User Experience Designer | Hybrid

Job description

At Allianz Life, we are guided by our mission – we secure your future – and by our common goal of caring for tomorrow. We care for our employees by promoting an inclusive culture where everyone has the opportunity to grow and be rewarded for their success. We care for our customers by creating new products that help them protect their families and pursue their retirement goals. We care for our community by giving time, resources, and donations. And we care for the future by supporting sustainability, protecting the local environment, and promoting social equity.

 

What you do:

 

As a UX Designer, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional mobile and desktop digital experiences through effective design, research, and testing. You will play a critical role in shaping our product's usability and customer satisfaction by translating business requirements into innovative user experiences.

 

·  Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketers, copywriters, art directors, developers, analysts, and project leads, to translate business requirements into exceptional user experiences.
·  Create user-centered design solutions for web pages, emails, and interactive tools, and produce supporting deliverables including user flows, wireframes, and prototypes.
·  Contribute to the maintenance and evolution of our existing UI design system, ensuring consistency and adherence to best practices, digital accessibility, and brand guidelines.
·  Translate complex product information into clear and user-friendly content, maintaining brand consistency and enhancing the overall user experience.
·  Conduct user research and discovery, including methods such as interviews, surveys, and analytics analysis, to gather insights and inform digital design decisions.
·  Stay informed about industry trends, UX research methodologies, and emerging technologies, bringing new insights and tools to the team.

 

Skills Requirements

 

·  Demonstrates effective presentation skills and ability to integrate feedback into work.
·  Ability to partner seamlessly with different members of the organization to understand project requirements and goals and effectively communicate recommendations.
·  Experience demonstrating conceptual thinking and execution.
·  Proven experience as a UX Designer, showcasing a portfolio of successful projects.
·  Proficiency with UI design tools, preferably Figma, using design systems, creating mockups, and crafting prototypes.
·  Attention to detail and ability to maintain consistency across design elements.
·  Strong sense of UX design methodology, interaction principles, and best practices.
·  Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
·  Self-motivated, able to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
·  Proficiency in digital accessibility standards and ability to incorporate accessibility best practices into design solutions.
·  Proficient skills in writing for UX and interfaces, ensuring user instructions and interactions are intuitive and easy to understand.
·  Ability to consume, learn, and work with unfamiliar and complex information, developing a baseline understanding of financial products to inform effective design solutions.
·  Ability to research and apply competitive and industry best practices to design processes, ensuring innovative and user-centered solutions.
·  Experience with contextual design techniques, and applying them to create user experiences that are tailored to specific user contexts and needs.
·  Understanding of AI and GenAI technologies and their applications in UX design to enhance user interactions and experiences.
·  Basic understanding of fintech concepts, and eagerness to develop knowledge in financial technology to inform design decisions.
·  Utilize artificial intelligence tools and resources (e.g. generative AI)

 

What you bring:

 

·  2+ years of experience in UX design or related field
·  UX certification or equivalent
·  Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
·  You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. and will not require immigration sponsorship for visa status now or in the future (e.g. H1-B, L-1, TN, etc). If you are currently on CPT/OPT, you are ineligible due to the need for future immigration sponsorship.

 

Salary Range: $57,000 - $114,000

74661 | Marketing & Design | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz US Life | Full-Time | Permanent

 

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable laws and regulations. 

 

Nearest Major Market: Minneapolis