One of SGA's major financial clients is seeking a UI Designer for a contract position in Chicago, Il.  The User Interface Designer will Conduct and analyze client research, producing user persona s based on analysis of client interviews and metrics. Conduct usability testing to validate UI design with stakeholders and end-users, writing test scripts, facilitating usability sessions, analyzing test results and presenting findings. Uphold user interface and site design guidelines to ensure consistency across the application. Provide guidance to ensure effective translation of user interface designs during technical implementation. Proactively identify opportunities to improve the site usability and the overall quality of the site design, organization and structure. And Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT): test participant, issue identification and resolution. The candidate must possess the ability to produce site maps, user flows, wireframes, page layouts and User Interface Specification deliverables for hand-off to technology. The candidate must also be able to provide guidance to Content Managers to define and develop content to support customers online interactions
Knowledge and Skills Requirements


College degree in Interaction or Interface design, or comparable professional experience required

5+ years experience in web site and application design, preferably at a financial institution, or supporting a transaction-based site.

Strong visual design sense, familiarity with branding standards.

Ability to translate customer and business requirements and Use Cases into effective User Interface Designs.

Ability to write and maintain detailed functional specification documentation supporting UI designs.

Ability to develop and translate design guidelines and standards.

Knowledge of the Internet, Internet Technologies, web development processes & tools and web production

Knowledge of accessibility standards and solutions

In-depth knowledge of User Interface Design, best practices and industry standards

In-depth knowledge of user/customer-centered design and development approaches

Familiarity with transactional or e-commerce interface design required, experience with financial services preferred.

Familiarity with end-user prototype and usability testing

Familiarity with contextual inquiry style client research and user persona s

Experience with Axure, Visio, Fireworks, Photoshop and Morae a plus

(UI DESIGN over 1.0 year(s) OR UI DEVELOPER over 1.0 year(s) OR USER INTERFACE DEVELOPER over 1.0 year(s) OR USER INTERFACE DESIGNER over 1.0 year(s) ) AND(DESIGN over 2.0 year(s) OR DESIGNER over 2.0 year(s) ) AND(USABILITY )
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To apply: http://www.gadball.com/job/20059876/ui-designer/?sid=18