Lead UX Designer

Company Description• Temporary role from 9/30-12/31/2024• Remote• This position is W2 only, US based.Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, the company has put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and business performance, Merkle delivers holistic, end-to-end experiences that drive growth, engagement, and loyalty. Merkle's expertise has earned recognition as a "Leader" by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.Job DescriptionOur product teams at Merkle are passionate about building products that directly affect people's lives. We are seeking a LEAD UX Designer-TEMPORARY to work with both the design team and our development teams to produce engaging, intuitive, enjoyable user experiences for end-users. Reporting to the Director, User Experience, you will participate in product discovery and delivery. You will work with our clients to understand their needs and with end-users to understand their goals. Working with the Product Owner, you will help develop a product vision. You will create product solutions and present them to the design team, the development team, end-users, and partners, to collect feedback and iterate toward the best solution. You will establish patterns and create familiar experiences that reduce the end-user's cognitive load. This is a TEMPORARY role from 9/30/2024-12/31/2024, 40 hours per week. There is a chance that this position could convert to a permanent role in the future.Responsibilities within your role will include:Project Leadership: Lead UX design projects from inception to completion, ensuring they meet client objectives and user needs.User Research: Support UX Researchers in comprehensive user research and usability testing to gather insights and validate design decisions.Design Creation: Develop wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity designs, and other UX deliverables to effectively communicate ideas.Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with client partners, product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to ensure cohesive and user-centered design solutions.Team Mentorship: Mentor and guide junior designers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team environment.Design Project Management: Help define and meet deadlines and deliverables timelines.Client Interaction: Communicate effectively with clients to understand their needs, present design concepts, and incorporate feedback.Qualifications• 5 years of experience as a UX Designer, UI Designer, or similar role.• A current portfolio of design projects.• Proficient in prototyping tools programs such as XD, Figma & Sketch.• Experience with interaction design principles, wireframes and information architecture.• Continued education and research into UX trends and current design strategies and technologies.Preferred Experience:• Financial Services Experience: Prior experience working on UX projects within the financial services industry, particularly with large national banks.• Regulatory Knowledge: Understanding of financial regulations and compliance requirements that impact UX Design in banking.• Complex Systems Design: Experience designing for complex, multi-faceted systems such as online banking platforms, mobile banking app, and financial dashboards.• Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to work in a blended team environment between agency resources and client resources. Manage and communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders, including executives, product managers, and technical teams.• Agency Experience.Additional InformationThe anticipated hourly rate range for this position is $44.13 - $71.64 per hour. Hourly pay is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law.TEMP employees are eligible for paid holidays as outlined on the dentsu 2024 holiday schedule, in addition to safe and sick time.This is a Temporary, W2 role on dentsu payroll.#LI-SG1 #LI-REMOTEAbout dentsuDentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world's leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in more than 110 markets, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients. Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society.Dentsu, Innovating to Impact.Find out more:https://www.dentsu.com/https://www.group.dentsu.com/en/We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good-for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. 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