About this role
About the Aladdin UX Design Team
The Aladdin UX Design team researches and designs the user experience for the Aladdin investment and risk analytics platform which is used by institutional wealth managers and investment professionals worldwide.
We practice a human-centered design approach—designing software grounded in user need—to enable our users to tap into the power of BlackRock’s Aladdin enterprise platform. We are a team of skilled UX designers, UI designers, and UX researchers, working to reinvent and improve the Aladdin platform through the user’s lens.
We are looking for a UX designer who understands and is inspired by the complexities of designing software for the enterprise.
About You
You understand Product and UX requirements to create compelling UX/UI interactions and address complex workflows. You are a problem solver; you understand user behavior and interactions, and you design beautiful interfaces that are highly functional. You are a meticulous creative, and you understand that designing for digital products, software, and applications is different than designing for marketing. You live and breathe systematic design and scalability!
You are hands-on designer, and you are adept in creating a multi-product design interactions and designs. You enjoy the challenge of crafting creative, simple, sophisticated visual designs for complex ideas.
You will be working with teams of designers, product managers, and engineers to create design solutions that are intuitive, accessible, and delightful.
As a UX/UI Designer, You Will:
Take ownership of design for a subset of Aladdin’s tools used by internal and external users.
Help develop and implement UX strategies that align with business goals, ensuring a seamless user experience.
Design detailed workflows, and prototypes
Ensure design is consistent with our UX/UI guidelines and approved interaction patterns
Lead the design of user interfaces using participatory and iterative design techniques, including heuristic evaluations, user interviews, usability testing, and other forms of research and discovery
Collaborate with key project team members, including UX designers, researchers, product managers, and technology leads to deliver end-to-end solutions.
Create specs and documentation for your designs, working within our design system.
Be a positive, friendly representative and evangelist for user-centered design.
Requirements
Experience & Education
5+ years of application design experience in either product or agency environments
BFA degree in Visual Communication, Interaction Design, or similar field
Work Samples
A portfolio that shows strong examples of solving complex user needs via intuitive interface design, as well as examples of visuals designs and UI solving for complex workflows.
Expert-level Skills in:
Developing UI artifacts such as concepts, UI detailed designs, prototypes
Figma
Detailing the work (i.e specs and annotations)
Communication and storytelling through presentation
Ability to collaborate with development teams to ensure design implementation meets high quality standards.
Partnering with key stakeholders to identify, develop, and implement innovative processes to ensure that UI design efforts are efficient, repeatable at scale and that ultimately ensure production and release of effective and impactful design.
Strong Skills in:
Working with cross functional teams that are early in their UX evolution to establish and implement UX/UI processes that ensure quality of design at scale.
Conducting user interviews to understand user need deeply
Conducting user testing to validate designs before and after production
Design Experience with the Following Is a Plus, but Not Required:
B2B offerings
Enterprise desktop software
Enterprise financial software
Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.
Our hybrid work model
BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.
About BlackRock
At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.
This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.
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As the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock partners with investors around the globe to help them (and those on whose behalf they invest) plan for life’s most important goals – like retirement, home ownership and their children’s education. Our clients range from governments, foundations and other large institutions to those investing on behalf of individuals, including firefighters, nurses, teachers and factory workers. BlackRock was founded with the idea of creating a better asset management firm — one that was purpose-driven, focused on clients and risk management, and propelled by data and technology. Our breakthrough Aladdin® platform is BlackRock’s technological backbone, helping investors see and manage their whole portfolios in one place – from constructing investments to monitoring risk and executing trades. Used by hundreds of external institutions around the world, Aladdin combines powerful analytics and a common language to help investment teams make faster, more informed decisions across public and private markets. It’s a key part of our business and one of the reasons we’re trusted to manage more assets than any other investment manager today. At BlackRock, we challenge conventions and raise the bar for what’s possible. We harness technology to unlock new solutions, simplify complexity, and deliver investment strategies that meet people where they are. Whether it’s retirement planning, wealth building or navigating market shifts, we’re here to help clients invest more easily, more affordably and with more choice as we chart a path toward financial well-being together. Learn more: Careers.BlackRock.com
Why Work With Us
Without our people, technology is irrelevant. When we combine the power of people with the power of technology, we amplify our ability to create better outcomes for our employees, clients, shareholders and society alike.
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