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Guidehouse UX Designer, Senior Consultant in Denver, Colorado
Overview
Guidehouse is a leading management consulting firm serving the public and commercial markets. We guide our clients forward towards new futures that build trust in society and your professional skills along the journey. Join us at Guidehouse.
Responsibilities
Guidehouse is seeking a highly motivated, strategic, and creative Product Designer to build and drive best-in-class user experiences. You have a strong foundation in Human-Centered Design approach to uncover the unmet needs and craft design solutions to address those needs. You understand how people think, operate and interact with complex sets of data and are comfortable working with product managers, designers, engineers, and data scientists, to determine the research plans and design framework for the user experience of digital products.
You will support product initiatives and work with cross-functional teams. You will work in small, fast, agile teams, helping to envision innovative solutions that create delightful customer experiences. This candidate will be the voice of the user, expected to properly convey what the user wants, needs, and expects from the products that we are creating.
Job Description/Responsibilities:
Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other practitioners to solve design problems and make decisions about product strategy
Understand user needs, business requirements and translate research insights into user flows, personas, journey maps, wireframes, mockups and prototypes
Plan and conduct user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, and identifies usability and accessibility concerns
Lead discovery, empathy and ideation workshops to help identify design problems and devise elegant solutions
Facilitate the client’s vision by conceiving, sketching, prototyping and user-testing experiences for digital products and services
Work with clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet client needs and vision
Conduct design workshops to foster co-creation of design solutions that address both user and business needs
Clearly and effectively communicate discovery, design processes, ideas, and solutions to product teams and customers
Lead collaborative review sessions to iterate on visuals/mockups
Qualifications
Required:
Bachelor’s degree in a related field of study
Must have an online portfolio featuring products that shipped
Must have a total of Six (6) or more years of professional experience to include direct experience in the below areas:
Versatile design experience with core competence in UX and interaction design, visual design, and functional capability in product strategy and service design
Experience working with human-centered design concepts
Expertise in standard UX software such as Figma, Sketch, OmniGraffle, Axure, InVision, UXPin, Balsamiq, Framer, Adobe Creative Suite, and the like is required
Experience working on product teams in agile environments
Preferred:
Effective communicator within a remote environment
Experience in the health care industry
Experience working with the U.S. Web Design System
Foundational understanding of value-based care
Certifications in human-centered design or user experience (e.g., NN/g UX)
Understands and has experience with section 508 compliance
Additional Requirements
The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.
Candidates located in the following time zones will be considered for this role: Eastern, Central & Pacific
Disclaimer
About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.
Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.
Rewards and Benefits
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive
