Kforce Technology Staffing

UX / UI Web Designer

  • Job Type: Competitive
  • Industry Type: IT Sector
  • Industry Location: New York
  • Experience: NA
  • No. of Positions: 1
  • Primary Skills: senior UX designer
  • Secondary Skills: Azure DevOps
  • Job Location: New York, New York
  • Posted Date: Posted today
Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client seeking a UX/UI Web Designer in New York, NY.

Summary:
Our client is looking for a resource to help design a global system agnostic prototype for an interface facade that will determine what type of feedback a user wants to receive or give (intent of the feedback). This person would be working closely with our Solution Architect team, web developer, Global People Technology, Network-wide Talent & Impact Center of Excellences, territory stakeholders and end users.

REQUIREMENTS:
* Ability to work with business stakeholders and understand user flows and user experience and working with architects to map it to the technical documentation
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and ability to build effective relationships
* Agile backlog management using tools like Azure DevOps (preferred) or similar tools
* Ability to critically evaluate information gathered across multiple sources
* Well organized; able to prioritize; able to work with very little guidance and with little to no direct supervision
* Previous senior UX designer experience
* Principals of User Centered Design
* User research and Persona development
* Awareness of cognitive psychology and human behavior
* Ability to create Customer journey maps
* Conduct task analysis
* Conduct User Validation Testing
* Understand UX design and ability to form a UX strategy based on real problems.
* Ability to understand and design towards MVP
* User Interface (UI) Skillset Preferred:
* Wireframing, Whiteboarding, Prototyping, Visual Design
* Understands basic CSS and/or CSS frameworks (Bootstrap, Bulma, etc.)
* Understands basic HTML 5
* Familiar with Responsive web design/Adaptive web design
* Mobile design/navigation and touch first principals
* UI/UX tools including Axure Pro, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud, Current web standards, Information Architecture, Site navigation, Data hierarchy, Typography and color psychology
* Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of organization
* Comfortable working in Agile SCRUM, Lean, or waterfall methodologies

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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