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:

Digital Yalo is seeking a User Experience Designer to join our Tribe. The UX Designer will ground our solutions in fundamental experience design principles and create a fluid handoff with creative and development teams leveraging an iterative approach. The UXD is 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.

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

• Creation of IA and UX artifacts (site maps, user journey maps, process flows, personas, etc.) to guide the project vision
• Effectively prioritize projects, manage tasks, and communicate with the project management team, delivering projects on time and on budget
• Synthesize research and analysis into a strategic approach, while providing deliverables that include strategy briefs, roadmaps, and presentation decks
• Conduct user research, competitive analysis, stakeholder interviews, journey mapping, and personas
• 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

• Collaborate with our Developers and Designers to ensure the design and implementation of the experience meets requirements and business goals
• Perform website or application audits and analyze data from various sources to provide insights on user behavior and identify recommended design changes
• 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:

• At least 2 years experience working for an Advertising/Marketing agency
• 6+ years' experience in Interaction, Information & Visual Design for Business or Enterprise dashboards, and applications for desktop and mobile

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

• 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:

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

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