User Experience/Visual Designer

Job description

Who We Are

Looking to disrupt how businesses operate? McKinsey Global Institute ranks knowledge work automation as one of the most disruptive technologies to transform business. Here's the chance to become a part of the IBM Digital Business Automation design team and improve the way business is done across several industries. We design integrated products that enable our clients to automate the capturing of data, routing of workflows, and management of decisions across the enterprise. This role will also have you designing how Artificial Intelligence can be used to increase the efficiency and operational quality of our products.

The Position

We are seeking an experienced User Experience (UX/Visual) Designer in San Jose, California with a proven record of delivering irresistible solutions that address our customers' most challenging business problems and opportunities. You will have several years of experience collaborating effectively with Product Management and Engineering in agile and lean delivery methodologies. You will demonstrate leadership, technical curiosity, and tenacity to partner with some of the leading technologists in the field of cloud and cognitive computing.

Responsibilities

·  Deliver, review and critique the UX Designs of a multi-skilled design team to ensure effective and rich designs (great interaction, supreme visual styling, consistent and appropriate use of voice and tone, etc)
·  Work with UX Designers, visual designers, researchers and product managers to understand user's needs and behaviors for the industries in which they work
·  Participate in lean UX activities (in person and remote) in an Agile environment such as user/design research, interviews and workshops
·  Analyze and synthesize the findings; distilling the inherent complexity in the user's experiences and identify the right problems to solve
·  Translate findings into usable, useful, effective and efficient user experiences
·  Clearly and quickly deliver ideas to cross-functional teams
·  Provide information verbally and visually through low and mid-fidelity renderings (starting with paper and pencil/whiteboard) and clickable prototypes
·  Test and validate working hypothesis with users through usability testing of wireframes, clickable prototypes and published product, and participate in design critique
·  Work with Visual Designers and Developers to bring concepts to life while maintaining UX standard methodologies

Who You Are

Creative, curious, questioning, open to take and provide critique and have a ton of initiative able to focus on design detail and ascertain user value and impact as part of their software experience. You possess experience solving complex design problems for Web interactions or software solutions, and are capable of translating research findings into complex interaction designs that provide usable, effective and efficient experiences to users. Your keen written and verbal communication skills include the ability to articulate alternative approaches. You have the demonstrated ability to…
·  Produce and enhance low-fidelity sketches and medium fidelity wireframes to facilitate communication of recommended solutions
·  Create interactive prototypes
·  Tell a meaningful story about the user and great presentation skills
·  Rapidly learn to work with and apply new technologies
·  Also, branding, visual background for marketing communications ephemera
Auto req ID

217633BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Designer
State / Province

CALIFORNIA
Primary job category

Design & Offering Management
Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
ERBP

Yes
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

Up to 10% or 1 day a week
IBM Business Group

CLOUD
Preferred Education

Master's Degree
City / Township / Village

SAN JOSE
Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Portfolio and work samples including user-centered design skills, visualizations of complex experiences such as flows, scenarios, personas, etc. (any fidelity), sketches to mid-fidelity interactions (show your process) and clickable prototypes (any fidelity)
·  Examples of beginning and ending interactions (micro interactions) and/or mobile/responsive design considerations
·  2+ years of experience solving complex user problems
·  At least 2 years of experience in working in a broad portfolio of related products and/or constitute a complex solution
·  Understanding of Design principles and their application
·  Bachelor's Degree in User Experience Design, Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Experimental Psychology
Skill-keywords

User Experience, Agile, clickable prototypes ,
Human Computer Interaction
Country/Region

United States
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

·  4+ years experience designing for accessibility
·  Data visualization skills
·  Data analysis and statistical analysis experience
·  Design experience with complex enterprise applications
·  Master's Degree in User Experience Design, Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Science or
Secondary Job Category

Design
Eligibility Requirements

*None
Position Type

Professional
Early Professional Track

Not Applicable - Professional Hire