Fast Switch: Product Designer required

Designer is needed in Boston, United States.

Client: Fast Switch

Location: Boston, United States

Contract: Contractor

Job Title:

Product Designer/Interactive Marketing Consultant

Location:

Boston, MA (Remote Contract Position)

Project:

Currently working on a platform “re-set” from a Vignette platform.

Required Skills:

• Design
• Production designs
• “Pushing pixels”
• Tools: Figma, Jira, Agile
• Marketing
• Pattern recognition
• Information architecture
• User experience design
• Blueprint

Responsibilities:

• Use design to help customers secure their futures and protect their loved ones
• Change how the client connects with and serves their customers
• Reform how customers interact with financial solutions like insurance and investments
• Deliver and iterate on new, innovative, omnichannel experiences
• Influence product lifecycle by imagining the future state
• Partner with Agile squads using the latest frameworks
• Partner with user researchers and user interface designers
• Collaborate on the clients Blueprint design system
• Advocate for the use of fresh design tools and ethical design practices

Qualifications:

• A passionate user experience designer with an in-depth understanding of UX practices
• Driven decision maker who leans on research to focus on tactical solutions
• A talented verbal and visual communicator who becomes a trusted partner of product managers and business stakeholders
• Great at putting just enough detail into wireframes to garner great feedback
• Interested in and adept at learning new technologies — enough to understand trade-offs between development time and impact to the user experience
• A great collaborator who is well-versed in Agile methodologies and the role of design
• Well-versed in a variety of design problems, information architecture needs, and common interface patterns
• Designs approached with a systemic point of view; able to work within a design system and expand components within that system
• Attentive to detail with strong pattern recognition skills
• Ability to work in ambiguity

Experience:

• 3+ years of related experience
• Deep expertise with Design Systems, Visual Design, and Information Architecture
• A continuously collaborative and inclusive mindset
• Experience applying research to the design process
• Experience conducting workshops and engaging stakeholders
• Bachelor’s degree in Design/Fine Arts, Psychology, Communication, English, Computer Science, or related field

Additional Skills:

• User interface
• Wireframe
• Product lifecycle
• Agile
• User experience
• Visual design
• Wireframes