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Lead UI Designer

Aumni

Aumni

Design
London, UK
Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2024

Job Description

JP Morgan Chase continuously seeks innovative ways to attract customers, deepen engagement, and drive user satisfaction through delightful interactions with digital products and experiences. Our business accelerator teams work at the heart of new product development to design, build, and manage new consumer and business-facing
products and solutions.


We are part of one of the new ventures within the business accelerator, focused on developing products that put the customer at the centre. We have created a new B2B
organisation with diverse professionals that come from a wide set of skills, backgrounds and experiences.
Culture is important to us, and we are looking for intellectually curious and driven individuals with a demonstrated passion for creating compelling B2B products and services for our customers.


We are looking for a deeply engaged UI designer to join us. In this role, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of designers, user researchers, product and engineers
creating products and services for our customers.


This role requires an extensive understanding of UI design for digital products and services with a focus on B2B. A balanced understanding of interaction, motion, colour,
iconography, typography, design system and visual design is a must.


Currently, our team is still small - meaning you’ll be able to have a big impact on the overall direction and shape the future together with our customers, users, and team
members.


Job Responsibilities:


● Work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team of researchers, product designers and engineers to create new B2B customer-focused products and services
● Lead and advise on how to ensure the delivery of visual UI designs are implemented effectively through product design to engineering build to deployment
● Lead and create high-quality visual UI design outcomes like mood boards, concepts, UI layouts, design system components and style guides
● Proactively contribute to Design Systems work collaborating with product designers and engineers
● Partner with leads and stakeholders to identify and evolve visual design directions
● Ensure deliverables are consistent with the brand and Design Systems
● Understand wider design application including brand, experience and implementation
● Base decisions on solid visual design principles and customer data
● Having a deep understanding of the business drivers behind the product goals
● Champion accessibility and usability through visual, interface and interaction design
● Provide accurate estimation of tasks and help with prioritisation
● Deliver visual UI design outcomes to stakeholders in a timely manner and efficient execution.
● Work closely with other disciplines to understand and provide feedback to design context
● Present and communicate work and recommendations to the wider organisation
● Manage stakeholders and proactively solve issues affecting visual UI design quality
● Support best practices and methodologies to drive efficiency and effectiveness
● Uphold design consistency and excellence of visual UI design deliverables

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:


● Strong hands on experience in roles such as Senior or Lead UI designer, across multiple devices and platforms (experience with B2B applications is a plus)
● Strong portfolio of deep understanding of visual UI design fundamentals (colour, iconography, typography, structure and visual hierarchy) and solid application of
user interface (usability, comprehension, and accessibility)
● Experience and examples of interaction design (aesthetics, animations, and transitions)
● Experienced in creating UI design using input from user research, business requirements, technology and brand
● Experience of designing and/or implementing solutions for products/ services as well as production knowledge of the delivery process
● Experience in creating visual design language and UI for Design Systems, component libraries, style guides, and documentation
● Awareness and practical understanding of current technologies and their application and relevance to digital experiences
● Proven understanding of B2B design
● Solid communication and interpersonal skills
● Ability to actively listen, hear and understand what is said and not said, and with nuanced comprehension of meaning and intent
● Comfortable developing and sustaining effective and cooperative working relationships with peers, managers and other internal or external stakeholders
● Ability to influence others and provide thought leadership on user centereddesign.
● Flexibility / adaptability (ability to change direction based upon team and stakeholder consensus)
● Expert knowledge of modern design systems, prototyping software and design tools (we use Figma)
● Prototyping skills across a variety of mediums and needs: on paper, in Principle, and other digital methods
● A passion for helping create an environment where people can do their best work
● Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, team-oriented, cross-functional environment
● Experience in the Atlassian suite of software (Jira & Confluence) is desirable
● Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design or related field or equivalent professional experience

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