Lead UX Designer

Fitch Ratings is currently seeking a Senior UX Product Designer based out of our Manchester office. The prospective candidate will join our Ratings Workflow team, dedicated to enhancing user experiences across our suite of applications.

What We Offer:

• High Visibility: Collaborate directly with senior stakeholders and have a direct impact on the design and user experience of high-profile products used by industry leaders.
• Amazing Team: Join a diverse team of talented and experienced professionals who are passionate about design and innovation.
• Great Benefits: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes competitive salary, health insurance, retirement plans, and generous paid time off.

We’ll Count on You To:

• Collaborate with stakeholders and UX Researchers to apply Design Thinking processes, gaining deep insights into our end users and their needs.
• Create comprehensive Personas, User Journey Maps, Site Maps, and Wireframes during the Product Ideation phase to guide the design process.
• Develop High Fidelity designs and clickable prototypes in Figma during the Design phase, ensuring a seamless user experience.
• Partner with Software Engineers to ensure accurate implementation of designs by providing Redline Documents, Spec Sheets, and/or Annotations in Figma DevMode during the Development phase.
• Work alongside UX Researchers to conduct Usability Tests and compile detailed Reports during the Production phase, continuously refining and enhancing the user experience.

What You Need to Have:

• 5+ years of experience in UX/Product Design, with a proven track record of designing complex applications.
• A strong portfolio that demonstrates skill, experience, and talent for creating user-centered designs for complex applications.
• Proficiency in Figma, including experience with creating High Fidelity designs, clickable prototypes, and utilizing Figma DevMode for annotations and specifications.
• Strong understanding of Design Thinking methodologies and experience collaborating with UX Researchers to translate user needs into actionable design solutions.

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Experience consuming and contributing to a multi-brand design system, showcasing your ability to maintain consistency across various products.
• Experience working in Agile Methodologies and/or Behavior Driven Design methodologies, demonstrating your ability to adapt and thrive in dynamic environments.
• A portfolio that demonstrates big picture thinking and micro-moment interaction design details, highlighting your attention to both overarching design strategies and intricate user interactions.
• A history of leveraging quantitative user and usage data along with qualified user feedback to continuously improve the user experience of enterprise applications, showing your commitment to data-driven design enhancements.

Why Fitch?

At Fitch Group, the combined power of our global perspectives is what differentiates us. Our global network of colleagues comes together to accomplish things greater than they ever could alone.

Every team member is essential to our business and each perspective is critical to our success. We embrace a diverse culture that encourages a free exchange of ideas, guaranteeing your voice will be heard and your work will have an impact, regardless of seniority.

We are building incredible things at Fitch and we invite you to join us on our journey.

Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Wholly owned by the Hearst Corporation, we are comprised of three main businesses: Fitch Ratings | Fitch Solutions | Fitch Learning.

For more information please visit our websites:  

www.fitchratings.com | www.fitchsolutions.com | www.fitchlearning.com

Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch’s credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interests or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work.

Fitch Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

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