Sr Conversational UX Designer

Role: Sr Conversational UX Designer Location: Eden Prairie Or REMOTE Duration: 6 Months Contract to Hire Required Skills : • Experience working with Agile methodology. • Masters degree or higher in Linguistics, Design, HCI, Psychology, Information Architecture, or related discipline. • Experience with enterprise software. • Experience with medical or healthcare industries. • Experience in practical application of accessibility standards and guidelines. Additional Skills : Senior Conversational User Experience Designer - User Experience Design Studio Description: • A UX Designer is passionate about creating great experiences within health care. • Their goal is to understand our users and business needs, and collaborate with the product team to help create a great product experience for our users. • The Senior Conversational User Experience Designer will work within a collaborative, cross-functional project team to design chatbots, voice applications and other interactive content and web properties. • They will partner with UX researchers, designers, developers and UX managers to translate information architecture, navigation and conversation flows into easy-to-use and beautiful solutions. Primary Responsibilities: • Advocate for user-centered research and design principles. • Gather insights and test concepts with users in order to inform design decisions • Work on one or more projects while meeting UX, technical and business requirements. • Collaborate with team members to identify, prioritize and implement design solutions in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment. • Use wireframes, flow diagrams, sketches, storyboards, mockups, and/or high fidelity prototypes to communicate the user experience at various stages of the design process. • Leverage and contribute to existing design pattern libraries and interface guidelines. • Participate in the research process. Required Qualifications: • At least 5 years of UX work experience OR a Master's degree or higher in a CUX related discipline (e.g. Linguistic, AI, Machine Learning, Robotics, Cognitive Science, etc.) • Demonstrated understanding user-centered design and research activities. • Ability to manage time and deadlines effectively. • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. • Practice selling ideas with good negotiation skills. • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. • Ability to work autonomously and manage time effectively. • Ability to work collaboratively with team and internal clients. • Experience gathering user research and testing concepts with users to inform design decisions. • Ability to work with designers and developers to implement new ideas. • Experience with standard design tools (e.g. Sketch, Axure, Figma, InVision). Preferred Qualifications: • Experience working with Agile methodology. • Masters degree or higher in Linguistics, Design, HCI, Psychology, Information Architecture, or related discipline. • Experience with enterprise software. • Experience with medical or healthcare industries. • Experience in practical application of accessibility standards and guidelines. • Experience in group facilitation, user interviews, heuristic evaluations, task analysis, usability test moderation and card sorting. • Projects the candidate will be working on: • Will support our Virtual Assistants program - multiple projects using chatbots and voice user interfaces (e.g. Alexa skills, Google Home). Ideal Background: • Background in linguistics, AI and/or ML; Expert level grammar and writing skills; Experience with voice applications and/or chatbots. Experience: • Communication skills; Degree in Linguistics, Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Psychology, Information Architecture; AI or ML experience. Top Requirements: • Minimum 1-2 years experience creating wireframes and prototypes to communicate design concepts; 1+ yr experience with CUX design tools; Strong communication skills, both verbal and written. Thanks & Regards, Naveen Sai - Technical Recruiter Thought wave Software and Solutions 314 N. Lake St, Suite 6, Aurora IL 60506 Desk: 6302168656 EXTN: 156 Mobile: 4307552553 Email : naveen@thoughtwavesoft.com Website:www.thoughtwavesoft.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/naveen-chakra-sai-kodi-0b79aa131