Senior User Experience Designer (Remote)

We are Sherpas and Ninjas. We aren't order takers, we're visionaries and advocates for our client's success. Leading the way to the peak of a brand's potential is our win. We are precise, persistent, efficient perfectionists. And, we have really cool outfits.

We are the elusive SherpNinja.

Come join our Tribe!

The Position:

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior User Experience Designer with experience working in advertising agencies to join our team in Atlanta.

The ideal candidate will be adept at applying fundamental experience design principles to foster seamless collaboration with our creative and development teams. In this role, you will be responsible for architecting user experiences for a variety of digital initiatives, including responsive and adaptive website design, portals, kiosks, mobile apps, CMS implementations, and eCommerce platforms. As a UX Designer, you will need to approach your work with a highly iterative mindset, constantly refining and improving your designs. If you have a passion for creating world-class user experiences and are excited to work in a collaborative, supportive environment, we encourage you to apply today!

Job Responsibilities:

• Obtain insights and a deep understanding of the users’ needs through research, journey mapping, persona/scenario development, heuristic evaluation, user/client observation, and usability testing
• Develop wireframes, site maps, and rapid prototypes

• Present strategy briefs and decks to clients, partners, and colleagues balanced with research insights to generate unique solutions for Yalo’s clients digital experience needs
• Conduct user research, competitive analysis, stakeholder interviews, journey mapping, and personas
• Synthesize research and analysis into a strategic approach, while providing deliverables that include strategy briefs, roadmaps, and presentation decks
• Effectively prioritize projects, manage tasks, and communicate with the project management team, delivering projects on time and on budget
• Creation of IA and UX artifacts (site maps, user journey maps, process flows, personas, etc.) to guide the project vision

• Perform website or application audits and analyze data from various sources to provide insights on user behavior and identify recommended design changes
• Collaborate with our Developers and Designers to ensure the design and implementation of the experience meets requirements and business goals
• Play an active role in identifying future opportunities through recommended revisions or iterative improvements for later stages within an existing project scope

Who we are looking for:

• 6+ years' experience in Interaction, Information & Visual Design for Business or Enterprise dashboards
• At least 5-7 years of experience working for an Advertising/Marketing agency

• Experience implementing and creating user research and data collection plans for user experience testing and acceptance
• Solid grasp of user research, information architecture, content strategy, and usability principles, concepts, and techniques
• A passion for creating great user interfaces that solve real user problems while serving business needs
• Robust and diverse portfolio featuring user-centered design work with an emphasis on web, mobile & visual design
• Experience using UX tools for wireframing and prototyping, user research and testing, organizing information, analytics, and metrics

• Ability to apply analytical and problem-solving skills across organization-wide architectures
• Ability to effectively communicate user experience data, design proposals, and influence at the highest levels of organizations

Why join our Tribe:

• FSA/HSA
• Matching Simple IRA
• Employee Assistance Program
• An incredibly cool, culture of people who understand how to GSD (Get Sh*t Done)
• $750 a year to be used for Concerts, Sporting Events or Continual Learning
• Maternity/Paternity leave
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Yearly company off-site retreat, this year we went to Mexico!

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