About the role

The UX (User Experience) Design team specializes in human centered design. It is responsible for knowing the people it is designing for and the objectives of its stakeholders. It humanizes technology and empowers business.

As Analyst, UX Design, you will assist with customer engagements and create UX/creative transformation deliverables on projects. You will primarily focus on architecture task areas and usability testing. You will assist in workshops to gather stakeholders’ requirements using a pool of techniques to help break down barriers, communicate better and generate new ideas.

Day-to-day, you will:

• Execute user research with the right mix of methodologies such as user tests, in-depth interviews, focus-groups, ethnographic field studies and surveys
• Facilitate brainstorm and work sessions with cross-disciplinary teams in order to move the knowledge of the research into a vision and design strategy
• Support delivery and design of digital products or services employing the right mix of human-centered design processes and tools
• Support change management execution at the appropriate phase in the adoption process of new product or service
• Evangelize Experience Design within Avanade through information communication, formal presentations and training sessions
• Work with other team members who lead various aspects of the project
• Travel as needed.

• Some experience in UX work needed
• Bachelor's degree in Interaction Design, Human Factors, Computer Interaction, Behavioral -Psychology, Human/Computer Interaction, or similar degree; experience may substitute degree
• Knowledge of UX disciplines such as UX research methods, information architecture, usability testing, and content strategies
• Knowledge of visual design capabilities and strategies preferred
• Prefer knowledge of user experience disciplines such as and content strategy preferred

To qualify for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment-based work authorization

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