Job Description

The Opportunity: The user experience designer works with the creative team to develop and extend designs for native apps and responsive websites. The designer is required to internalize and extend the visual language and interactive model for each project, taking into consideration not only how it looks but how it works and will be used.

Responsibilities:
• Supports the user experience director or project lead in documentation and design of functional user experience through sketches and/or wireframes and building prototypes.
• Works with client and technical team to collect and disposition requirements throughout the life of the project.
• Design communication and documentation through annotated wireframe creation
• Interactive prototyping
• Supports usability testing
• Promotes accessibility by incorporating WCAG guidelines into designs
• Makes things easier to use.

Additional Responsibilities:
• Appreciates and offers critical feedback. Seeks it out in reviews with customers, peers, stakeholders and research.
• Contributes knowledge to our company intranet.
• Works well with fellow team members.
• Demonstrates dedication to helping S&P Global meet commitments to our customers and stakeholders.
• Keeps current on the trends in technology and business as it applies to your particular job.
• Addition duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned and/or change at any time with or without notice
 

Work Environment: Remote and/or S&P Global offices at 55 Water St. New York, NY

Travel: Minimal travel may be required and is contingent upon the needs of the company.
 

Basic Qualifications:
• At least 5 years of UX design experience on a product team or in a creative agency.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Project Management skills – not necessary to be a certified project manager, but someone with a sense of urgency when required, and a head for scheduling and planning.
• Knowledge of usability testing
• Digital product design sensibility
• Comfort with one or more UI prototyping tools and flexibility to adopt a new one
• Understanding of web and mobile technologies (CSS, HTML5, JavaScript)

Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in HCI, Design or a related field
• Financial Technology (FinTech) knowledge or experience
• Skilled using Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch and InVision