Senior User Experience Designer

Location: Louisville, KY Description: Our client is currently seeking a Senior User Experience Designer This team is responsible for creating exceptional user-centered digital experiences that achieve business goals and exceed user expectations across a wide range of digital experiences, including web and mobile. The team collaborates with leading design agencies, user-research firms and teams across the organization focused on integrating and developing best practices in usability, analytics, accessibility, and cross-platform strategy in an Agile development environment. As a key member of the UX team, User Experience Designer will be responsible for developing exceptional user experiences that achieve business goals and exceed customer expectations across a wide range of web and mobile experiences. This job will have the following responsibilities:

• At least 5 years of experience as an Information Architect, User Experience Designer/Architect, User Interface Designer, or Interaction Designer
• A portfolio that demonstrates the ability to strategically create compelling user experiences that factor in business goals, development capabilities, design standards and user needs
• Strong understanding of interaction design principles and current global UI/design pattern standards
• Ability to prioritize and stay focused on fewer, bigger, better, and faster
• In-depth knowledge of performance metrics
• Demonstrated ability to work with and influence stakeholders to determine business strategy in the digital arena, develop and execute big ideas while maintaining collaborative working relationships.
• Experience designing with business, technical and design guideline constraints
• Experience in working on multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to adapt existing processes and deliverables when necessary to meet project needs and improve efficiency and quality
• Demonstrated ability to design complex transactional user interfaces and interactions for web, mobile and cross channel experiences
• Experience creating conceptual models, site maps, interaction flows, design patterns, UI specifications, taxonomies and metadata frameworks
• Demonstrated experience in defining research criteria, leading or participating in user research, and translating user research into design decisions
• Ability to track and predict industry trends
• Strategically adept with a penchant for curiosity; determined

• Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction or similar field; an advanced degree in human computer interaction, user interface design, human factors or design planning, is preferred
• Significant relevant work experience may substitute for an advanced degree
• Self-starter who can make significant progress with minimal guidance
• Experience creating accessible designs
• Ability to be flexible in a very fluid and dynamic environment
• Must be extremely well-organized and capable of handling multiple (and sometimes conflicting) priorities effectively
• At least 2 years of experience integrating mobile/responsive design into Information and/or Experience Architecture
• Blend of corporate and agency experience is a plus
• Familiarity with online usability testing platforms such as Optimal Workshop and Usertesting.com
• Excellent analytical and process-oriented skills
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• Proficient with: Axure, Sketch, Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite