UX/UI Designer

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Chicago
Posted on: November 4, 2024

Job Description:

Welcome to Gordon Food Service! We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story to share. See below for a quick glance of who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry. There's a seat at our table for you...Welcome to Gordon Food Service! For over 125 years, we've grown to be the largest family-operated broadline food distributorin North America by being passionately committed to the people we serve. There is a seat at our table for you!We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, here's how we can serve you: Benefits:

• Weekly pay
• Strong focus on employee development & growth
• Health Insurance at no cost to the employee
• Tuition Reimbursement (extends to family)
• Profit Sharing & 401K matchThe User Experience Designer is responsible for creating efficient and easy-to-use user interface (UI) designs and interactions for our customers to quickly and delightfully accomplish their tasks. You will collaborate with IT teams to implement the most ideal experience within project constraints. Work side by side with customers, User Experience, Product Owners, and IT teams to deliver digital experiences which exceed our customers' expectations. You will provide UX/UI support to the Digital Product and Services team and throughout the organization. An advocate for users and customers ensuring a consistent experience across digital products and web properties. You will be able to conduct discovery, wireframing, mockup, prototyping, validation, and other research and design thinking activities. What you will do:
  • Design optimal user interactions for new and existing products and services, websites, and marketing assets collaborating with product, marketing, SMEs, stakeholders and IT.
  • Create and deliver wireframes, interaction outlines, mockups / storyboards, and interactive prototypes to communicate the experience design to stakeholders.
  • Deliver mockups, assets, and customer validation to IT to implement the design directly.
  • Lead discovery sessions to discover, define, and interpret user goals/priorities and assist product owners in defining business requirements and creating user cases and stories.
  • Assess existing products and services and identify opportunities for improved experience design.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.When you will work:
    • Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm.
    • Hybrid and remote options are available in Illinois, Georgia, and Michigan.What you'll bring to the table:
      • Your authentic self!
      • At least 5 + years of experience designing for different devices. In lieu of the specified education and experience requirements, a proven capability to perform the essential functions of the job, as demonstrated by an equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant work experience may be considered.
      • Experience working with Developers and Product Owners to collaborate and iterate.As a User Experience Designer, you'll need to show:
        • Experience turning problems into simple and engaging customer experiences for the web, tablet, and mobile.
        • Expertise in developing information architecture, interaction models, customer flows, schematics, and visual design for products and services.
        • Ability to rapidly prototype work.
        • Demonstrated comfort with an iterative design process that includes accepting and managing feedback and constructive criticism.
        • Excellent collaboration skills.
        • Excellent attention to detail to flesh out and document concepts.
        • Ability to work with ambiguity and desire to organize and make functionalities clear and easy to use.
        • Versed in user-centered design methods and techniques
        • Ability to find creative solutions and take iterative steps in scope and design to achieve desired end state.BE PART OF AN AMAZING CULTURE WHERE WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, MATTERS TO US!Gordon Food Service values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Gordon Food Service customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.Gordon Food Service is an equal opportunity employer.All qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment, or in terms or conditions of employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. The EEO is the Law poster is available here: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf. If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to talent@gfs.com and use the words "Accommodation Request" in your subject line. Please keep in mind this method is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability.All Gordon Food Service locations are tobacco-free.Gordon Food Service is a drug-free workplace and drug tests all employees.

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