Senior User Experience Designer

The Role:
We are recruiting a Senior User Experience Designer to join our team on a remote opportunity.

Senior User Experience Designer will lead a growing team of talented design professionals, providing mentorship to broaden their skills and manage their career growth. Proficiency with Sketch, InVision, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Zeplin,â?¯etc.

 
Skills and Experience:
Essential Qualification:
6 years or more design experience
Grad Bsc / BTech, BA (Post grad strongly recommended)
Computer science
Psychology
Cognitive and/or Behavioral Science
Information Technology
Portfolio of UX-focused work samples for web and mobile applications
Preferred Qualification:
Professional HCI / UX / Design Thinking certifications are advantageous
Knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript, and modern JS libraries/frameworks
Experience designing for omni-channel services a big plus
An advanced degree in a relevant field, e.g. design, innovation, etc.
Experience spreading the gospel of design through teaching, publishing, speaking etc.
Experience required:
6 years or more design experience
Design certification from accredited design school
Portfolio of UI-focused work samples for web and mobile applications
Professional HCI / UX / Design Thinking certifications are advantageous
Knowledge of Java script and other modern JS libraries/frameworks
Experience designing for omni-channel services a big plus
An advanced degree in a relevant field, e.g. design, innovation, etc.
Experience spreading the gospel of design through teaching, publishing, speaking etc
Key Accountabilities:
Essential functions:
Proficiency with Sketch, InVision, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Zeplin,�etc.
Lead a growing team of talented design professionals, providing mentorship to broaden their skills and manage their career growth
Collaborating on user experience planning with technical leads and product owners
Build strong relationships with client stakeholders 
Understand scope, requirements, and drive innovative solutions aligned with business goals and metrics
Crafting UX and Service design strategies, processes, policies and methodologies
Champion user testing, surveys, and formal evaluations, as well as iterate work based on quantitative data and qualitative feedback
Demonstrate expertise in creating compelling design artefacts (user stories, personas, sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, storyboards etc.), that bring complex solutions to life creatively, efficiently and powerfully
Reinforce consistent design patterns across platforms and adherence to principles
Lead/drive projects, anticipate challenges, and meet deadlines
Advocate for the end-user throughout the development process and work effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure that designs are successfully cre