Associate, UX/UI Designer

BlackRock • New York, NY

1d • $153,000 - $162,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

Contributes, maintains, and evolves a unified design system, including conducting audits of existing components, and identifying areas of evolution. Determines the time and resources required for a project and manages timelines with limited interdependencies. Presents design solutions to get alignment from cross-functional partners. Delivers high-fidelity wireframes, interactive prototypes and detailed visual design that outline workflows for key roadmap projects. Documents specifications and standards for engineering and leads visual QA (quality assurance) of deliverables, ensures perfection of in-production designs, enforces standards, provides detailed feedback, and follows through with engineering and product management when necessary. Validates design ideas via user testing, using data to drive solutions and rationale.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Graphic Design, Human Computer Interaction, UX Design, Digital Design, or related field of study and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or as a UX Design Lead, Associate Director, Associate Designer, or related role.
• Must have two (2) years of experience with: Delivering data-heavy digital designs as part of multi-functional teams; End-to-end ownership of UI design projects, including defining requirements, leading discovery phase to inform design direction, conducting multiple rounds of iterations validated by uses, and implementing hi-fidelity specifications; Sketch, InVision, Figma; and Elements of visual design, including Typography, Iconography, Color Theory, Layout, and Composition.
• Must have one (1) year of experience with: Working in design systems and contributing to pattern libraries, including identifying component gaps and documenting new patterns.
• Must have six (6) months of experience with: CSS/HTML.

Responsibilities

• Contributes, maintains, and evolves a unified design system, including conducting audits of existing components, and identifying areas of evolution.
• Determines the time and resources required for a project and manages timelines with limited interdependencies.
• Presents design solutions to get alignment from cross-functional partners.
• Delivers high-fidelity wireframes, interactive prototypes and detailed visual design that outline workflows for key roadmap projects.
• Documents specifications and standards for engineering and leads visual QA (quality assurance) of deliverables, ensures perfection of in-production designs, enforces standards, provides detailed feedback, and follows through with engineering and product management when necessary.
• Validates design ideas via user testing, using data to drive solutions and rationale.

Benefits

• employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits.
• strong retirement plan
• tuition reimbursement
• comprehensive healthcare
• support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level