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Mobile User Architect
Allstate
Irving, TX, United States
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Job Description
Allstate’s growing User Experience and Design Group is looking for a Mobile User Experience Architect with iOS and Android experience who wants to do innovative and challenging work in a flexible, fun, caring and respectful environment. Does working with other smart, creative people in a low-drama atmosphere sound intriguing?
Key Responsibilities
The Mobile User Experience Architect will be a part of the creative team bringing creative requests and special projects to life. He/she is responsible for applying contemporary user-centered design methodologies and UX industry best practices to drive useful and usable design solutions. He/she will also be responsible for collaborating with our development teams to deliver final designs for our native mobile applications for iOS and Android.
The ideal candidate will thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem solving skills and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for team collaboration and open communication. The candidate will also have strong conceptualization ability, design skills, production value and strong attention to detail. The candidate must be able to plan their own work while executing against deadlines.
Final deliverables may take many forms, such as wireframes, sketches or storyboards, click-through prototypes, and design specifications of various fidelities. The candidate should be proficient in numerous tools to facilitate this work, including (but not limited to) Sketch, the Adobe Creative Suite, and rapid prototyping tools like Invision.
The candidate for this position must have at least 3 years of proven experience in aspects of user-centered design. The candidate will need to actively seek out information needed to understand the existing business processes and systems, which requires a clear sense of ownership for project assignments. He/she will need to rapidly gain a solid understanding of the end-user tasks and goals.
The candidate must have experience designing and delivering experiences for native applications for either iOS or Android. All applicants should provide work samples (with proper consideration of copyright restrictions) along with resume, via link to a website, or temporarily share during an in-person interview. Candidates who cannot show native mobile designs in their portfolios will not be considered.
Job Qualifications
• 3+ years as a UX designer in highly collaborative environments
• Proficiency in at least two UX disciplines such as: Interaction Design/Information Architecture, Visual Design, Front-End Development, or Product Design Strategy
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in: Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Interaction Design, Information Sciences, Psychology, Human Factors, and/or Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Experience using a wide breadth of UX methodologies
• Excellent communication, organization and time management skills
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, Invision, Sketch, or other design tools
• An understanding of current mobile and desktop patterns.
• Understands the constraints of technology platforms: Native Mobile, Responsive Web, and Internet of Things (IoT)
• Ability to communicate and present concepts both verbally and visually
• Excellent communication, organizational, and time management skills
• Must be highly motivated, positive and a passionate team player
• Must be able to share a portfolio that conveys depth and breadth of previous design work
• Knowledge of both iOS and Android is a plus.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
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position.
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