Title: Lead UX Designer Location: Fully RemoteDuration: 6+ MonthsCompensation: $70-80/hr W2Industry: BankingWork Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the US Job Description:The Lead User Experience (UX) Designer works independently and collaboratively to design user-friendly, responsive digital products that meet the needs of end-users and creates value for the business within technical, timeline, budgetary and regulatory constraints. This role requires a high level of critical thinking and leadership, and performs UX tasks for a digital project/product team, including research and analysis, wireframing and prototyping, usability testing, and UX QA of builds.Responsibilities: Lead pods that design products from concept to launch, ensuring that design meets business and user needs. Analyze, interpret, and communicate business requirements that often include complex workflows and financial data. Lead UX discovery, including competitive analysis, stakeholder interviews, heuristic evaluations, and information architecture. Create artifacts at appropriate levels of fidelity that help illustrate business and user needs as well as current and future user flows (e.g., personas, scenarios, flow diagrams). Develop and document information architecture, screen concepts, functionality, and interaction design (e.g., sitemaps, screen sketches, wireframes, prototypes). Champion and contribute to design libraries, style guides and design systems. Ensure the application of insights and best practices that inform the best solutions to business and user needs. Professionally present UX concepts, recommendations, and deliverables. Lead internal and external feedback sessions and design reviews. Partner with the UX Research team to obtain insights from users via user research and usability tests. Collaborate closely and effectively with other functional roles, such as product managers, business analysts, business systems analysts, engineers, and quality assurance/engineering teammates. Work collaboratively with developers during planning, building, and testing to communicate the UX vision and see it to completion. Support multiple workstreams, prioritizing work based on impact and effort. Provide UX consulting for external initiatives as needed. Coach and mentor junior designers to help them grow professionally. Create/build out wireframes and other UX deliverables across desktop, mobile web. Craft User Interface design for web, application, and mobile devices. Research interaction design and technological trends. Collect and refine requirements related to the development of the platform(s). Develop consumer-grade visual designs and ensure consistency across products. Support user testing and analysis of results.Skillset / Experience: Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication Strong analytic and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and self-motivation Previous experience on financial institutions or banking products is preferred. Highly skilled at wireframe creation and effective documentation development and requirements documentation Strong understanding of responsive design as well as touch design best practices Proficient in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suite. Strong collaboration, organizational and analytical skills, working with cross-functional teams and external users Experience working hands on and in collaboration with researchers and user testing. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects at once Ability to adapt to evolving trends in design and developmentOur benefits package includes: Comprehensive medical benefits Competitive pay, 401(k) Retirement plan …and much more!About INSPYR Solutions:As a leading technology solutions company, we connect top IT talent with clients to provide innovative business solutions through our IT Staffing, Professional Services, and Infrastructure Solutions divisions. There are four elements that set us apart and serve as pillars of our company philosophy: Quality, Expertise, People, and Relationships. By always striving for excellence in these areas and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly together with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.PDN-99a3f7bd-c334-410f-891c-5f8849a6ca3c