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Description
About this role
About the Aladdin UX Design Team
The Aladdin UX Design team researches
and
designs the user experience for the Aladdin investment and risk analytics platform which is used by institutional wealth managers and investment professionals worldwide.
We practice a human-centered design approach-designing software grounded in user need-to enable our users to tap into the power of BlackRock's Aladdin enterprise platform.
We are a team
of skilled UX designers,
UI designers
,
and
UX
researchers,
working to reinvent and improve
the
Aladdin
platform through
the user's lens.
We are looking for a UX designer who understands and is inspired by the complexities of designing software for the enterprise.
About You
You understand Product and UX requirements to create
compelling
UX/UI interactions
and
address complex workflows. You are a problem
solver
you understand user behavior and
interactions
and
you
design beautiful interfaces that are highly functional.
You are a meticulous creative, and
you understand
that designing for digital products, software, and applications is different than designing for marketing. You live and breathe systematic design and scalability!
You
are
hands
-on
design
er,
and
you are
adept
in
creating
a multi
-product design interactions
and designs.
You enjoy the challenge of crafting creative, simple, sophisticated visual designs for complex ideas.
You will be working with teams of designers, product managers, and engineers
to create design solutions
that
are
intuitive,
accessible,
and delightful.
As a UX/UI Designer, You Will
- Take ownership of
- design
- for a subset of Aladdin's
- tool
- s
- used by internal and external users.
- Help develop and implement UX strategies that align with business goals, ensuring a seamless user experience.
- Design detailed
- workflows
- , and
- prototypes
- Ensure design is consistent with our UX
- /UI
- guidelines and approved interaction
- patterns
- Lead the design of user interfaces using participatory and iterative design techniques, including heuristic evaluations,
- user interviews,
- usability testing, and other forms of
- research and
- discovery
- Collaborate with key project team members, including
- UX
- designers, researchers, product managers, and technology leads to deliver end-to-end
- solutions.
- Create specs and documentation for your designs, working within our design system.
- Be a positive, friendly representative and evangelist for user-centered
- design.
Requirements
Experience & Education
- 5
- years application design experience in either product or agency environments
- BFA degree in
- Visual Communication, Interaction Design, or similar field
Work Samples
- A portfolio that shows strong examples of solving complex user needs via intuitive interface design
- , as well as examples of
- visuals
- designs and UI solving for complex workflows.
Expert-level Skills in
- Developing
- UI
- artifacts such as
- concepts, UI detailed designs
- , prototypes
- Figma
- Detailing the work (
- i
- .e
- specs and annotations
- )
- Communication and storytelling through presentation
- Ability to collaborate with development teams to ensure design implementation meets high quality
- standards.
- Partnering with key stakeholders to
- identify
- , develop, and implement innovative processes to ensure that
- UI
- design efforts are efficient, repeatable at scale and that
- ultimately ensure
- production and release of effective and impactful design.
Strong Skills in
- Working with cross functional teams that are
- earl
- y
- in their UX evolution to
- establish
- and implement UX
- /UI
- processes that ensure quality of design at scale.
- C
- onducting
- user interviews
- to understand user need
- deeply
- Conducting user testing to
- validate
- designs before and after
- production
Design Experience with the Following Is a Plus, but Not Required
- B2B offerings
- Enterprise desktop software
- Enterprise financial software
Portfolio sharing is
required
.
Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future access to education reimbursement comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being family support programs and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.
Our hybrid work model
BlackRock's hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.
About BlackRock
At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children's educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy support businesses small and large finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities and facilitate innovations that drive progress.
This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment the one we make in our employees. It's why we're dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit
www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.
Job requisition #
R240495