UX/UI Designer

UX/UI Designer:

At evolv Consulting, we are seeking to hire an experienced UX/UI Designer to join our team. If you're a passionate self-starter, evolv is a great place to get ahead.

Responsibilities for this role include:

• Lead projects in user-centered design solutions.
• Lead design teams in the implementation of these solutions.
• Gather requirements for web and mobile applications through contextual inquiry, application workflows, and information architecture.
• Produce clickable prototypes, visual design, and branded pattern libraries.
• Facilitate user testing and synthesize the output to help drive iteration and evolution of the products.
• Review UI to ensure proper implementation, and work with technical teams to hone the experience and polish of the final output.
• Expertise across the full experience design (XD) lifecycle including UX strategy, user research, and design to define and create innovative solutions which address customer needs while meeting business goals.
• Guide project teams made up of experience designers, researchers, and strategists to deliver high-impact solutions while managing client expectations.
• Develop Experience Design (XD)-led offerings and approaches, collaborate closely with development teams to ensure proper implementation, and partner with other practices to develop multi-practice capabilities.
• Drive overall growth of Experience Design practice area through a combination of business development, talent management, oversight of delivery work, and thought leadership.
• Be an advocate for design; someone who loves to share and educate others (internal teams & clients) on the value of taking a design-driven approach to problem solving.
• Advising clients of current UX/XD methodologies, while maintaining flexibility and adapting to their methods.
• Plan, conduct, and guide client white-boarding sessions, design sprints, design workshops, and project meetings.
• Commitment to thought leadership by bringing unique perspective and advising clients on the latest industry trends and best practices.
• Manage executive and Senior executive-level client stakeholder relationships and expand client portfolio.
• Engagement Management – Manage engagement risk, project economics including planning and budgeting, managing accounts receivable, defining deliverable content, and ensuring buy-in of proposed solutions from top management levels at the client.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience designing and delivering services/products in cross-functional teams from start-to-finish (prior consulting and/or agency experience is ideal).
• A strong design background, including management over the entire design process and a passion for current design trends coupled with a deep understanding of user experience and digital product design.
• Passion for learning and growth mindset with the commitment to welcome change, ambiguity, and uncertainty. Ability to bring your own unique perspective to solving problems.
• Demonstrated professional growth and the proven ability to work cross-functionally.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to audiences of all levels.
• 3+ years of experience as a project design lead.
• 7+ years of experience in interactive design, information architecture and visual design.
• 5+ years of relevant client facing experience—consulting or agency.
• Confirmed track-record of hands-on user-interface design leadership.
• Expert-level proficiency with common design software (Sketch, Figma, etc).
• Quick starter and nimble/creative under project constraints.
• Real passion for seamless design and the creative process.
• Strong interest in and passion for learning new technologies and design skills
• A portfolio demonstrating breadth, creativity, process, and innovation in related fields.
• Experience in a Scrum-based production process.