JavaScript Job: Willis Towers Watson | UX Designer - Direct Hire

• JOB TYPE: Direct Hire Position (no agencies/C2C - see notes below)
• LOCATION: Remote - United States only
  
• SALARY: $110,000 – $120,000/yr
• ESTIMATED DURATION: 40hr/week

ABOUT US:

Braintrust is the only network that gives in-demand talent all the freedom of freelance with all the benefits, community, and stability of a full-time role. As the first decentralized talent network, our revolutionary Web3 model ensures the community that relies on Braintrust to find work are the same people who own and build it through the blockchain token, BTRST. So unlike other marketplaces that take 20% to 50% of talent earnings, Braintrust allows talent to keep 100% of earnings and to vote on key changes to improve the network. Braintrust is working to change the way freelance works – for good.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Requirements:

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  • Ability to work remotely and virtually with stakeholders, while maintaining clear communications and meeting work expectations.
  • Minimum 3-5 years of website, web application and mobile design experience.
  • A good portfolio that demonstrates solid design solutions along with describing a thoughtful, evidence-driven design process desired. Some visual design chops are a plus.
  • Knowledge and passion in accessibility and designing accessible software for all people.
  • Minimum 2 years experience with User-Centered Design in an Agile SDLC.
  • Minimum 2 years experience in usability testing and gathering feedback from users.
  • Basic understanding of uncovering user goals, task and workflow analysis.
  • Basic understanding of designing responsive web applications or mobile applications.
  • Experience with formative design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Axure, Adobe CS, Visio, Balsamiq, or similar is required.
  • Ability to work on virtual teams and collaborate remotely as well as locally.
  • Solid written and verbal communication skills.
  • This is not a coding role, however, a basic understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript is desired.
  • Ability to balance priorities and communicate issues or the need for support.
  • Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Design, User Experience, Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Information Science or equivalent experience.
  • Portfolio of design and work samples of completed projects as well as your design process is required.

What you’ll be working on

As an UX Designer at Willis Towers Watson, you will join a collaborative team of fellow Business, Product, Design and Technical stakeholders to work on transforming the Human Capital Management industry, by helping turn complex problems into elegant solutions that delight our clients and our users. We create enterprise-level web software for human resource professionals and employees.

In this remote position, you will collaborate with Business, Product, UX/UI and Technical stakeholders to elicit clear problem understanding. Working with fellow UXUI team members, you will follow user-centered and evidence-driven design approaches, validating the best solutions through user research and interviewing SMEs. Ensuring to deliver the most usable, viable and feasible solutions in line with the business goals.

Working within an Agile SDLC, activities you will perform will include working with stakeholders to discover, elicit and analyze requirements, user testing, uncovering clear problem definition, task and workflow analysis, various flow diagrams, journey mapping, formative concept design, wireframes, low-fidelity prototyping, usability testing and validation, UI interaction design, mid to high fidelity mock-ups and UI specifications. You will also work to ensure corporate level UX/UI Standards are implemented, for both consistency and usability.

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ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS:

Qualified candidates will be invited to do a screening interview with the Braintrust staff. We will answer your questions about the project, and our platform. If we determine it is the right fit for both parties, we'll invite you to join the platform and create a profile to apply directly for this project.

C2C Candidates: This role is not available to C2C candidates working with an agency. But if you are a professional contractor who has created an LLC/corp around your consulting practice, this is well aligned with Braintrust and we’d welcome your application.

Braintrust values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.