Our client is seeking a dynamic and experienced Sr. UX/UI Designer to act as a Project Lead. This role involves hands-on design responsibilities and requires strong client-facing and presentation skills. The ideal candidate will have experience coming from a consulting firm or digital agency. This project is set to commence in early January 2025.

As a Sr. UX/UI Designer, your role will involve creating and implementing project plans, providing guidance and direction for junior team members, and working closely with the client to present and review UX/UI deliverables.

Key Responsibilities:
- Develop interaction and information architecture deliverables for a variety of user interfaces including websites, mobile applications, and business tools
- Conduct user and stakeholder research activities to inform user-centered insights for business solutions
- Lead and participate in project planning, including end-user research, prototype testing, and usability testing
- Collaborate with clients and end-users to gather business requirements and translate them into effective, user-centered interactive experiences
- Develop and document detailed user experience specifications for highly interactive interfaces

Required Skills and Abilities:
- 4+ years of experience as an information architect, interaction designer, or user experience professional
- Experience working in a consulting firm environment is preferred
- Demonstrated ability to produce meaningful and effective UX/UI for complex transactional interfaces, taxonomies and metadata frameworks, and templates for content management systems
- Proficiency with modern technologies (Figma, Miro etc.)
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills

Preferred Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree preferred) in a related field, such as Human-Computer Interaction, Library Sciences, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, etc.

Our client's team is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply. Please note that successful candidates must complete a background check and drug screen upon offer.

Horizontal facilitates valuable and productive conversations between you and potential employers. We can assist you in growing your career by partnering you with employers that offer challenging assignments. For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $49 - $85 per hour. This is not a guarantee of compensation, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

Horizontal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We seek to provide employment opportunities to talented, qualified candidates regardless of race, color, sex/gender including gender identity and/or expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under federal, state or local law.

In addition, Horizontal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the application or interview process, please contact us. All applicants applying must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment.

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