UX/Product Designer

Aquent is proud to partner with a prominent leader in creating intuitive, high-quality digital products and experiences, an organization deeply committed to enhancing user interactions and driving innovation across its extensive digital ecosystem. This enterprise is renowned for its dedication to understanding user needs and translating those insights into impactful, user-centered solutions that resonate with a vast audience. Join a team where your contributions directly shape the future of digital engagement and product excellence.

Are you a visionary UX/Product Designer ready to make a significant impact by crafting exceptional digital experiences? This pivotal role invites you to be at the forefront of shaping user journeys, translating complex insights into elegant solutions, and directly influencing the success of widely used digital platforms. You will play a crucial part in bridging the gap between user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility, working collaboratively to deliver products that are not only functional but also delightful and intuitive. This is an incredible opportunity to leverage your expertise in user research, design thinking, and visual execution to drive innovation and elevate product experiences within a dynamic, cross-functional environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct user interviews, surveys, usability testing, and other formal research activities to understand user behaviors, needs, and pain points.
• Gather and analyze qualitative and quantitative user data to identify trends and opportunities.
• Translate research findings into product recommendations, design hypotheses, user stories, and actionable insights.
• Partner closely with product managers, developers, stakeholders, and end users throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Create user flows, wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs to communicate design concepts.
• Develop and refine intuitive user interfaces for digital applications and products.
• Apply usability principles, mental models, and user-centered design practices to product strategy and execution.
• Use rapid prototyping and visualization techniques to explore and validate potential solutions.
• Contribute to information architecture, interaction design, visual design, and overall product experience.
• Apply strong visual design principles, including typography, hierarchy, layout, and iconography.
• Present design concepts, research findings, and recommendations clearly to cross-functional partners and stakeholders.
• Document research findings, design decisions, processes, and product recommendations.
• Iterate on designs based on user feedback, research findings, business requirements, and technical considerations.

Required Skills & Experience

• Professional experience in UX Design, Product Design, User Experience, or a closely related discipline.
• Strong experience conducting user research, interviews, surveys, and usability testing.
• Experience translating user needs and research findings into actionable product and design solutions.
• Strong understanding of interaction design, information architecture, usability, and user-centered design principles.
• Experience creating wireframes, user flows, mockups, prototypes, and application/interface designs.
• Strong visual design skills, including typography, layout, hierarchy, and iconography.
• Experience collaborating with product managers, engineers/developers, end users, and business stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively within cross-functional and iterative product development environments.
• Experience with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator or comparable design tools.
• Strong communication, presentation, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience supporting digital products within large-scale digital product environments, enterprise, or consumer-facing organizations.
• Familiarity with Agile product development and working with product backlogs and user stories.
• Experience analyzing quantitative product or user data.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Familiarity with data cleansing and data analysis techniques.
• Working knowledge of SQL and/or Python for analyzing or interpreting data.
• Experience using data alongside qualitative research to inform product and UX decisions.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.