About the Role
Role details below.
Responsibilities
- Conducts user research to understand user needs, mental models and working contexts
- Asks questions appropriate to translating an abstract problem into a roadmap for identifying solutions
- Demonstrates the ability to extract and communicate how customer groups are thinking and feeling
- Synthesizes output of stakeholder research & creates visualizations that effectively summarize key insights related to user and customer needs and behaviors, product definition
- Creates annotated prototypes or wireframes of user interface designs that visually and textually communicate the behavior of a software application
- Executes in standard design & wireframing tools (Adobe InDesign, OmniGraffle, Sketch), hand drawing and visual communication, time-based and interactive prototyping tools (Axure, InVision)
- Develops knowledge of business products, key processes, suppliers, customers and market/competitors
- Leads participatory design activities (e.g. paper prototype co-creation, card sorting) to understand vision, business model and assumptions and tacit knowledge about user needs and behaviors
Nice to Have
- Experience with the Client’s Software Center of Excellence Px platform
- Lean/Six Sigma Certification
- Experience working in an AG software development environment
- Has a portfolio demonstrating successful examples of conceptual designs, prototypes, and final visual assets used in commercialized products
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively across functions in a matrix environment
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to diplomatically advocate for the appropriate support staffing levels
- Ideal candidate will also have experience presenting effectively to non-technical and executive audiences
- Strong analytical skills – strong problem solving skills, communicates in a clear and succinct manner and effectively evaluates information / data to make decisions; anticipates obstacles and develops plans to resolve
- Resourceful and quick learner; able to efficiently seek out, learn, & apply new areas of expertise as needed
- Highly self-motivated, able to work independently
Work Arrangement
On-site
Additional Information
- Role duration is 12 months with potential to convert to permanent
- Position is focused on Interaction Design
- Candidate will work in a cross-functional and global team with users and stakeholders
- Must contribute to effective documentation and communication of design via user analysis, workflows, wireframes, leveraging User Experience principles and methodologies
