UI/UX Visual Designer

We are actively seeking a local, energetic and innovative UI/UX Visual Designer to join the JP Morgan Digital Wealth Management Team in Glasgow on a temp to perm basis. You should have experience within a digital design role to be considered and must be based locally as we are only considering candidates who are looking for a permanent position longer term. Please also provide a link to your portfolio as this is required as part of the application process.

*Due to the current pandemic you will be required to work from home, using your own device until further notice, so please ensure you are able to before applying.*

About the Opportunity

As a UI/UX Visual Designer, you will leverage your deep understanding of experience design for digital products. You'll be at the forefront of our efforts and be directly responsible for decisions that form our client and advisor experiences. This is a hands-on designer role.

You will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team that includes researchers, content writers, product managers, engineers, and business partners who share your passion for delivering unique and innovative financial digital products and services of all kinds, including trading and advice platforms.

About You

• You're actively involved in defining product strategy
• You think in terms of systems and make rational design decisions
• You obsess over details and are excited to polish until your work is pixel-perfect
• You are constantly pushing your limits and searching for opportunities to become better
• Your team collaboration and communication skills are unparalleled
• You're passionate about user research and you place the customer's needs above your own preferences
• You have a deep love for design and shaping experiences for users

Qualifications

• Strong UI/UX Visual Designer experience
• You can distill complicated problems into simple and elegant solutions
• You can accurately make decisions that guide the product direction with little information
• You have an understanding of what makes an experience good or bad is critical.
• You can think through user problems, find reasonable solutions, mock them up in detail, and work with engineers to build them
• You have the ability to influence others and provide thought leadership on design
• We love making things beautiful and hope you feel the same. You have a deep understanding of composition, balance, symmetry, and white space
• You have a highly refined aesthetic sense and can both work within and expandour design systems
• You're a self-starter who actively seeks ways to make the experience both visually appealing and easy to use
• You look for opportunities to solve problems in unusual and innovative ways
• You understand the technical limitations and liberties behind your decisions and have enough chops to communicate your ideas to our engineers
• Experience designing for the web and understanding how to apply both form and function within it while maintaining simplicity
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent practical work experience in Design
• You have an online portfolio demonstrating superior product design experiences (required for application)