Sr UX Design Ops Advisor
Company: Vitamin T
Location: Houston
Posted on: May 16, 2022
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Job Description:
OverviewOur client is looking to expand one of their most
strategic, ambitious, and innovative teams to date!Your role as the
User Experience DesignOps Advisor is a strategic part of both the
UX and Product Leadership teams. This key role will drive the
implementation of UX practices across Digital Technology and
Product Teams with the goal of standardizing process, methods, and
tools that support design and allow design to scale efficiently.You
will provide support that helps to create impact that is
intentionally and intelligently crafted, acting as a bridge that
helps enable collaboration among cross-disciplinary team members.
You will be tasked with ensuring that the design team is supported
so that it can focus on designing and researching.Position
Objectives:We're looking for someone to advise and influence the
design and implementation of our user experience practices across
product teams, our objectives might/will be:Engage and coordinate
with Product Leaders to ensure proper team focus on UXAdvise
Product Teams on staffing, research, design approaches, and other
facets based on UX riskAdvise Product Teams on improving quality
and impact of design outputs for the products with tools for
self-assessment, goal setting, and maturationGeneral assistance
with UX Core Team goalsThe Organizational Structure:As a part of
the Digital Technology Team, directly reporting to the Lead of UX
Strategy, you will work with the rest of the UX Core team and the
Digital Product teams to establish UX processes and measures that
support scalable solutions.A list of high-level responsibilities
and expected experience/skills follows:Define UX risk for teams
based on Project details and goalsAdvise Product Teams on UX
practices with the goal of improving quality and impact of design
outputs for the productsIdentification of escalating UX debtAssist
in promoting and fostering experience alignment across the
company's ecosystemEngage with stakeholders, product owners,
developers, and end-users to gain insights that inform your design
decisions.Promote the value of user experience at project,
portfolio, and organization level.Produce user flows, wireframes,
prototypes, and user interface specification based on project
requirements and user storiesVisualize solutions using professional
design tools as well as sticky notes, sketch boards, whiteboard
markers or whatever tools are necessary to rapidly work from
concepts to prototypes. Rapidly and iteratively create low and
high-fidelity clickable and interactive prototypesEngage with
users, as necessary, on-site at operational locations (domestic and
international) for observational research as well as design
validationPlan and execute evaluative research to get feedback
iteratively and rapidly on ideas and designs at various stages in
design and development. Methods to include: early design concept
testing, prototype testing, remote testing, surveys, benchmark
studies, usability test, heuristic evaluation, etcIdentify gaps
between the current and the ideal user experience to drive
innovation focus and purposeContinuously challenge the
effectiveness of design solutions, recommending changes, as
appropriateServe as a subject matter expert on user-centered
design, design thinking and our end-users needsWHAT YOU BRING TO
THE TEAM:Bachelors or Masters in Human Factors, Interaction,
Industrial or Product Design, Cognitive, Experimental or Behavioral
Psychology, Anthropology, or related field (or equivalent
professional experience)5+ years working in the User eXperience
field, preferably in a lead roleStrong communication and
organizational influence skills.Ability and desire to coach
non-design professionals in value and techniques of UXAbility and
desire to create inclusive and accessible design patterns according
to WCAG standards as well as user expectations and needsAbility and
desire to give design reviews and feedback to more junior UX
designersExperience using standard UX design tools to rapidly
translate concepts into interfacesExperience conducting Design
Thinking workshops or Design SprintsExperience applying research
findings to interaction designUnderstanding of user-centered design
user research methodologies including quantitative and qualitative
techniques for both evaluative and generative researchUnderstanding
of user-centered design methods and best practicesUnderstanding of
design thinking methods, templates, and mindsetProficient in MS
office products, working knowledge of the Adobe suite and standard
design toolsExperience working with cross functional, collaborative
teamsExtremely detail oriented, flexible to change, high tolerance
for ambiguity and self-motivatedMust be comfortable making
decisions independently as well as within a team**Relocation
Assistance Available for the right candidate**
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