We break stories, influence ideas, and advance business intelligence and cultural interest. We expose the events that turn markets, the digital breakthroughs that transform art, the demand that drives invention, as well as the political and societal passing moments and lasting consequences. We are the people of Dow Jones. From different fields, backgrounds and viewpoints we invite you to join us.
Examine the world and bring it to others.
Job Description:
Overview
In this role you will create experiences that engage and appeal to customers, enhance our usability and improve the user experience through the use of imagery, color, shapes, typography, and form, ensuring our experiences appear trustworthy, informative and true to our brand. The ideal candidate should have a passion for user-centric design and the tools and processes that make it happen. You’ll evangelize the Design System throughout the organization and expand the Design System to multiple products.
Your expertise should bring an understanding of component based design and design systems to contribute to a scalable, sustainable approach that enables speed to market, evolution, and optimization.
You will be part of transforming and optimizing the impact, productivity, and scalability of UX at Dow Jones.
This will be a highly collaborative role in a team partnered with SMEs, Editorial, Experience Architecture, Technology, Research, and Product.
The Junior Experience Designer, Design System will report to the Design Director, Barrons/Marketwatch.
Responsibilities:
Help support and maintain Dow Jones’ design system
Contribute to the creation of components in the design system to make them reusable and expandable across our products, constructing component libraries, guidelines, and templates
Work closely with UXD/UXA and Design Technologist to design and update components
Produce detailed hand off documentation for development
Ensure that the Figma library is kept up to date and is built with best practices
Be open to industry best practices and visual design principles to your solutions
Contribute to the creation of visual patterns in our design system
Explore and validate solutions by creating/modifying prototypes for user testing
The Design System is built Accessibility-First, so collaborating with the Accessibility Lead to make sure the design system has appropriate accessibility standards implemented and tested is a necessary part of the job
Contribute to the design team’s culture through collaboration, feedback, and process iteration
Independently deliver on projects and work with others on teams
Last but never least, serve as an advocate for our audience, keeping their needs at the heart of our digital solutions - we build components for our brands, but our audience is the readers & subscribers of our products.
Required Skill Set:
Minimum 1-2 years experience in a similar role
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Strong grasp of UI, HCI and UX principles
Understanding of best practices for mobile, web-based and responsive design
Experience with component-based design
Experience working with Design Systems, leading to a higher quality and more consistent product design
Experience working with Figma
Familiarity/experience with Agile and Jira
A strong portfolio that demonstrates your experience and UX skills, illustrating step by step solutions for features
A portfolio that displays expertise using design systems, and a demonstrated ability to think through end-to-end solutions with a strong user-centered approach.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Plus
Experience in the design of News or Financial Services
Familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards and compliance
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets .
Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, please reach out to us at TalentResourceTeam@dowjones.com. Please put “Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line.
Business Area: TECHNOLOGY - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Job Category: IT Development Group
Union Status:
Non-Union / No clear and likely Internal Candidate (Employee Only) has been identified
Req ID: 34116
