UX Designer
Full TimeJob Overview
Gravity Global is the world’s most awarded marketing consultancy, specialising in brands operating in complex markets. Led by strategy, innovation, technology, data, and creativity, we create brand-and-demand marketing programmes that drive transformational growth for our clients.
With 14 wholly owned offices across the US, Europe, and APAC, you can develop a truly global career in a rapidly scaling organisation.
For this position, we are looking for a seasoned UX designer with digital agency experience leading website projects from research and discovery through to design hand-off. Experience with stakeholder interviews, requirements gathering, heuristic and competitive audits, and wireframing within Figma are a must. Must be a creative problem solver with a solutions-oriented attitude.
For this position, we are looking for a seasoned UX designer with digital agency experience leading website projects from research and discovery through to design hand-off. Experience with stakeholder interviews, requirements gathering, heuristic and competitive audits, and wireframing within Figma are a must. Must be a creative problem solver with a solutions-oriented attitude.
Key Responsibilities
Run the discovery and requirements gathering process for new websites and clients looking to update existing websites.
- Lead requirements gathering sessions with clients to assess their needs and determine mandatory functionality.
- Conduct heuristic evaluations and provide recommendations based on best practices and past experience.
- Review and analyze competitor sites to determine best practices and incorporate related patterns and findings into site recommendations.
- Work with cross-functional teams to incorporate insights from strategy, SEO, and development teams to create a holistic recommendation.
- Website analytics experience, understanding how analytics can translate into UX recommendations.
- Usability testing experience a plus.
Translate business needs into functional requirements and new site or feature designs.
- Create wireframes, flow diagrams, sitemaps, and high-fidelity prototypes that illustrate how requirements translate into new mobile and desktop experiences.
- Present recommendations and conduct working sessions to review design concepts and documentation with clients and incorporate their feedback.
- Work with junior UX designers to assign and mentor their work.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- You know what makes a user experience work, and can show examples from your portfolio of how you’ve balanced usability with conversion optimization.
- You have examples of wireframes and prototypes you’ve completed for mobile and desktop experiences, and you are a pro at working with Figma.
- You have a working knowledge of how website development works to be able to make informed recommendations on what’s easy or difficult to develop.
- You have 3 – 5+ years of professional working experience as a UX specialist at an agency.
- Comfortable working within tight timelines and juggling multiple clients in different industries.
- Note: We are not looking for a visual designer; this role will not include any visual design.