UX/UI Designer

Company: MAQ Software
Location: Redmond
Posted on: May 7, 2022

Job Description:

User experience design for Power BI visualizations and reports, web applications, and mobile applications that use Windows 10, Surface and the latest mobile devices.

• Collaborate with other designers to evangelize new interface guidelines and design patterns.
• Actively seek to understand business requirements to develop solutions.
• Extremely comfortable presenting work to clients, gathering feedback and sharing it to other team members
• Take ideas from the concept to the production stage, using storyboarding, personas, user journeys, wireframing, prototypes, and other communication/presentation methods.
• Produce information architecture, task-flow diagrams, and data visualizations -
• Solve all sorts of design challenges with creativity, efficiency, and precision; a full stack designer (interaction, usability, graphic design, HTML, CSS, Power BI)
• Solicit feedback from other team members to continually raise the bar for quality
• Work with the team in an Agile environment by illustrating clear user stories and testing
• Stay up to date on current themes, trends, and technologies in user experience design Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in interaction design, user-centered design, or a design-related field
  • Proven track record in the creation of interaction models, screen designs, and UI details that promote ease of use and optimize the user experience for reporting
  • Portfolio demonstrating UX/UI experience in web, application, and/or reporting design
  • Demonstrable ability to do wireframing, rapid prototyping, and storyboarding.
  • Strong experience with or a desire to learn basic data analytics and data viz technique.
  • Basic working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud, including Illustrator, XD, Photoshop, Figma and associated design tools
  • Strong knowledge about various concepts of design psychology such as Hick's Law, Von-Restorff Effect, Gestalt principles of visual perception, etc.
  • Excellent communication skills within cross-functional teams
  • Ability to explain design processes and concepts-i.e., why a design works or why it doesn't
  • Exceptional visual design skills with a focus on high-quality deliverables
  • Self-directed, confident, and able to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to balance speed and quality when managing competing priorities - Preferred Qualifications:
    • Bachelor's degree in interaction design, new media design, or design-related field
    • Basic knowledge of data reporting (Tableau, Power BI, etc.)
    • Past experience and demonstrated interest in data visualization Our company offers competitive pay and benefits including paid time off (PTO), comprehensive medical and dental insurance, and a retirement plan with 3% company match and immediate vesting.

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