Location: Naperville, IL
Work Mode: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Experience: 10+ Years
We are seeking an experienced Senior UX Designer to design complex, data-rich enterprise applications within the Asset Management, Wealth Management, Financial Services, and FinTech domain.
The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with end-to-end UX design, Figma, user research, design systems, data visualization, usability testing, and enterprise application design. The candidate should be comfortable translating complex financial workflows and data into intuitive, user-centered digital experiences.
Lead the end-to-end UX design process, including user research, journey mapping, wireframing, prototyping, usability testing, and final design.
Design intuitive experiences for complex, data-intensive enterprise applications.
Create and maintain design systems, component libraries, and reusable UI patterns using Figma.
Design dashboards, portfolio management tools, reporting interfaces, and data visualization experiences.
Conduct user interviews, contextual inquiries, usability studies, and user testing.
Translate user research, business requirements, and complex workflows into effective UX solutions.
Collaborate with Product Managers, Developers, Business Stakeholders, Financial Advisors, Portfolio Managers, and Operations Teams.
Establish UX standards and ensure designs meet accessibility and WCAG guidelines.
Present design concepts, recommendations, and design rationale to executive and technical stakeholders.
Partner with development teams throughout implementation and provide detailed design specifications and handoff documentation.
Ensure designs are scalable, consistent, responsive, accessible, and aligned with development standards.
10+ years of experience in UX/UI Design or a related field.
5+ years of experience in Asset Management, Wealth Management, Financial Services, or FinTech.
Expert-level proficiency in Figma, including:
Auto Layout
Variants
Interactive Components
Prototyping
Design System Management
Strong experience designing B2B and enterprise applications.
Proven experience with end-to-end UX design methodologies.
Strong knowledge of user research, usability testing, journey mapping, wireframing, and high-fidelity prototyping.
Experience designing data-rich dashboards and complex data visualization.
Strong understanding of financial data, investment workflows, and complex business processes.
Strong knowledge of responsive web and mobile design principles.
Strong understanding of accessibility and WCAG guidelines.
Excellent communication, presentation, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to clearly communicate design decisions and rationale to executives, product teams, developers, and business stakeholders.
Experience designing Portfolio Management, Wealth Management, Trading, Investment, or Asset Management platforms.
Experience with institutional and retail investment workflows.
Experience creating enterprise-level Design Systems and UI Component Libraries.
Knowledge of financial data visualization and analytics.
Experience collaborating with Agile/Scrum product and engineering teams.
Experience working with developers on design-to-development handoff and implementation.
Familiarity with WCAG 2.1/2.2 and accessibility best practices.