User Experience Strategist I/II

n support of projects to formulate digital solutions

• Assist business partners and researchers, designers, and experience owners to solve basic to moderately complex user experience problems and deliver results

• Assist lead strategists with the development of UX strategies spanning multiple channels, touchpoints, and contexts

• Assist with defining project objectives - vision and strategy

• Build relationships that help the user experience design definition effort succeed

• Collect and assimilate customer data to assist with guiding user experience and design strategies

• Originate new concepts, strategies or innovative approaches to user experiences and designs

• Participate in the development and maintenance of experience and journey maps throughout life cycle of projects

• Participate in design thinking workshops, experience and journey mapping workshops, and alignment activities with cross functional teams and leadership that enable the creation of a shared empathy, vision and alignment for specific experience strategies and tactics

• Support basic to moderately complex projects and research initiatives within the business unit and/or across the organization

• Support user experience teams with assignments across work streams

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Experience in managing multiple priorities independently and/or in a team environment to achieve goals

• Experience in researching, compiling, and documenting data, business processes, and workflow

• Experience interpreting requirements into executable design solutions

• Working knowledge of and/or experience with mapping of ecosystems, experiences, customer journeys, and service blue prints

• Working knowledge of and/or experience with design thinking principles and techniques

• Working knowledge of agile methodologies

• Working knowledge of best practices for web and mobile-based content, tools, and forms

• Working knowledge of design fundamentals, such as color theory, typography and composition

• Working knowledge of the processes of sketching, conceptual design, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing

• Working knowledge of user centered design principles, visual design, user behavior and interaction models

• Effective cross-group collaboration and persuasion skills

• Effective organizational, planning and time management skills

• Effective research, analytical, and problem solving skills

• Effective skill exercising initiative and using good judgment to make sound decisions

• Effective skill in using data communications and storage

• Effective skill maintaining accuracy with attention to detail while meeting deadlines

• Effective verbal and written communication skills

• Effective word processing and spreadsheet software skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in Graphic Design, User-Centered Design/Human-Computer Interaction, Design Thinking, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

• Knowledge of web, mobile and application design

• Human Factors Institute Certified Analyst

• Design Thinking Certification

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

Location: 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180 | 5510 Heritage Oaks Drive Pensacola, FL 32526 | 141 Security Drive Winchester, VA 22602

Salary: Level I - $28.71 - $43.95 hourly | Level II - $32.17 - $50.58 hourly

About Us
Navy Federal provides much more than a job. We provide a meaningful career experience, including a culture that is energized, engaged and committed; and fierce appreciation for our teams, who are rewarded with highly competitive pay and generous benefits and perks.

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