Mobile In - VP of UX Design

Tasks

• From design discovery to the final solution, collaboration across customer, product, and technology teams
• Collaborate with Engineering to understand technical constraints and support the delivery of a user-friendly, efficient experience
• Translating user research findings and business strategy into user-centered content by creating high-fidelity designs
• Conducting competitive analyses to identify and prioritize optimal design patterns for the application
• Visual design of web, mobile, and other applications in collaboration with an experienced UX researcher
• Understanding of design thinking, human-computer interaction (HCI/ergonomics), interaction, and usability
• Translation of business requirements that translate business objectives into applications (interactive documents)
• Design and testing of the interface and content within these application areas; definition of clear user interactions
• Defining the design direction and visual systems; creating a fresh look and feel that is scalable
• Collaborate with the engineering team to ensure that designs are implemented
• Supported the broader experience design team on a high-profile project: UX design for fintech
• Developing or partnering with design thinking toolkits, methods, and training programs to scale the team
• Manage the day-to-day operations of our digital interaction channels to best serve senior management, teams, and product stakeholders (e.g., business, product, and finance)
• Collaborate with Design, Business, and Engineering to create a robust, scalable, and agile approach to interactions, drive the adoption of architectures, and establish reusable patterns; provide guidance, coaching, and mentoring for the digital experience and global architecture, as well as rapid, iterative idea development
• Engage with leaders at all levels to keep stakeholders informed about the latest, most important (and sometimes competing) requirements, priorities, and trade-offs
• Creating user-centered and domain-centered experiences through research, prototyping, analysis, and evaluation of existing systems
• Prototyping using design methods (e.g., design sprints) to create the overall look and functionality of the software
• Visual design of high-fidelity (and prototyped) user interfaces to support product design
• Assistance with the planning, management, and support of release activities in agile teams as needed, including product, quality, analysis, and other activities

Requirements

• Master's degree or equivalent experience in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or UX Design; Bachelor's degree in Interactive Design
• 5 years of experience for Level 3.5, 6+ years for Level 4
• Advanced knowledge of research methods and user-centered design strategies (e.g., usability testing; user-centered design; competitive research; benchmarking; A/B testing; user-centered design models for prototyping; advanced experience in creating high-fidelity prototypes or equivalent experience)
• Proven experience in conceptual, UI, UX, and user interface design, including research, design, and prototyping, with a demonstrable understanding of UX principles and information architecture
• Experience collaborating with front-end developers, product owners, and senior stakeholders on internal and external products
• Collaboration and cross-learning with peer designers in other UX teams within Barclays and with client and internal stakeholders