UX Designer

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs.

Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.

Job Title:

User Experience Designer

Duration: 5 month (may extend)

Location:

Philadelphia, PA and Bingham Farms, MI

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with product teams to uncover business needs, develop design strategies and communicate your design solutions

• Design and specify the product experience using iterative design techniques including design studios, customer interviews and usability testing

• Produce design deliverables such as sketches, scenarios, wireframes, mental models and prototypes

• Effectively communicate research findings, conceptual ideas and detailed design rationale both verbally and visually

• Help define and maintain a global patterns and guidelines library

• Evangelize experience design throughout the organization

Qualifications:

• Proven ability to work in a cross-discipline, open and creative team

• Highly creative, detail-oriented, passionate about delivering the best user experience possible

• Excellent communication and writing skills

• Ability to work independently and juggle multiple UX projects at a time

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite

• Familiarity with modern web technologies

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a design-related discipline

• Background in visual design a plus

• Experience in rapid prototyping a plus

• Experience working in an agile development environment a plus