Northwestern Medicine
Senior User Experience Designer, Digitial Consumer Products, Full-time, DaysPosted
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Benefits
* $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
* $10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
* $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
* $250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
* Matching 401(k)
* Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
* Life insurance
* Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
* Paid time off and Holiday pay
Northwestern Medicine is powered by a community of colleagues who are purpose-driven and committed to our mission to deliver world-class care. Here, you'll work alongside some of the best clinical talent in the nation leading the way in medical innovation and breakthrough research with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
We recognize where you've been, and we support where you're headed. We celebrate diverse perspectives and experiences, which fuel our commitment to equity and culture of service.
Grow your career with comprehensive training and development opportunities, mentorship programs, educational support and student loan repayment.
* Create the life you envision for yourself with flexible work options, a Reimbursable Well-Being Fund and a Total Rewards package that support your physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being.
* Make a difference through volunteer opportunities we offer in local communities and drive inclusive change through our workforce-led resource groups.
From discovery to delivery, come help us shape the future of medicine.
Description
The Senior User Experience Designer, Information Services, reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.
The Senior User Experience Designer is responsible for leading the Information Services team in prototyping, wireframes, flowcharts, storyboards, sketches, site maps and user testing.
Northwestern Medicine Information Services drives innovative, high-value solutions to transform health care.
We are committed to supporting the relentless pursuit of better medicine by providing exceptional service to our patients and guests as well as internal clients across the organization. To ensure excellence, our team goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure that our systems work together seamlessly.
Northwestern Medicine understands that technology plays an integral role in shaping the future of health care. Information Services strategically supports the organization by:
* Leveraging AI, automation and rollout of advanced cyber controls that support digital transformationstrategies
* Implementing advanced technologies in clinical and administrative areas
* Furthering development of the end user support model to help enhance modern infrastructure
Responsibilities:
* Support NM healthcare departments and Information Services in developing easy-to-use digital products
* Apply strategic thinking and demonstrate awareness of business goals while striving for a highly usable and engaging end-to-end user experience
* Define, socialize and implement best practices for user experience design, leveraging industry standards
* Turn user experience ideas into practical, workable, testable concepts. Translate those concepts into recommendations that achieve simplicity, despite the inherent complexity of processes being supported
* Translate broad business requirements into detailed UI specifications, using a variety of tools and documents, including sitemaps, paper prototypes or wireframes, user interfaces, screen mock-ups and style guidelines
* Develop and create documentation of user personas, scenarios and tasks, as well as conceptual models and process flows
* Collaborate with a cross-functional team including project managers, designers, content specialists, software developers and technical leads to produce final designs and user interface specifications
* Review final implementation of UI designs/projects to ensure proper execution of the user experience and compliance with the specifications
* Plan and conduct qualitative and quantitative user research. Lead and/or participate in testing, analysis, and synthesis of findings as appropriate. May include usability testing, stakeholder interviews, market research and web analytics
* Stay current on emerging industry trends and the competitive landscape
* Contribute to UAT process for all new application enhancements with Digital and cross-functionalteams
* Participate in Agile development, contributing to stories, feasibility, and estimations
* Proactively identify problem areas and offer solutions with attention to detail
* Provide mentorship to and engage in training other user experience designers to grow the overallUX discipline
Qualifications
Required:
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
* 5 or more years relevant experience
* Expert knowledge of user interface design, information design, usability principles
* Experience with creating complex, user-centric websites
* Familiarity with web and mobile design/ technologies and their impact on both work practices andthe feasibility of solutions
* Project management skills including scope definition, meeting deadlines, managing multiplepriorities/initiatives simultaneously, stakeholder management and corporate accountability
* Experience with the user-centered design (UCD) process and experience in designing transactional applications
* Solid understanding of information architecture, mastery of user interface design and strong visual design sensibility
* Demonstrated ability to create and leverage requirements assets such as: use cases, wireframes,prototypes and presentations
* Ability to lead user research techniques such as: contextual inquiry, user interviews and usability testing; solid understanding of how to incorporate insights from user research into the user interface design process.
* Proficiency in industry tools, such as: Adobe Creative Suite, Visio, Blazor, Figma, Zeplin, Sketch, Azure, Sitecore, Weebly, etc.
* Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
Preferred:
* Experience within healthcare, major consumer brand or large corporate environment
* Experience in or knowledge of website/application development or coding
* Experience working with mobile devices and technologies, including iOS and Android
Equal Opportunity
Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.
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