UX Analyst Position- Chicago, IL

[Katie VanTuinen]

Senior User Experience Analyst

 

·         Understanding our clients’ business and brand strategies; commitment
to activating those strategies through innovative user experiences

·         Understanding people’s wants, needs, expectations and current
behaviors / processes; developing personas / scenarios / stories as design
tools for the team

·         Leading immersive user research, concept testing and usability testing;
demonstrated ability to apply guerilla user research and usability tactics to
solving design challenges

·         Suggesting and prioritizing appropriate features, content and creative
concepts that marry people’s needs with brand and business objectives

·         Conducting audits of existing experiences based on both functional and
emotional communication best practices; preparing reports of findings and
improvement recommendations

·         Developing site maps that define page hierarchy, navigation schemas,
taxonomy and nomenclature

·         Defining interaction diagrams and page-level wireframes that push
interaction boundaries

·         Defining functionality and content management

·         Collaborating closely with visual designers, copywriters, animators,
technologists and more

·         Leading user experience discussions and reviews with clients

·         Mentoring and delegating appropriately to more junior user experience
professionals

 

 

Qualifications / Requirements:

·         3-8 years experience applying iterative, user-centered research and
design principles to designing and developing digital solutions

·         Bachelor’s degree in relevant field; graduate degree a plus

·         Solid understanding of front-end and back-end technologies

·         Solid understanding of content strategy

·         Excellent client service, presentation and team skills

·         Adobe InDesign skills; Visio a plus