Senior UX Product Designer - U.S. Based Remote Details

Senior UX Product Designer - U.S. Based Remote

Insureon - Chicago, IL

Employment Type : Full-Time

A pioneer in insurance technology, Insureon operates the largest insurance marketplace for the online delivery of commercial insurance to small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. Our ecommerce platform allows business owners to easily compare insurance quotes from top-rated companies, buy policies, and manage their coverage. We also license our proprietary technology to other brokerages, independent agencies, and industry participants who are looking to service their own clients more effectively. We are integrated with every major U.S. carrier, manage over ~$500M in premium annually and are licensed in all 50 states. For more information, visit http://www.insureon.com.

We place a high value on having fun at work, personal and company integrity and teamwork, and we believe our success is truly a team sport. We foster a service mentality inside and outside our company and our fast-paced team is driven by results and is energetic about servicing our clients.

We believe that our team members know what work location will enable them to do their best work in serving our customers. As an eCommerce workplace, we have prioritized working as virtual-first.

About: Senior UX / Product Designer

As the Senior UX/Product Designer, reporting to the SVP of Product, you will play a critical role in defining and designing an outstanding user experience that enables small business owners to quickly and easily buy insurance online.

In this role, you will work cross-functionally to design eCommerce products and enhancements that drive customer engagement and conversion, provide a superior customer experience, and empower our internal operations teams to be as successful and efficient as possible.

Responsibilities:

• Own the design process end-to-end for new features and iterations

• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and project stakeholders to define and implement product design concepts that deliver an exceptional user experience

• Own the existing design systems and standards, and contribute to their growth across all online assets

• Turn concepts into user workflows, customer journey maps, wireframes, and interactive prototypes

• Develop and conduct user research studies – both moderated and unmoderated – including usability tests, user interviews, and usage data/analytics

• Analyze and present UX research findings and recommendations to stakeholders

• Evangelize the best UI practices to product managers, engineers, and stakeholders

• Advocate for both internal and external users

Experience and Education:

• 6+ years of UX / product design experience at consumer-focused companies for mobile and desktop experiences, or relevant experience

• A portfolio of product design work on which you were the primary designer

• Solid understanding of UI/UX philosophies, design thinking and processes

• Strong presentation and facilitation skills to effectively communicate design approach and influence business stakeholders

• Proven success developing interactive prototypes to help communicate ideas to stakeholders

• Adept at using quantitative and qualitative research to make intelligent and informed design and UX decisions

• Experience in Agile product development

• Understanding of accessible design principles and guidelines, e.g., WCAG

• Experience with responsive web design and cross browser/cross platform development

• Bachelor's degree in a related field

• Experience with standard UX/design software such as Sketch, Figma, InVision, etc.

• Previous experience designing for e-commerce, insurtech, or fintech a plus

• Familiarity with front end development technologies (HTML/CSS) a plus

Department Information Technology

Required Experience: 5-7 years of relevant experience

Required Travel: Negligible

Required Education: Bachelor's degree (4-year degree)

Notice: Insureon does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee.