Senior UX Designer, Vice President

Morgan Stanley • Chicago, IL

92d • $110,000 - $180,000

About The Position

Wealth Management (WM) Platforms manages industry-leading platforms, across all WM channels and client segments, to provide a unified digital experience, unlock growth, and deliver efficiencies for Advisors, Clients, and Institutions. WM Platforms consists of nine sub-teams including: Field Experience & Platforms, Digital Client Experience & Platforms, Workplace Platforms, Automation & Workflow Solutions, Digital Trading & Investing, UX Design & Research, Strategy & Execution, Business Control & Support, and the Chief Operating Office. The Morgan Stanley Wealth Management UX team builds digital experiences that help our clients manage their finances and monitor their investments easily on the Morgan Stanley and E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley platforms. Our growing team of designers and researchers bring an entrepreneurial spirit to a leading global financial firm. We employ design thinking methods and user-centered approaches to solve real business problems. If you can bring clarity to complexity, design holistically in an immense product ecosystem, and have gone the extra mile to create delight, we want you! We are looking for a UX designer to work within our Virtual Client Solutions - Contact Center UX team, specifically focusing on work covering platforms used by our Service and Sales users in the Contact Center. This role will handle the creation and enhancement of iterative design projects.

Requirements

• An outstanding portfolio that demonstrates how you have created experiences that solved business and user needs.
• At least 5-7 Years of experience as a UX designer as a key contributor to the success of products that have launched.
• Proven experience as a UX designer as a key contributor to the success of products that have launched.
• Mastery of strategic, hard, and soft UX skills.
• Bachelor's degree in design or related field; master's degree is a plus.
• Fluency in Figma and Jira.
• Experience designing intuitive CRM interfaces that enhance user experience and drive customer engagement.
• Proven ability to conduct user research, design wireframes and prototypes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver seamless CRM solutions.
• Ability to fully utilize and work with less skilled designers.
• High tolerance for projects with ambiguity and the ability to set the direction for undefined, complex projects.
• Resilience in the face of obstacles.
• Relentless desire to validate assumptions and uncover a problems' root cause by testing, learning, and iterating.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with tight timelines.
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do hands-on work.
• Ability to glean insights from data and incorporate them into design solutions.

Nice To Haves

• Previous work experience in finance.

Responsibilities

• Sit on cross-functional teams, working with product management, business analysts, and development to translate strategic goals and user insights into impactful design solutions.
• Partner with product and development teams to define the vision and set the bar for quality standards while helping to improve work that does not meet this threshold.
• Drive intuitive and efficient UX design solutions that boost contact center users' productivity and reduce turnaround times.
• Ensure thoughtful, user-centered experiences as we migrate from legacy systems to Salesforce.
• Collaborate closely with our research team to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data and make value-driven design decisions.
• Design holistic solutions that integrate seamlessly into our Wealth Management product ecosystem.
• Create and present a variety of design deliverables (sketches, wireframes, user flows and prototypes) in a way that engenders confidence in you and your solutions within the team and the greater organization.
• Balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints within the context of CRM platform capabilities.
• Mentor and guide junior designers, fostering a high standard of UX craft and collaboration across the team.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Work life balance.
• Clear career path.
• Great benefits including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans.
• Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law, Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually).
• 10 Paid Holidays.
• 401(k).
• Short/Long Term Disability.
• Special perks reserved for employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree