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UX Designer
GREY
New York, NY, United States
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Description
Job Title:
UX Designer
About Grey:
Two things Grey has been doing since 1917: hiring forceful, energetic innovators with diverse skill sets and points of view who can put ideas into motion that lead to results. That’s no coincidence.
Smart, quick, highly motivated business-savvy people have been the backbone of Grey’s Famously Effective work for almost a hundred years. They are the drivers of business and creative performance that at this point in Grey’s long history have never better. We were named 2015 North American Agency of the Year at Cannes in recognition of our 23 Lions for clients including Volvo, DirecTV, NFL and GSK. Grey was also among the top three agencies at the Effies where our work for clients including P&G and Pfizer were recognized. Famous and Effective. It’s what we do, and it’s part of why Grey was been named “Global Network of the Year” by Adweek in 2013 and 2015, and “Agency of the Year” by Advertising Age in 2014.
Of course none of this could have happened without the diverse talent roster we have in place and we are continuing to look for the best talent to join us in the coming year. That’s why we continue to need drivers—people who can help move the agency further on the trajectory of success.
Job Description:
The User Experience Designer at Grey is responsible for the architecture and interaction design of digital experiences, and working closely with our creative teams to help realize usable, connected experiences. The User Experience Designer applies user-focused design and usability best practices to translate high-level business objectives, creative platforms and technology into world-class user experiences for some of the world’s biggest brands. This role will work closely with creative, strategy and technology teams to conceptualize, deliver and optimize engaging brand experiences across multiple channels.
Responsibilities:
• Work closely with creative, strategy and technical teams to translate business objectives and creative platforms into user-friendly mobile, web and touch screen experiences
• Work alongside creative directors, art directors and brand strategists to help conceptualize, evolve and create digital experiences & recommendations
• Develop personas based on consumer research, analytics and existing consumer behavior insights
• Perform research and competitive analysis in conjunction with other disciplines to inform recommendations
• Create low to high-fidelity prototypes at various stages for client presentations and proof-of-concept
• Develop annotated wireframes that indicate features, content, navigation and layout of information
• Facilitate user interface definition sessions by leading teams through white boarding exercises and discussions
• Work with technical teams to develop functional specs as needed to indicate process and systems implications, navigation, and content relationships.
• Architect user interaction solutions/schema based on sound usability principles, research and technical feasibility
• Develop site maps to represent organizational structure, hierarchy, and relationships.
• Initiate and manage user testing plans and initiatives
• Work with producers to estimate, plan, and lead all user experience tasks and deliverables
• Create and maintain a centralized repository of best practices documentation and templates
Qualifications
Required skills, experience, and qualifications:
• 3+ years’ experience designing experiences for web and mobile applications in a UX, product development, or creative capacity
• Degrees in visual communication, design, HCI or library science a plus
• Experience within an agency or client-side, developing mission critical, marketing centric applications
• Strong understanding and application of mobile-first design
• Experience creating rich, comprehensive deliverables including annotated wireframes, rich prototypes, content audit documents, sitemaps and user journeys
• Experience assessing existing digital properties and making recommendations for improvement and optimization
• Experience guiding design teams toward user-friendly, low friction interface designs and functional recommendations
• Strong awareness of current and emerging trends and platforms, including social, mobile and convergent platforms
• Able to inventory, assess and create taxonomy around large amounts of data and content
• Experience with projects that integrate social media and 3rd party content
• Experience collaborating closely with different disciplines, especially creative teams
• Able to present to clients as needed to articulately explain concepts and recommended approaches
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Able to prioritize tasks and multi-task as needed
• Active listener and effective written and verbal communicators
• Proficiency in industry standard tools such as OmniGraffle, Axure, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite and web collaboration tools such as Basecamp
Desired, but not required:
• Experience designing for touch screen and digital point-of-sale
• Experience utilizing Lean UX and rapid prototyping methodologies
• Work with consumer-facing brands in beauty, CPG, luxury or fashion
Grey Group is an equal opportunity employer