Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. They are seeking an Associate UX Designer to join their Wealth Management Client UX team, where the role involves designing data-rich experiences and analytics tools to enhance client understanding of their portfolios and account data. The designer will collaborate closely with UX leads and cross-functional teams throughout the product design lifecycle.
Partner with the UX lead and cross-functional teams to deliver experiences that balance user needs, business objectives, and platform constraints
Translate complex business rules, edge cases, and user scenarios into simple screen flows and intuitive interface designs
Create and iterate on design artifacts including journey maps, task flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes
Design within an established ecosystem by leveraging existing interaction patterns and design system components to maintain consistency across products
Work closely with our research team to identify user pain-points and ideate ways to improve the product experience
Deliver responsive/adaptive designs optimized for web and mobile, and collaborate with engineering to support accurate implementation (including specs and design QA)
Demonstrate strong attention to detail—creating a strong visual hierarchy with typography and layout, as well as considering error handling and empty states
Advocate for inclusive design by aligning work to accessibility expectations (e.g., WCAG/ADA) and supporting usability for a wide range of user abilities
Use company-approved AI tools to concept, iterate and quickly prototype workflows
Ask thoughtful questions, seek feedback, and continuously grow design craft and product understanding
Articulate the rationale behind your design decisions
Champion design system thinking across multiple tabs and products over isolated page level interactions
Collaborate with UX designers on other teams to share ideas, provide feedback, align on common patterns
Qualification
Required
You have an outstanding portfolio that demonstrates how you have created experiences that solved business and user needs
You've spent 2-5 years as a UX designer who was a key contributor to the success of products that have launched
You have a bachelor's degree in design or related field preferably, master's degree a plus
You have excellent skills in Figma
You thrive in a collaborative, explorative environment and you value being on a diverse team to brainstorm and get feedback from within a large organization
You practice active listening and contribute in-group situations, like brainstorms, audits, critiques, and whiteboard sessions
You get excited by complex projects and can navigate a path forward when there is ambiguity
You ask questions to clarify your understanding of the business rules, use cases and end users
Preferred
Benefits
Commission earnings
Incentive compensation
Discretionary bonuses
Other short and long-term incentive packages
Other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs
Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
