Description
UX Designer
We are seeking a UX Designer to join JP Morgan in London on an initial 6 months contract. Candidates can work from either the London or Bournemouth office locations with a requirement to be in the office 2 - 3 days per week once we transition back into the office so please have this in mind when appplying. Please note you will also need to provide a link to your portfolio when applying.
As a User Experience Designer, you'll use client-centric design methods to conceptualize, model, and design innovative experiences. You'll work in close collaboration with business and technology partners to deliver world-class digital experiences.
Responsibilities
- Drive a user-centric design approach with rapid testing and iterative prototyping for complex highly functional business applications
- Both formally or informally uncover user needs and contexts via primary and secondary research techniques and leverage your learnings to come up with the big idea
- Create, present, and document proposed solutions from the big ideas to the smallest components which might include interaction models and flows, screen and component states, data and information hierarchies
- Lead cross-functional, collaborative design thinking workshops to drive human-centered creative problem solving
- With a solid understanding of the users, steer not just the design but also, where appropriate, the product strategy
- Escort a proposed solution through to deployment and beyond ensuring that the vision becomes a reality
- Grow and foster a high-performance UX team
Qualifications
- Extensive experience working as a user experience professional
- Experience leading small- to-medium-sized teams
- Experience designing applications within complex business domains similar to financial services
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities on concurrent, rigorous deadlines in a fast-paced dynamic environment
- Ability to use prototyping tools to convey design intent
- Academic and applied knowledge in one or more related areas including: UX Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, Service Design, Design Research, Psychology, Anthropology, Prototyping, Strategy. Master's degree preferred
To be considered for this position, you must have a portfolio available for review