UX/UI Designer

Thrivent•Minneapolis, MN

2d•$89,691 - $121,346

About The Position

The UX/UI Designer is an experienced member of the Thrivent Asset Management digital experience team, leading discovery, design, and delivery. The role provides direction for the functional and visual design of web and mobile experiences and contributes to feedback and iteration throughout the product life cycle. It combines creating new experiences from a blank canvas with detailed user experience design. The designer creates user-centered experiences informed by research, business needs, analytics, and user feedback in an agile environment. They lead design efforts, develop and evolve design systems, conduct user testing, and partner with developers and cross-functional teams to support effective implementation. The role also advocates for quality and accessibility, contributes to the evolution of design processes, and communicates design concepts, decisions, and vision.

Requirements

Portfolio of work samples demonstrating design work and original approaches to challenges.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Digital Design, Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience as an interaction designer, user interface designer, or in a similar role.
Expert-level proficiency with UX design software and tools, such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
Strong visual design skills, including typography, animation, iconography, color, and composition.
Experience with atomic design systems and pattern libraries.
Experience designing for web, tablet, and mobile devices.
Excellent user experience and interaction design skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely through visual specifications.
Knowledge of digital accessibility and accessible design principles.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of contemporary design and development methodologies.
Ability to extract complex concepts and quickly produce rigorous flows, mockups, and interactive prototypes that reflect a range of options.
Ability to manage ambiguity, work autonomously, and multitask in an agile environment.
Ability to demonstrate visual design expertise through mockups and style guides.
Additional design skills in related fields, including motion design and prototyping.
Strong understanding of typography, color, and layout principles.
Motion design and video-editing skills.
Experience with complex prototyping, including animations and micro-interactions for digital products.
Experience conducting competitive analyses, research, and/or usability testing.

Responsibilities

Create user-centered designs informed by research, business needs, analytics, and user feedback in an agile environment.
Participate in whiteboarding, design-thinking, and story-mapping exercises.
Design UX and interaction flows for responsive web and mobile experiences.
Develop sketches, visual mockups, navigation flows, storyboards, wireframes, and interactive prototypes to communicate design ideas.
Work as a solo designer or design leader and lead design efforts on assigned programs.
Educate others and contribute to the evolution of the design process.
Lead user testing to assess the usability of new and existing products.
Develop low- to high-fidelity interactive prototypes and iterate based on user insights and stakeholder and user feedback.
Deliver on-brand, high-quality, development-ready responsive UI designs for web and mobile, incorporating accessibility best practices.
Evolve and develop the design system and library.
Partner with developers and cross-functional teams to assess and optimize features and page templates, and support accurate implementation of approved designs.
Give and receive feedback, advocate for quality, learn new tools and processes, develop design skills, and stay current on UX/UI and accessibility best practices.
Present concepts and designs with a clear point of view and communicate the vision, ideas, process, and decisions.