MetLife is one of the world’s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management. The UX/UI Designer will deliver design solutions for enterprise priority programs and support the continuous evolution of design standards, collaborating with cross-functional teams to create customer-centered experiences.
Balance customer needs and business requirements to design user centered experiences
Define information architecture and sitemaps of digital experiences
Create user flows to define steps needed to achieve user goals
Design UI components leveraging the MetLife design system; partner with Global Design System team to ensure reuse of existing components and to inform expansion of MetLife’s design system
Create wireframes to blueprint the information hierarchy and interactions of a digital experience
Create prototypes to explore and test design decisions
Leverage our Brand Experience system to define visual expression throughout the experience
Inform usability testing plans to gain insights that inform design decisions
Create production-ready design files and assets for handoff to UI developers
Perform design quality assurance during development
Identify design solutions that can scale, create new components to be part of the MetLife global design system
Qualification
Required
2+ years of experience designing for responsive web and mobile app
Skilled in user experience fundamentals: research, wireframes, prototypes, usability testing
Strong knowledge of user interface design, interaction design, information architecture, visual design and the ability to generate design ideas
Strong proficiency with Figma, specifically using design libraries and tokens
Comfortable designing and leveraging a design system
Experience successfully partnering with product managers, developers, business analysts, content strategists, design researchers and other designers to arrive at optimal solutions
Strong communication skills with ability to articulate and optimize design based on the value to the user and the business
Ability to create designs that can scale, ensuring components meet WCAG standards and adapt to various use cases and platforms
Experience working in iterative processes and in an agile environment
Financial services and insurance domain knowledge a plus; ability to leverage business and domain knowledge to engage in meaningful conversations with stakeholders, leading to increased design quality and efficiencies
Preferred
Skills in CSS, Javascript and HTML a plus
Experience developing or maintaining design systems a plus
Bachelors degree preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision
Dental insurance
No-cost short- and long-term disability
Company-paid life insurance
Legal services
A retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife
401(k) with employer matching
Group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home
Pet
Critical illness
Hospital indemnity
Accident insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Digital mental health programs
Parental leave
Volunteer time off
Tuition assistance
MetLife is a provider of insurance, employee benefits, and financial services .
