Senior UX Designer

As the successful candidate, you will:

* Champion the user throughout the entire design process. You are an ambitious person who understands the importance of exceptional user experiences to the success of a product.
* Participate in and lead UX activities such as user/design research, stakeholder interviews and workshops.
* Identify new product opportunities and analyze their desirability, viability, and feasibility.
* Create and effectively present UX artifacts (journeys, sketches, wireframes, journey maps, service blueprints low and mid-fidelity renderings, clickable prototypes, storyboards, etc.) to stakeholders, clients, and teams.
* Conduct usability testing and participate in design reviews.
* Work closely with the development team to build SaaS products for market while maintaining UX best practices.
* Stay current on emerging trends in user-centered methodologies, accessibility, UI design patterns, usability principles, and technology.

You bring to the role:

* 5+ years as a UX and/or Product Design experience.
* The ability to approach challenges with an open mind and be a strong conceptual/creative thinker.
* The ability to demonstrate an obsession with craft and the micro-interactions that make experiences unique and memorable.
* Strong experience executing design artifacts such as customer journey maps, user flows, wireframes and interactions and understand the importance of visual design.
* Experience with applying design methodologies to several products and experiences.
* Previously worked within an agile environment.
* Strong experience leading exploratory design workshops and summarizing the session into insights that will guide concepts and feature sets.
* Strong proficiency in tools such as Figma, Miro, Sketch, InVision, Adobe CC or other visual design and prototyping tools.
* Experience working with or developing design systems.
* Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for rapid prototyping and developer support is a plus.
* Solid understanding of accessibility best practices, and an ability to create accessible products.

Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.