The Morgan Stanley Institutional Securities UX team builds digital experiences for our key user bases: corporate, sovereign, investor and other institutional clients globally to help them provide best-in-class products and services in M&A, sales and trading, equity underwriting and debt financing. Our growing team of designers and researchers bring an entrepreneurial spirit to a leading global financial firm. We employ design thinking methods and a user-centered approach to solve real business problems. If you can bring clarity to complexity, design holistically in an immense product ecosystem, and have gone the extra mile to create delight, we want you!
Once Here You Will...
- Lead projects of all sizes and varying complexities with no oversight by setting the direction for the team and planning and leading collaborative workshops
- Define the product vision and set the bar for quality standards while helping to improve work that does not meet this threshold
- Deliver end-to-end design of medium-to-large-scale projects, using market analysis, site data, customer feedback, user research, and technical constraints/opportunities to inform design decisions.
- Translate complex user interactions into simple, engaging user-centered solutions.
- Strategize and execute the product vision by being heavily involved in the end-to-end product design process
- Define user journeys and surface the underlying needs and motivation of our users to ensure we achieve business goals and provide value
- Work closely with our research team to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data and make value-driven design decisions which then translate into clear, simple UIs
- Create and present a variety of design deliverables (sketches, wireframes, user flows and prototypes) in a way that engenders confidence in you and your solutions within the team and the greater organization
- Design holistic solutions that integrate seamlessly into our wealth management product ecosystem
- Design and deliver scalable/adaptive solutions that are optimized for cross-application experience and partner with engineers to translate designs into successful products
- Collaborate and share work with other fleet leads to ensure consistency of UI and experience
- Coach junior and mid-level designers while working to strengthen UX team standards and practices Relevant Experience and Mindset:
- An outstanding portfolio that demonstrates how you have created experiences that solved business and user needs
- 5+ years of experience as a UX designer as a key contributor to the success of products that have launched
- Mastery of strategic, hard, and soft UX skills
- You have a bachelor's degree in design or related field preferably, master's degree or previous experience with working in financial industry is a plus
- Skill in developing rapid UI prototypes and proficiency working with Figma
- Experience with managing a small team (2-4) or an individual is a plus
- Ability to fully utilize and work with less skilled designers
- You thrive in a collaborative, explorative environment and value being on a diverse team that you can bounce ideas off of, get critical feedback from, and unite to mature design thinking in a large organization
- You practice active listening and contribute to group situations (brainstorms, audits, critiques, whiteboard sessions, etc.)
- You have a high tolerance for projects with ambiguity and the ability to set the direction for undefined, complex projects
- You are resilient in the face of obstacles
- You have a relentless desire to validate assumptions and uncover a problems' root cause by testing, learning, and iterating
- You constantly seek opportunities to evangelize and promote design thinking in a large organization
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Why Work at Morgan Stanley?
Besides a competitive salary, work life balance, a clear career path, and great benefits, we take the well-being and work satisfaction of our employees seriously. That's why we put a lot of effort towards creating a safe space for people to be vulnerable, share work, and ask questions that will help them both to grow individually and move their projects forward. You'll be encouraged to bring your own perspective to conversations, and we will help you understand and put into practice what you naturally do best by amplifying each other's strengths.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 85 years. At our foundation are five core values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - that guide our more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you'll find trusted colleagues, committed mentors and a culture that values diverse perspectives, individual intellect and cross-collaboration. We Firm is differentiated by the caliber of our diverse team. While our company culture and commitment to inclusion define our legacy and shape our future, helping to strengthen our business and bring value to clients around the world. Learn more about how we put this commitment to action: morganstanley.com/diversity. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry.
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