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The Morgan Stanley Wealth Management UX team builds digital experiences that help our clients manage their finances and monitor their investments easily on the Morgan Stanley and E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley platforms. Our growing team of designers and researchers bring an entrepreneurial spirit to a leading global financial firm. We employ design thinking methods and user‑centered approaches 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 are seeking a Designer for our Design System Team who will help evolve and mature Campfire – our design system. In this role, you will collaborate with other designers on projects influencing nearly every creative output from component creation, application of design system, interaction design, and execution. You’ll be asked to look beyond the day‑to‑day, balancing long‑term thinking while working within existing constraints. Above all, you will use your expertise to advocate for web best practices of visual and interaction design. Reporting into a Design System Lead, you will collaborate extensively with Product Designers, Engineers and Product Owners.
What You'll Do In The Role
* Continue to evolve and refine a design language that resonates with our clients
* Partner closely with UX leadership to create design consistency and quality across the platform
* Foster continual design system education throughout the team
* Promote inclusive design; designing for equity and accessibility (ensuring WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance)
* Form strong partnerships with engineering teams to create frictionless design system implementation
* Implement and maintain processes/tools for UX/engineering team to utilize our design system
* Review in‑flight designs with Product Designers for holistic application of a design solution
* Contribute to a culture of continual creative improvement and innovation, excellence and accountability
* 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
* Design and deliver responsive/adaptive solutions that are optimized for web and mobile interfaces and partner with engineers to translate designs into successful products
* Work closely with the larger Wealth Management UX team to share design best practices, align on patterns, and promote a design‑centric culture at the firm
What You'll Bring To The Role
* 2‑5 years of experience as a UX/UI Designer working in a cross‑functional team
* An outstanding portfolio that demonstrates how you have created experiences that solved business and user needs
* A bachelor’s degree in design or related field (master’s degree a plus)
* A refined design aesthetic and can confidently communicate clear direction and provide timely and helpful feedback to keep work on schedule
* Excellent skills in Figma
* Basic understanding of HTML/CSS
* Advanced understanding of web components, interaction design, visual design and industry trends
* Fluent in responsive design, mobile/tablet UX/UI
* Can establish deep relationships across the entire Design department
* Self‑starter who is driven and seeks out opportunities
* Thrives in a collaborative, explorative environment and values 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
* Practices active listening and contributes in group situations (e.g., brainstorms, audits, critiques, whiteboard sessions)
* Gets excited by complex projects with high levels of ambiguity and is resilient in the face of obstacles
* Has a relentless desire to validate assumptions and uncover a problem’s root cause by testing, learning, and iterating
* Constantly seeks opportunities to evangelize and promote design thinking in a large organization
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.
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.
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