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Overview

Guidehouse is a leading management consulting firm serving the public and commercial markets. We guide our clients forward towards new futures that build trust in society and your professional skills along the journey. Join us at Guidehouse.

Responsibilities

Guidehouse is seeking a highly motivated, strategic, and creative Sr. User Experience Designer to build and drive best-in-class user experiences. You understand how people think, operate and interact with complex sets of data and are comfortable working with designers, developers, data/analytics and product managers to determine the framework for the overall user experience of digital products.

You will help build and lead a team of UX designers to support product initiatives, communicate and present across all levels of the organization, and work with multiple cross-functional teams. You will work closely with our clients on large digital engagements, helping to envision creative, innovation solutions to complex business problems. This candidate will be the voice of the user, expected to properly convey what the user wants, needs, and expects from the products that we are creating.

Qualifications

Required:

• Work with the UX Lead to establish the overall direction and vision for UX team (establish approach, tools and process)

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to define product experience

• Serve as the voice of the user while meeting the needs of the customer

• Conceptualize, execute and refine design specifications and design standards in the form of interaction models, process flows, information architecture, wireframes, prototypes and functional design specs

• Understand complex qualitative and quantitative research data, business goals and requirements, and translate them into functional designs

• Drive and document design standards and patterns across products

• Create customer-centric designs that address business, brand and user requirements

• Manage, mentor, and provide feedback to UX designers, with a focus on delivering high quality UX solutions to our clients

• Lead participatory design activities (e.g. client workshops, card sorting) to understand vision, business model and knowledge about user needs and behaviors.

• Conduct, design and analyze user experience and usability testing, incorporating testing best practices

• Create user-centered designs by considering market analysis, customer feedback, and usability findings

• A minimum of 4-6 years of experience in information architecture and UX design for user-centered projects such as: responsive websites, web and mobile applications and other interactive touch points

• Experience in Human Computer Interaction, Digital Media Design, Fine Arts or related field is desired

• Demonstrate a portfolio of work with a proven track record for solving complex UX design problems

• In-depth knowledge of iOS and Android platforms

• Experience managing and mentoring a team

• Experience building low and high fidelity prototypes of digital products to illustrate future concepts and functionality to clients

• Outstanding facilitation, brainstorming and collaboration skills

• Proven experience conducting user research and translating user research into design decisions

• Experience building design systems that integrate with complex data

• Strong background in usability testing, and building rapid prototypes

• Experience working with an Agile development team

• Experience closely collaborating with technical teams

• Expert knowledge of tools like Sketch, Craft, Adobe Creative Cloud, Invision and Principle

• Familiarity with current web development technologies, standards and best practices, including: HTML5, CSS, JavaScript

Must provide a portfolio of work for review

Minimum Years of Experience: 4-6 years (agency experience is a plus)

Minimum Degree: Bachelors Degree

Travel: 0-50%

Additional Requirements

• The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

Disclaimer

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Rewards and Benefits

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Basic Life & Supplemental Life

Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

Skills Development & Certifications

Employee Referral Program

Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program