Viant's culture is a unique combination of strong leadership, ambition, collaboration, and fun, with incredible growth opportunities for our employees! We offer a fast-paced work environment, with a strong focus on employee engagement, recognition, and development. With a commitment to innovation from the top down, Viant continues to remain ahead of the curve in the rapidly changing ad tech marketplace.
About the role:
We are looking for a creative and analytical UX Designer, who enjoys challenging and multifaceted responsibilities. In this role, you will be conducting user research and testing, developing wireframes and workflows based on user needs, designing solutions for web applications, ultimately creating an intuitive and enjoyable experience when using Viant's products.
This is a remote position; relocation is not required. Preference will be given to those residing in the Pacific Time Zone locations.
Responsibilities:
3+ years of experience as a UX designer
Create sitemaps, workflows, interaction models, wireframes, high resolution mocks, and interactive prototypes to test proposals, select and communicate solutions with product team and engineers.
Create frameworks and artifacts that aid Product and Engineering in understanding Design
Lead Product Management and Engineering in obtaining analytics solutions and resultant data for decision-making. Mine this data to inform design and identify areas of improvement.
Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback.
Identify UI and UX problems, generate and test hypotheses, provide innovative solutions to the product direction, visuals and experience.
Present designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders.
Manage queue of proactive tasks against queue of requests from others, set expectations of delivery for both, and communicate changes from plan.
Implement and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards.
Qualifications:
Knowledge and application of UX principles and methods: User-centered design, process-centered design, tasks and needs analysis.
Experience with application design, interaction design, information design, information architecture, infographics, data presentation/visualization, and typography.
Proficiency with tools of trade (Sketch, Invision, Zeplin, Figma, Adobe, or their equivalents).
Ability to anticipate needs, think several steps ahead, and walk up and down ladder of abstraction.
Ability to design back-of-the-napkin solutions and in high detail.
Nice-to-have's:
Knowledge of domain experts: Edward Tufte, Alan Cooper, Bret Victor, etc.
Front-end programming skills: HTML, CSS.
Visual design skills.
Data modeling and querying (SQL) experience.
Technical understanding of ad serving ecosystem.
Experience working in medium to large organizations.
BA/BS, with degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Human Factors, Information Design or a related discipline.
Key Competencies:
Analytical thinking and visual imagination skills
Willingness to learn and self improve
Curiosity, drive to understand end users, delight and optimize their experience
Outstanding organizational skills, ability meet deadlines with minimal direction
Empathy, emotional maturity and teamwork mentality
Benefits:
Competitive Salary and Bonuses
Paid benefits for the employees: Medical, Dental, Vision, LTD, Life insurance/AD&D
Paid parental leave
401k
Health and Wellness programs
Employee discounts - e.g. gym memberships, wireless plans, entertainment tickets
Fully stocked kitchen
Casual Office Atmosphere
Commuter Benefits Program
Ongoing Education & Training
Company Sponsored Events & Team Building Experiences
About Viant
Viant (NASDAQ: DSP) is a leading advertising software company that enables marketers to plan, execute and measure omnichannel ad campaigns through a cloud-based platform. Viant's self-service Demand Side Platform, Adelphic, powers programmatic advertising across Connected TV, Linear TV, mobile, desktop, audio, gaming and digital out-of-home channels. In 2022, Viant was recognized as a Leader in the DSP category, earned Great Place to Work certification and Co-Founders Tim and Chris Vanderhook were named EY Entrepreneurs of the Year. To learn more, please visit viantinc.com.
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