Digital Product Designer
- Oak Brook, IL
- $118,000-155,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Leads the development of and maintains design guidelines, best practices, and standards
- Designs intuitive and user-friendly interfaces and experiences for complex and highly technology clients, ensuring they align with human-centered design principles
- Leads the functional workstream of functional designers and gathering business and functional requirements from clients to translate into the best potential design
- Creates wireframes, business process flows, user flows, and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
- Manages and oversees design tasks, aligning back to project timelines, budgets, and client expectations
- Collaborates closely with other departments, developers, and client stakeholders to understand requirements and integrate user feedback into design decisions
- Leads technical discussions with team members to enhance delivery efficiency, adding expertise to support project objectives
- Communicates effectively with other departments, the project team, and the client team/stakeholders
- Stays abreast of the latest UI/UX trends, tools, and technologies, applying best practices to our projects and processes
- Presents and defends designs and key milestone deliverables to project teams and clients
- Other duties as required
- Oversees and delegates to junior business analysts
- Bachelor's degree, required
- Six (6) or more years professional experience as a UI/UX designer, or technical/functional business analyst or equivalent IT Solutions and technology role, required
- Experience gathering, documenting requirements and leading working sessions, required
- A strong portfolio showcasing expertise in user interface design, user experience design, and simplifying the user experience for complex products, required
- Web application design experience, required
- Mobile application design experience, preferred
- Certification in UX Design or Interaction Design, preferred
- Proficient in design and prototyping tools (e.g., Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, InVision, Figma), required
- Azure DevOps, Atlassian Products including JIRA, Visio or other project management tools, preferred
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across different teams and disciplines
- Knowledge of the software development life cycle and demonstrate the ability to multiple teams
- Ability to proactively identify risks and participate in the mitigation plan
- Ability to solve problems, identify solutions, and appropriately escalate issues
- Excellent knowledge of leading practices in design and management of a design function
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Strong organizational skills, especially the ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details
- Strong knowledge of human centered design
- Excellent understanding of the full mobile and web development process, including design, development, and deployment
- Strong knowledge of accessibility requirements for designs
- Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to effectively lead a team of product design professionals and delegate work assignments as needed
- Ability to encourage team environment on projects and contribute to the professional development of assigned personnel
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $118,000 - $155,000
Maryland Range: $118,000 - $155,000About Us:Join us at BDO, where you will find more than a career, you'll find a place where your work is impactful, and you are valued for your individuality. We offer flexibility and opportunities for advancement. Our culture is centered around making meaningful connections, approaching interactions with curiosity, and being true to yourself, all while making a positive difference in the world.At BDO, our purpose of helping people thrive every day is at the heart of everything we do. Together, we are focused on delivering exceptional and sustainable outcomes and value for our people, our clients, and our communities. BDO is proud to be an ESOP company, reflecting a culture that puts people first, by sharing financially in our growth in value with our U.S. team. BDO professionals provide assurance, tax and advisory services for a diverse range of clients across the U.S. and in over 160 countries through our global organization.BDO is the first large accounting and advisory organization to implement an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). A qualified retirement plan, the ESOP offers participants a stake in the firm's success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being. The ESOP stands as a compelling addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits* offerings. The annual allocation to the ESOP is fully funded by BDO through investments in company stock and grants employees the chance to grow their wealth over time as their shares vest and grow in value with the firm's success, with no employee contributions.We are committed to delivering exceptional experiences to middle market leaders by sharing insight-driven perspectives, helping companies take business as usual to better than usual. With industry knowledge and experience, a breadth and depth of resources, and unwavering commitment to quality, we pride ourselves on:
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