UX Designer

UX Designer

Wealth Management (WM) Platforms manages industry-leading platforms, across all WM channels and client segments, to provide a unified digital experience, unlock growth, and deliver efficiencies for Advisors, Clients, and Institutions. WM Platforms consists of nine sub-teams including: Field Experience & Platforms, Digital Client Experience & Platforms, Workplace Platforms, Automation & Workflow Solutions, Digital Trading & Investing, UX Design & Research, Strategy & Execution, Business Control & Support, and the Chief Operating Office. 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! We're looking for a UX Designer to help with Morgan Stanley financial products. Your role will be involved in deliver user-central solutions- streamline workflow, create cohesive end-to-end user experience, and rethink and integrate new, complex workflows in an intuitive manner.

What you will do in the role:

• Working closely with the UX lead, help execute the product vision by being involved in every step of the end-to-end product design process
• Understand the underlying needs and motivation of our clients to ensure we achieve business goals and provide value to our clients
• Work closely with our research team to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data and make value-driven design decisions that 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 with the team and the greater organization
• Form holistic solutions that integrate seamlessly into our Institutional Securities product ecosystem
• Design and deliver Desktop, Web, and Mobile solutions that are optimized for multiple applications and partner with engineers to translate designs into successful products
• Work closely with the larger firmwide UX team to share design best practices, align on patterns, and promote a design-centric culture at the firm
• Advocate for all user abilities by thoroughly testing design deliverables to meet WCAG ADA compliance

What you will bring to the role:

• You've spent 3+ years as a UX designer who was a key contributor to the success of products that have launched
• You have an outstanding portfolio that demonstrates how you have created experiences that solved business and user needs
• 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
• 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 with to mature design thinking within a large organization
• You practice active listening and contribute to group situations (i.e. brainstorms, audits, critiques, whiteboard sessions, etc.)
• You have a relentless desire to validate assumptions and uncover a problem's root cause by testing, learning, and iterating
• You have a knack for balancing user goals, technology needs and business objectives and can clearly explain the rationale for your designs and how they achieve both
• You constantly seek opportunities to evangelize and promote design thinking in a large organization

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 89 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you'll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. 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. There's also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

Certified Persons Regulatory Requirements: If this role is deemed a Certified role and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks. Flexible work statement Interested in flexible working opportunities? Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements. Speak to our recruitment team to find out more. Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.