Lead UX Designer

Lead UX Designer

About Morningstar

Morningstar brings inspired problem solvers together with one goal in mind—to help investors reach their financial goals. At our core, we’re one of the world’s top investment research and data companies. But where we set ourselves apart is how we use that data and research to serve diverse users. Our investment data and research enable us to deliver analytics and insights with a purely independent view, and then we leverage the latest in technology and design to deliver an array of solutions that best meet our users’ needs. This foundation of research, data, technology, and design uniquely positions us to provide a more complete set of services to investors all around the world—ultimately helping people make better decisions about their money or the money they manage for millions of people all over the world.

Our design culture

The Morningstar design team is dedicated to creating thoughtfully designed financial products and services so that people across the world can make the best investing decisions for themselves and their clients. We synthesize complex financial information into experiences that empower our users to deliver better outcomes. The design organization is made up of several disciplines—visual, UX, communications, content, and research—united to help each other, and the whole company, grow. We’re always seeking designers who are motivated, driven to deliver user-centered outcomes, and are equally committed to craft and compassion.

The role

Morningstar is looking for a Lead UX designer to support our Workplace design team. You’ll focus on improving and evolving products that help investors succeed. You will partner with product owners, engineering leads, as well as other designers to deliver high-quality scalable solutions.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Open to working collaboratively with the product owners, designers, and engineers to make decisions on our products.
• Making complex information understandable and formulating design concepts that are engaging, attractive, and user-friendly
• Created high-fidelity prototypes with interactive transitions, visual specs, and other artifacts to communicate detailed design direction, as needed.
• Interested in collecting, interpreting, and prioritizing the User testing data to better understand the customer’s needs.
• Create scalable solutions while utilizing the Morningstar Design System in our products.
• Participate in user research and prototyping activities, such as helping with planning, taking notes during sessions, and helping analyze the data. 
• Use design thinking to drive conversations around product goals and needs, while creating artifacts and presenting concepts using appropriate methods.
• Eager to master complex information and translate it into experiences that resonate with our users.
• Can communicate design decisions clearly, while being open to feedback.

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Digital Design, Communication Arts, Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial Engineering/Design, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 6-8 years of relevant professional experience designing for software, web, and/or digital products.  
• A background in UX design, information architecture, product design, or similar design experience
• Solid understanding of UX design principles and user-centered design
• Experience planning and conducting research activities, such as user interviews and usability testing
• Experience working with design systems
• Experience with or an interest in financial topics or investing is a plus
• Design facilitation experience a plus
• Strong knowledge of Figma, Adobe design suite, Microsoft Office 365, and macOS preferred

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with colleagues on all parts of the process, from discovery, definition, development, and delivery
• Owning all parts of the design process on assigned projects.
• Design and plan for product improvements/features while considering the future needs of our software.
• Create site maps, wireframes, low-fidelity prototypes, task flows, and other artifacts to visualize and communicate design direction
• Make and articulate decisions around information structure and relationships
• Able to Plan and lead product discovery/design efforts while balancing time and scope constraints to make deadlines.
• Conduct, analyze, and communicate user research; these may include user interviews and
  usability testing, etc.

How to apply
Please include a portfolio of work you're most proud of, so you can tell stories about your experience and impact. We're interested in your designs and want to understand how you work with a team to solve problems.

Morningstar employees are required to be fully vaccinated or submit to regular testing to work in any office. Morningstar's vaccine policy may be modified to comply with evolving legal requirements and other changing circumstances.

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.

If you receive and accept an offer from us, we require that personal and any related investments be disclosed confidentiality to our Compliance team (days vary by region). These investments will be reviewed to ensure they meet Code of Ethics requirements. If any conflicts of interest are identified, then you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately. In addition, dependent on your department and location of work certain employee accounts must be held with an approved broker (for example all, U.S. employee accounts). If this applies and your account(s) are not with an approved broker, you will be required to move your holdings to an approved broker.

Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.