Designer: Research

Introduction
Thomas J. Watson said it best: “Good design is good business.” Visualization is critical to discovering data-driven insights and effectively communicating that knowledge to others. Designers at IBM work to create experiences that work together work the same and work for our clients. Does the thought of creating the platform at the heart of solutions like Watson Blockchain IoT and Security excite you?  If so read on!

Your Role and Responsibilities
As designer at IBM you’ll focus on customer and employee strategies that explore opportunities to improve digital innovation addressing user needs and designing world-class digital experiences. You’ll support to uncover user and business requirements in the context of the technical landscape through applying User Experience Design Thinking and Information Architecture methods. In your role you may be responsible for:

UX and UI work such as: creating wireframes visual interfaces and prototypes; annotating the wireframes; collaborating with other designers researchers consultants and developers; making sure the interaction is getting recorded and addressed correctly.

• Conduct user research leveraging IBM Enterprise Design Thinking and do direct user research as part of managing a project
• Supporting a Senior Designer on UX and UI production tasks getting and incorporating the feedback and working very closely with developers and testers on a day-to-day basis.
• Visual Design work such as creating delightful concepts and exploring art of the possible creating mock-ups and prototypes from sketches and wireframes working closely with clients senior designers front-end developers to implement dynamic human-centered digital solutions.
• Create storyboards layouts impactful presentations graphics data visualizations and other design artifacts in preparation for client meetings or product development.
• Participate/lead in design workshops incorporate input from multiple stakeholders communicate conceptual ideas and design rationale outline digital experiences screen by screen working with front-end development teams.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
English Proficient is a must
Detail-oriented and ability to work fairly independently on a variety of tasks.
Interest in general research and user research methods.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Can prioritize time between multiple projects and adapt to changing schedules and different tasks.
Technical aptitude familiarity with basic graphic and video editing tools preferred.
Ability to learn quickly and comfortable with multi-tasking

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Agile Methodologies