: Contract

Length: 12 months-possibility to extend to 24

Screenings: no tech, full panel drug and background once hired

IV process: 1 1 hour panel IV

+optional benefits, long term contract with ability to extend or convert to full time

Education & Experience Required:

  • Bachelor’s Degree with 0-2 years experience
  • Associates degree with a minimum of 2 years experience
  • No degree ( HS Graduate and /or GED) with 4 years experience
  • At least 0-2 years UX design experience.
  • Preference will be given to candidates who have proven experience designing complex solutions for complete digital environments 0-2 years of experience with design tools such as Figma (required 1+ years), Sketch and other UX/UI software Comfortable working autonomously with product and engineering teams.

(Desired)

  • 0-2+ year exp designing complex systems or applications

Soft Skills (Required)

  • Ability to work with clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet client needs and vision

Disqualifiers/Red Flags :

  • Choppy tenure/ consistent job hopping
  • If the candidate isn’t looking long-term to develop their skills in UX design, this may not be the right fit for them.

The main function of the User Experience Designer is to work with project teams to design and deliver high quality client-centered, effective, consistent and usable interfaces. Responsibilities: Works closely with business analysts, business sponsors, project managers and IT teams to obtain and understand business requirements. Creates the design of user interface specifications, by applying client research, design standards, industry best practices, taking into account strategic business objectives, user needs, systems constraints. Participates in design review sessions with project teams, acquiring consensus and getting approvals on designs and documentation. Executes business acceptance test cases and testing. Works with the project managers to ensure that usability deliverables accommodate project timelines, budgets, technical and scope constraints. Contributes to the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of efficient and effective usability methodology/process, documentation, workflow, ROI, metrics and design standards. Acts as a user experience advocate regarding principles of user experience and user-centered design. Bachelor?s degree in human factors/usability or related discipline 0-2 years related experience.

Position’s Contributions to Work Group :

  • Engage in discovery and research of voice of customer, customer needs, analytics, and requirements across industries and customer roles to deliver an end-to-end, holistic customer experience
  • Support the evolution of the Customer Experience, developing the CX portfolio, roadmap, and reference architecture
  • Partner with Sr. Architects to integrate roadmaps with application product plans to drive towards common, unified experiences to drive adoption
  • Interact with a cross-functional team and drive customer experience strategy and best practices to implement applications and platforms while maintaining a cohesive end-to-end experience
  • Participate in delivery of projects, working through the many obstacles along the way across multiple teams, roles (UI/UX designers, business analysts, product owners, etc) and organizations through diligent planning, attention to detail, communications, and efficient decision making
  • Strong passion and hands-on technical experience.
  • Support the production of concept service designs and/or participate in the creation of artifacts by domain architects and implement personas, journey maps, storyboards, etc.
  • Utilize exceptional problem-solving skills to work through difficult challenges and identify executable solutions
  • Effectively collaborate with other eBusiness CX architects, technical architects and data/content owners to define elements needed to deliver the experience
  • Participate in establishing design guidelines (DEG) and best practices (design strategies) to be used across ecosystem; support auditors to govern design guidelines
  • Stay current with innovative improvements/processes available in the larger world of experience design

Typical task breakdown:

  • Typical groups this position will interact with include business partners responsible for individual elements of a customers’ experience (product groups, content area, etc) as well as vendors hired by these business partners.
  • In addition, this position will work directly with dealers and end customers.
  • These interactions stretch across the entirety of clients business model and organization.
  • This position may have direct relationships with Global Product Owners (GPO), Marketing/Product Support Managers, and Directors of various organizations, both internal and external.
  • The position is challenged to identify problems quickly and correctly, some which may not be obvious.
  • The incumbent solves problems by determining the best course of action, within departmental guidelines, from many existing solutions.
  • Communication for needed investments, architectural changes, or business needs is critical to ensure solutions can be created to deliver the best experience possible.

Job Tags

Long term contract, Full time, Contract work, Relocation, Monday to Friday, Flexible hours

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