UX / Interaction Designer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

(New York, New York)

Full Time

Job Posting Details

About Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

We are committed to exceptional patient care, leading-edge research, and renowned educational programs.

Responsibilities

Lead design projects through entire design process in a collaborative approach including other designers, business and technology stakeholders
With a focus on creating digital and service solutions that positively impact the patient experience and delivery of care
Provides mentorship and guidance to designers and actively works to foster a creative and learning community
Engage and persuade stakeholders
Navigate complex stakeholder relationships to drive projects to completion

Ideal Candidate

Requirements

- 5+ years of experience in a consultative design or innovation practice, with proven ability to: Deliver human-centered, innovative, and implementable design concepts
- Has experience launching digital products in an enterprise environment. Previous healthcare experience a plus
- Lead and inspire the work of creative teams
Employ human-centered design methodology and practice
- Build consensus among diverse, distributed teams
Master’s degree in design or related field preferred
If Master’s degree in field other than design, a Bachelor’s degree in design is required in Industrial Design, Interaction Design, Service Design, Communication Design, User Experience Design, Interior Design, Architecture, or related design discipline

The ideal candidate is someone who:

- Provides a combination of strategic and conceptual direction and expertise
- Has experience and a desire to lead digital product development across the entire design process from user research, insights, ideation, prototyping & iteration, detailed design and bridging to implementation.
- Brings a human-centered orientation to your work, with examples of work that shows how user insights led concept development
- Is knowledgeable in interaction and experience design methods such as user research, sketching, storyboarding, diagramming, wire framing, and prototyping for screen-based experiences;
- Holds strong information design, visual design, communication, and storytelling skills
- Is collaborative in their approach and a team player who knows how to work with diverse stakeholders and has the ability to engage upstream
- Drives digital vision while working hand in hand with business and technology stakeholders.
- Uses persuasive arguments and narratives to educate and enroll stakeholders in your ideas.
- Has experience leading design teams - guiding the direction of their work, providing critique, mentoring and organizing their time.
- Has enthusiasm, patience and a positive attitude
- Displays an intrinsic curiosity for how to make things better
- Is eager to collaborate and work in teams, but feels equally comfortable with independent work
- Is knowledgeable about a range of interaction design, visualization, and rapid prototyping tools, from paper prototypes to familiarity with latest prototyping tools to demonstrate complex interactions (such as InVision, Axure, Framer, etc)

Requirements

5+ years of experience in a consultative design or innovation practice, with proven ability to: Deliver human-centered, innovative, and implementable design concepts
Has experience launching digital products in an enterprise environment. Previous healthcare experience a plus
Lead and inspire the work of creative teams Employ human-centered design methodology and practice
Build consensus among diverse, distributed teams Master’s degree in design or related field preferred If Master’s degree in field other than design, a Bachelor’s degree in design is required in Industrial Design, Interaction Design, Service Design, Communication Design, User Experience Design, Interior Design, Architecture, or related design discipline

The ideal candidate is someone who:

Provides a combination of strategic and conceptual direction and expertise
Has experience and a desire to lead digital product development across the entire design process from user research, insights, ideation, prototyping & iteration, detailed design and bridging to implementation.
Brings a human-centered orientation to your work, with examples of work that shows how user insights led concept development
Is knowledgeable in interaction and experience design methods such as user research, sketching, storyboarding, diagramming, wire framing, and prototyping for screen-based experiences;
Holds strong information design, visual design, communication, and storytelling skills
Is collaborative in their approach and a team player who knows how to work with diverse stakeholders and has the ability to engage upstream
Drives digital vision while working hand in hand with business and technology stakeholders.
Uses persuasive arguments and narratives to educate and enroll stakeholders in your ideas.
Has experience leading design teams - guiding the direction of their work, providing critique, mentoring and organizing their time.
Has enthusiasm, patience and a positive attitude
Displays an intrinsic curiosity for how to make things better
Is eager to collaborate and work in teams, but feels equally comfortable with independent work
Is knowledgeable about a range of interaction design, visualization, and rapid prototyping tools, from paper prototypes to familiarity with latest prototyping tools to demonstrate complex interactions (such as InVision, Axure, Framer, etc)