UX Designer, Aladdin Data, Associate

About this role

As an UX Interaction Designer, you will:

• Interview users / stakeholders and extract information from users thru inquisitive, thoughtful, and tactical questioning

• Author user flows, user journeys, and journey maps

• Prototype using a pre-defined UI pattern library using Figma

• Use AI Prompts, build custom AI Agents, and build Agentic workflows

• Collaborate with the Aladdin Design Team to apply UX governance across projects; collaborate and assist in the evolution of BLK design patterns where gaps arise.

• Design high fidelity comps and prototypes primarily using Figma.

• UX Research - Assist on the continued development of an action tracking framework to acutely monitor user actions, behaviors, patterns and ideate new experiences to automate cyclical, high-value, high frequent user actions thru predictive behavioral analysis and next generation UX-related automations. Guide technologists on what user scenarios to track and introduce ideas and methods to decrease time to task completion, overall process and workflow optimization.

• Extensive experience working with established design systems and design libraries, while acutely following established interaction design patterns.

• Innovate, conceptualize, design, and pilot new capabilities to simplify our clients’ business problems

• Work closely with stakeholders, end users, full stack developers, systems engineers, front-end developers, data scientists, financial modelers, program managers, platform operators, and client teams to design, prototype, assist in defining our product strategy and roadmap

• Learn new things and have fun as part of a fantastic team

What you’ll do:

• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to drive the firm's platform transformation strategy

• Drive the product in the right direction, from strategic vision to roadmaps to design execution

• Drive alignment and transparency of that vision, engaging in conversation with internal partners and end-users alike

• Partner with program managers and engineering leads to drive execution of that vision, sprint-by-sprint, across the product lifecycle

• Champion internal initiatives and drive new ways of working across the team

• Collaborate with both local India teams and US-based teams (NYC time zone). You will be expected to be available until 12 noon EDT to accommodate US-based teams.

Who you are:

• 5-8 years experience as an expert UX Designer, Interaction Designer, and mid-level mentor who is excited by the idea of contributing to our vision

• You have a hunger for UX, emerging technologies, AI, LLMs, smart UI, complex UI, and find advanced UI projects to be stimulating

• You have an affinity for data visualization or want to learn

• Fitts’s Law, Miller’s Law, Hick’s Law are not foreign concepts to you.

• You have experience with data and/or analytic pipelines, in or out of FinTech

• You are a technologist at heart and curious by nature

• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, including an ability to deliver presentations and communicate up and down an organization

• You know how to influence decision-making – at all levels and across contexts – within an organization

• You are comfortable with ambiguity, and finding signal from noise

• You love design and data, employing both to your approach to solve problems

• You enjoy rolling up your sleeves and getting into the weeds of interaction design, wanting to understand the full day in the life of our users, and not just the screens you are assigned to create and author. You persevere where others do not. You enjoy working with GenAI, ChatGPT, etc.

Requirements for Consideration

• Strong Portfolio – Only candidates with exceptional portfolios will be considered. A password should be provided to view your work. We would like to see examples of high fidelity comps, workflows, wired prototype boards, and user flows / user journey mapping artifacts. We are looking for someone who knows how to tackle very complex user interface design, such as enterprise platforms, query builders, AI agents, advanced automation tooling, and complex UI pattern experience. Portfolios filled with WP examples, need not apply.

• Prompt Engineering Experience – Candidates must have solid prompt engineering experience, experience with several LLMs, and have used a multitude of AI tools to compound your productivity

• Strong Brand Experience – Candidates with multiple years at a Fortune 500 is preferred.

• Solid UX fundamentals required to understand key design concepts and communicate choices effectively. You should exhibit the ability to take subjectivity out of design decisions and rely more on UX fundamentals, split testing results, and data-driven decisions.

• Complex UI - Examples of complex UI, smart UI, advanced filters, menu systems, accordions, multi-step workflows, modals, non-modals, conditional views, menus on demand, enterprise application UI, and data visualization are a plus.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents 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.

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