UX Designer

UX Designer – Kantar Marketplace

New York, World Trade Center

We are seeking a Senior UI/UX Designer – Marketplace, Analytics and Data Visualization to join our organization to provide best-in-class visual design and usability for our leading-edge insights platform. 

What you’ll be doing

• Design interfaces that are exciting, beautiful, and usable
• Visualize data and build intuitive, outstanding dashboards
• Evolve high level visual concepts into pixel-perfect designs 
• Contribute to the team's set of best practices, standards, and design guidelines and drive alignment across all platform components. 
• Communicate and get buy-in on the design philosophy and guidelines with various stakeholders across the company. 
• Hands-on design: Develop both high & low fidelity mockups and working prototypes 
• Build design files in Figma that are ready to be delivered to the development team.
• Work closely with Product Managers, other UI and Visual Designers, UX Designers, and Developers to help build designs from idea to release. 
• Gather key insights through data analysis into customer behavior to find their unmet & unspoken needs 
• Be the user-advocate by subjecting early-stage designs to usability testing and offering implementation suggestions from a user-centered perspective 
• Above all, have fun creating the next generation of a leading-edge insights platform 

The skills & expereince needed

• Demonstratable experience of UI and UX design for software web applications, B2B SaaS /Enterprise preferred
• Proven expertise in Data Visualization and Analytics Dashboards
• Strong understanding of UX/UI design, knowledge of UX standard methodologies, and the ability to create wireframes, user journeys and prototypes
• Shown experience as a UI designer with strong visual design skills and ability to build design systems
• Solid experience with user-centric design and user research 
• Demonstrated expertise in designing clean, intuitive and innovative interfaces
• Detailed understanding of adaptable design and ability to build high fidelity designs for all viewpoints for hand-off to developers
• Proficient with Figma, Photoshop and Illustrator
• Understanding of HTML and CSS
• Ability to communicate effectively with different audiences, including senior leadership. Demonstrated ability to influence others and get buy in !
• Experience in research, usability testing, product analytics, and turning the output into data that can drive product design decisions 
• Excellent interpersonal, business management, and developmental skills 
• Self-sufficient, able to manage workload to meet project deadlines. Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and to make trade-offs when needed to optimize outcome when conditions change 
• Market Research industry experience a plus 

Kantar Benefits

We provide a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package, including

• Medical plans with comprehensive, affordable coverage for a range of health services
• Health Savings Account/FSA
• Dental, Vision and benefits to cover unique healthcare needs
• Wellness Program
• 401k with match
• Tuition Reimbursement, Commuter benefits
• Unlimited PTO

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver. We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us. We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted, and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and wellbeing is taken into consideration. We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristics.

This role is a fixed term contract position.

The salary range for this role in New York is $108,200 - $180,300. Your final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to location, work experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager.