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Title and Summary

Specialist, Product Experience Design

We are looking for an experienced CX Designer passionate about the possibilities of data and data-driven experience design with good knowledge and experience of User Interface Design to join our rapidly growing, highly-innovative data and services Product Development team

You will work as part of wider cross-functional team, collectively contributing to the rapid iteration of Prototypes and MVPs (Minimal Viable Product), mainly in the B2B and B2B2C arenas. Each design iteration is exposed to end-users at each cycle of our rapid design-test-redesign process, to ensure optimum user traction. Prototype and MVP outputs include dashboards; widgets; chatbots; web applications; mobile applications; VUI voice interfaces; digital assistants; etc. – all in service of solving complex business challenges.

Role

Design of Proof-of-Concepts and Minimum Viable Data Products (MVPs) using human-centric design principles and rapid prototyping (Lean UX and Design Thinking)

Participate in "Design Thinking" workshops – collaborating cross-functionally with industry verticals, regional leads and end-users to ensure optimal digital data products

Explore the “art-of-the-possible”

Leverage existing – and contribute net new – design patterns to Mastercard’s design pattern library

Help define the next generation of data and data-driven products – and through doing so, help shape the future of Mastercard and its growth

Work on future state conceptual designs, driving experimentation that improves the quality of product design overall.

Work closely with key partners from brand & marketing, to drive delightful and highly usable transactional experiences.

Work closely with our technology teams, leveraging modern presentation layer practices such as adaptive/responsive web and current and forward thinking technologies.

Ensure that designs deliver an appropriate balance of optimizing business objectives & user engagement, in close partnership with product managers.

Liaise with regional and country teams to ensure that designs are reflective of the diversity of needs for a global user base.

Required Experience / Knowledge / Skills (Core)

Interaction Design:

Experience developing User Personas and user journeys to inform product design decisions

Experience in rapid prototyping (Lean UX and Design Thinking)

Experience in the implementation of creative, useable and compelling visual mockups and prototypes.

Experience of design-experiences across multiple media

Experience using prototyping/wireframing tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Experience Design, Adobe Illustrator etc.

An understanding of complex information architectures for digital applications

Visual Design

UX Research

Candidate:

Prior experience working in a world-beating UX team

Experience working/multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment

Empathetic champion of the user

Passionate about the possibility of data driven experiences

Defensible point-of-view on and Adaptive v Responsive v Liquid/Fluid UI

Demonstrable knowledge of usability best practices

Bachelors or Masters Degree in Design for Interactive Media, or equivalent experience

World-beating portfolio covering multiple form-factors: desktop; tablet; mobile; wearable; other

Demonstrable commitment to learning: insatiable to discover and evaluate new concepts and technologies to maximize design possibility.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.