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1st Shift (United States of America)Please review the following job description:
This position helps deliver business objectives through the creation of superior, useful, and usable digital user experiences for CRC Group’s internal and external stakeholders. Through a design thinking approach, this position maintains a passion for design and is excited to contribute to the creation of best-in-class technologies and experiences that drive efficiency for the company and its clients.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Work closely with a cross-functional group of Product Owners and Business Analysts in user experience ideation and innovation.
Influence product direction through a deep understanding of user needs obtained by directing user research priorities and developing user research plans, tracking, and utilizing user feedback, and monitoring and developing action plans.
Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, Business Analysts and Data Analysts to evaluate target segments, user behaviors, track usability goals and prepare reports for senior management to communicate success.
Create industry leading user experiences and interfaces that will be developed into prototypes and future products. Recommend and utilize user research on those experiences to track performance and prioritize future platform development plans.
Brainstorm concepts, develop mockups, and run usability studies.
Develop task flow, user storyboards, and other design documents to communicate vision, including generating simulations and high- and low-fidelity prototypes for user testing, market research and business stakeholder reviews.
Create navigation maps, flows, and diagrams to document design decisions.
Create wireframes for design and development teams.
Apply user experience standards, industry guidelines, interaction design principles and best practices to ensure an efficient, effective, and consistent user experience.
Generate user interface specifications and guidelines for website development in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Work hand-in-hand with UI Designer and UI Developers on project implementations.
Support agile workflow with timely production and purposeful iteration.
As requested, conduct competitive analyses of other websites, tools or technologies within insurance industry, Insurtech, and online experience leaders.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree in information technology, visual design, interaction design, or equivalent education and related training.
6+ years of experience in UX or Interaction Design, creating UI frameworks, information architecture, user workflows, low- and high-fidelity interface prototypes, user interface specifications and guidelines.
5 years of experience working in an agile environment.
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
Advanced skills with Sketch, Photoshop, or other design tools.
Experience in UX research and ability to grow into end-to-end study execution.
Strong knowledge and understanding of insurance industry, ideally commercial P&C.
Hands-on experience with HTML and CSS
Experience directing and leading research efforts utilizing skills in experimental design and in test moderation for a variety of user research techniques including usability testing, competitive benchmarks, online surveys, interviews, focus groups, contextual inquiry, prototype walkthroughs and card sorting.
Experience with statistical analysis.
Portfolio showcasing multiple examples of end-to-end design processes.
Deep knowledge about human abilities, human limitations and other human characteristics that are relevant to design and the ability to apply that knowledge to the design of digital interfaces, systems, tasks, and jobs for effective and efficient human use maximizing the strengths of humans and the strengths of computing systems and minimizing their weaknesses.
Experience in influencing product direction through a deep understanding of user needs and usability obtained through user research.
Knowledge of research techniques and understanding of when to use what technique to ensure validity of data collected when conducting research with human participants.
Experience in creating user experience designs that create a competitive advantage and experience in scientifically measuring the effectiveness of those designs with end users.
Experience with and ability to prototype in Axure, Invision, Figma, Adobe XD, or similar tools.
Skills in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data.
Strong collaboration, teamwork, communication, and presentation skills.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a cross-functional team.
Ability to travel (<10%), occasionally overnight.
General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of CRC Group: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of CRC Group offering the position. CRC Group offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.
CRC Group supports a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status or other classification protected by law. CRC Group is a Drug Free Workplace.
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What We Do
CRC Group is one of the largest wholesale insurance distributors in the U.S.
CRC Group consists of three divisions, Commercial Solutions, Group & Individual Solutions, and Specialty Programs. The CRC Group family of brands includes CRC, TAPCO, Insurisk, CRC Programs, 5Star, The ABC Program, Negley, Professional Insurance Concepts, Pro-Praxis, SHU, Target, JH Blades, CRC Voluntary Benefits, Ethos Underwriting Services, and Hanleigh.
CRC Group’s insurance offerings and practice groups range from commercial property, casualty, professional lines, small business, transportation, environmental, construction, energy, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing & distribution, public entity, and real estate, to personal lines, disability, voluntary benefits, and more.
CRC Group has the largest collection of actionable data in the wholesale business and we are putting it to use to consistently deliver better outcomes and more efficient results for our clients. We leverage data to provide a better client experience through limits benchmarking reports, amendatory endorsements, comparison tools, form review library, and property risk assessment reports. We have unveiled the REDY platform, which uses data and analytics to help clients win. In addition, we offer products exclusively available from CRC Group through our Insurisk brand. Our Claims Advocacy team is another way we strive to enhance the client experience, our dedicated team is ready to assist even after the policy is placed, we are here to help in the event of a difficult claim, as well.
These are just some of the ways CRC Group is placing you first.
