What’s the job? 

Ready to play an important role at TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site? As a key member of our Flights, Rental Cars, and Cruises team, the Senior UX/UI Designer will work closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and a broad range of internal stakeholders to create a best-in-class user experience that will impact the daily lives of travelers and partners. You’ll be part of a dynamic and collaborative environment that fuses the speed, innovation and excitement of a start-up with the stability and resources of a global industry leader.

In short: Awesome brand. Global audience. Collaborative environment. Cool teams. Free lunches. Free AM & PM shuttles to/from the city, Dog-friendly. Design & influence for a living.

What you’ll do

• Partner cross-functionally with product and engineering to translate business and users’ goals into elegant but practical designs that deliver on key business and user metrics
• Design and specify user interfaces and information architecture using participatory and iterative design techniques, including observational studies, customer interviews, usability testing, and other forms of requirements discovery
• Hands-on production of user requirements, storyboards, wireframes, scenarios, flowcharts, design prototypes, and design specifications
• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders to brainstorm new products, features and functionalities that enhance our mobile and web experiences
• Independently provide strategic design solutions that demonstrate user-centered-design thinking
• Explain rationale behind creative decisions based on best practices
• Be a voice of the restaurant owner and consumer, advocating for solutions that deliver the best user experience with a consideration of available site data, internal studies, and industry best practices
• Apply metrics & KPI models to help support design decisions
• Drive and/or collaborate on all cyclical user testing sessions and independently seek out relevant research to inform design executions
• Actively share UX/UI and UCD best practices and tools with team and business partners, identifying ways to leverage them for efficiency and optimal design solutions
• Help create, maintain and enforce the brand book, templates, style guides and toolkits

What we’re looking for

• 5-9 years of experience designing for responsive web and mobile
• Online portfolio that showcases your design chops and demonstrates originality, innovation, and strong problem solving skills
• Shipped responsive products and understand what it takes to create delightful, business-oriented as well as consumer-oriented experiences
• Talent for managing multiple projects simultaneously, from concept to completion; exhibit flexibility and ability to create multiple creative concepts within our “speed wins” framework
• Excellent communicator who has conviction to champion your point of view, but can also successfully collaborate with others
• A “do-er” who’s excited about working in a fast-paced environment with the chance to work with top collaborators in different disciplines
• Has a passion for travel
• Expert knowledge of design and prototyping tools such as Sketch, PhotoShop, Illustrator, Invision, Axure, etc.
• Illustration skills are a huge plus

TripAdvisor provides a unique, global work environment that captures the speed, innovation and excitement of a startup, at a thriving, growing and well-established industry brand. At TripAdvisor, you will be part of a dynamic, fun, and energetic team where you can immediately make meaningful contributions. 

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