Expedia Group seeks a User Experience Designer III (Visual Design) with 5+ years of experience. Must-haves include excellent visual design skills, proficiency in design systems, and experience designing micro interactions and motion design.
Must have:
Visual Design Skills
Design Systems
Micro Interactions
Motion Design
Good to have:
Accessibility Design
User Research
Design System Contribution
Workshop Facilitation
Perks:
Travel Perks
Global Hybrid Work
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About the job
Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success. Why Join Us? To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win. We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a global hybrid work setup (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us. User Experience Designer III (Visual Design) At Expedia Group we believe travel can bring good into the world, and our mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere. Introduction to team Similarly, at Insurtech our goal is to deliver peace of mind to every traveler, everywhere and we do that by offering personalized insurance and fintech products to our travelers in context of their trip. Ours is a multiple cultural team with a large presence across India, Jordan and US, which also gives you an opportunity to work with our amazing global teams and solve complex user problems collectively with them. The insurtech industry is evolving globally and there is a massive scope of experience and tech lead innovation in this area. And hence, this team is in it’s growth spurt phase where you will play a very key role in contributing to experience innovation and growth that we are gearing up for in the coming 3 years. AUser Experience Designer IIIin EG is focused on solving complex traveler problems throughout the E2E traveler journey, which spans across our multiple line of business, brands and geos. At Insurtech, you would be responsible for creating traveler led experience solutions which are deeply embedded in the experiences of our shopping as well as the post-purchase journeys and design them keeping scalability and the nuances Insurtech user needs in mind. In your role, you would be responsible for partnering deeply with our product, research, analytics and ML teams to come up with innovative and differentiating Insurtech experiences for our global travelers In This Role, You Will
Contributes a variety of design solution proposals and articulates how solutions meet
user needs, satisfy business goals, and adhere to tech constraints
Influences the development of roadmap, allowing for exploratory and forward-
thinking design work, and supports the sizing and prioritization of items in the roadmap
Independently develops solutions that integrate an appropriate balance of solving user needs
and meeting business requirements
Collaborates with PMs to uncover opportunities to enhance XDs business impact
by observing market trends and reviewing customer feedback
Conducts thorough competitor audits to understand how competitors are addressing
customer needs
Develops ability to identify research needs and conducts unmoderated user testing with
diverse user groups for thorough evaluation
Develops ability to identify and obtain missing pieces of information to ensure decisions are appropriately informed
Works with cross-functional teams to apply insights to the iterative design process,
considering user needs, business priorities, and technical constraints
Designs and articulates comprehensive end-to-end user flows and defines connections between other products and functions to enhance user experience and product usability
Proactively ensures design solutions are compatible with accessibility technologies
(e.g., alt text, captions, screen readers) and includes detailed accessibility annotations in
polished design specs
Develops ability to quickly generate low and high-fidelity designs that describe and clarify complex design challenges or solution
Refines artifacts to optimize attention, comprehension, and emotional resonance; becomes strong in 2 core sills, capable in 2 others
Produces polished design specs and annotations for developers, clearly articulates
the key technical constraints impacting designs, and develops ability to make
sound technical judgements in design decisions
Actively Identifies, and disseminates advanced design tools and industry
trends across the XD group
Identifies gaps in design system and proposes new solutions, components, and processes as necessary
Considers the broader system of the experience touchpoints as well as the impacts and
constraints of different methodologies and approaches
Drives timely execution and review processes for multiple or complex projects and
demonstrates strong organizational skills and rigor
Develops narratives tailored to respective audiences and disseminated across
appropriate channels to facilitate inclusive and effective decision-making, and to drive consensus
Provides thoughtful and constructive feedback to XD coworkers and cross-functional peers while conscientiously implementing received feedback
Experience And Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in related fields (Design, Human - Computer Interaction, User Experience or similar ); or equivalent related professional experience
5+ years of relevant experience in field of design
Excellent visual design skills and a portfolio to showcase
Proficient in working with design systems and contributions to design system is a plus
Experience in designing micro interactions and motion design
Good verbal communication skills. Proficient in strategy, planning and conducting workshops etc.
Proven experience working through a product cycle from inception to release, leading work under tight deadlines
Track record of successfully leading critical projects, managing cross company coordination and communication
Self-motivated Individual, ready to work in fast paced environment