User Experience (UX) Designer (US - Contract)

User Experience (UX) Designer (US - Contract)Salary/Hourly Rate:$70 - $80 per hourOnsite/Remote:This is an onsite role in Chicago, ILPosition Overview:Are you looking to be part of a world-class enterprise design team dedicated to crafting incredible user experiences? Would you like to drive impactful work that helps millions of people see and enjoy more of the world? Are you passionate about solving hard problems and creating order out of uncertainty?At Expedia Group, our mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere. Within the Expedia Group, the Partner Experience Design organization (XD) is our global, cross-disciplinary team uniting user experience design, content design, and research to enable innovative, relevant, and cohesive experiences that serve the needs of all our travelers, partners, and agents.We’re looking for a motivated UX Designer II to help us envision and deliver delightful partner and traveler experiences. We work on a global scale for multiple brands, across devices and platforms, in a diverse and collaborative environment.As a UX Designer II on the Private Label Solution (PLS) XD team, you have an opportunity to think through the framing of problems with a focus on end-user needs and desires. Alongside the product team, you will identify, design, specify and implement end-to-end experiences for a wide range of products and services. Your workstream will be on the Portal, our partner-facing product, where our PLS partners manage their business with Expedia Group. You will be a key contributor to creating delightful experiences for partners who are managing their performance, running reports, and optimizing their business. This is a temporary 24-month assignment.Responsibilities of the User Experience (UX) Designer:• Demonstrate understanding of visual and interaction design foundations and create appropriate sketches, wireframes, flows, design comps and prototypes• Explore design solutions and directions based on customer needs, wants, and problems• Collaborate closely with other experienced designers, content designers, and researchers to deliver explorations and solutions.• Demonstrate facilitation skills and ability to coordinate with cross-functional partners• Use our design system, components, and patterns effectively and appropriately with guidance• Create routine, informative communication material explaining decision-making rationale to team members• Help gather and interpret diverse qualitative and quantitative inputs• Assist with defining success metrics for solving a design problem• Contribute to idea generation in team settings• Collect, process, and act on design feedback constructively• Explore diverse, novel perspectives and design directions by default, and evaluate concepts using appropriate methods to determine the strongest proposal to present to the wider teamQualifications of the User Experience (UX) Designer:• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in human-centered interaction, user experience, or related design field OR;• Relevant experience with at least 5+ years of related professional experience• Strong appreciation for human-centered design and creating an outstanding customer experience• Proven track record of collaboration with creative partners• History of developing cohesive, compelling strategic visions for experience, product, and service challengesPlease note contractors are engaged to provide services to Expedia Group on a temporary basis in connection with a specific assignment. Contractors are hired and employed through Atrium, our third-party payrolling partner.As a woman-owned firm, Atrium values diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.This job posting is for a temporary role as an employee of Atrium on assignment at Expedia. The individual selected for this role will be offered the role as an employee of Atrium; compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by Atrium upon offer. The pay rate range provided is a reasonable estimate of the anticipated compensation range for this job at the time of posting. The actual pay rate will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, location and/or being pursued and other job-related factors permitted by law. In addition, this role will be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements.No C2C or Third-Party Vendors