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Job Title: Usability Designer II

Position Details: 

• Standard work hours - 8am-5pm -
• Hybrid, Onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Remote Monday and Friday
• Interviews: In person
• Required Education: Bachelor's Degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Behavioral Research, Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree or 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experience plus an associate’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Behavioral Research, Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree.
• Required Work Experience: 2 years user interface design experience.
• Team Name: Commercial Systems Claims and Membership Commercial Systems has an initiative to create a modern UI experience for our business users. This hire will be critical to designing and potentially developing the front end experience and workflow for the users.
• Required Technologies: Solid experience of Figma UI design tool, understanding of JavaScript-based applications
• Nice to Have: JavaScript development experience, Nodes.js and Vue.js development. This is a bonus if the candidate has these capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Contributes as a part of a team to the design and usability of internal and external browser based applications throughout the scope, development, and implementation process. Transforms concepts and requirements into usable interfaces that are aligned with business goals, user goals, and system constraints while applying best practices.
• 40% Under the guidance of a higher level designer, creates user friendly, effective, and engaging user interfaces for platforms including mobile, tablet, or desktop applications. Hones the skills needed to create user interface design artifacts to describe the intended user experience.
• 25% Provides appropriate support and documentation to help maintain the usability integrity of application systems. Learns to establish standards, best practices, and processes. Researches user centered design best practices, innovations, trends and methodologies.
• 20% Learns to identify user needs, elicit user feedback, conduct user research activities and task flow analysis to improve user experience of each application. Synthesizes research findings into meaningful recommendations and actionable results. Share user data and insights with the team to communicate user needs and best practices. Tests and refines design decisions based on user feedback and analytics.
• 15% Works as a member of a team to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders including the business and application development teams. Serves as a true advocate for our users and thoroughly understand how audiences interact with our applications. Evangelizes user experience best practices and collaborates with customer and internal team members to validate conceptual designs. 

Required Skills and Abilities: 

• Solid technical knowledge of user experience and usability best practices and methodologies.
• Solid understanding of page layout and interface design concepts.
• Solid understanding of markup and style sheet languages (HTML/CSS) and optimizing design concepts around these technologies.
• Good understanding of graphic design and typography.
• Demonstrates flexibility for adapting to both changing business and client needs, and a changing technical environment.
• Solid analytical and research skills.
• Ability to interpret data and make appropriate recommendations.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and business staff.
• Solid conceptual problem-solving skills. 

Required Software and Other Tools: Graphic design software. Microsoft Office. 

Required Work Experience: 2 years user interface design experience. 

Required Education: Bachelor's Degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Behavioral Research, Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree or 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experience plus an associate’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Behavioral Research, Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree.

Pay Transparency:

• This is the pay range that Magnit reasonably expects to pay someone for this position is $30.00/hour - $40.71/hour.
• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K (provided minimum eligibility hours are met).

BlueCross is a strong supporter of our veterans, and many service men and women have joined our ranks. We’ve found the dedication, work ethic and job skills that serve well in the military excel in many of our lines of business, and we proudly have veterans filling positions in Human Resources, Information Technology, Customer Service, Operations, General Services and more. 

Through our government contracts, we also have employees serving at Shaw Air Force Base, the Naval Health Clinic in Charleston, the Naval Hospital in Beaufort and in our hometown of Columbia, S.C., at Ft. Jackson. If you are a full-time employee in the National Guard or Reserves, we will even cover the difference in your pay if you are called to active duty. If you're ready to join in a diverse company with secure, community roots and an innovative future, apply for a position now!