UX Designer (Summit, NJ OR Minneapolis, MN)

Job Description

Job Description

Position Title: UX Designer

Reports to: Director, Creative Services

Department: Marketing, Creative Services

Location: Minneapolis, MN OR Summit, New Jersey

Classification: Full-time, in-office

Summary / Job Objective: Simplicity Group is seeking a creative and collaborative UX designer to join our creative services team. The ideal candidate is a problem-solver with a passion for aligning design with functionality to create a positive user experience. This role requires proficiency in Salesforce and HTML/CSS/or the ability to communicate effectively with developers. Familiarity with design systems and front-end implementation tools is also required, along with strong visual design skills.

Essential Job Functions: As a UX designer, you will help define and improve the usability and effectiveness of our digital products (e.g., advisor/agent portals, internal tools, and applications) through process, structure, research, and execution. Your essential functions will center on ensuring our internal platforms are intuitive, efficient, and meet user needs. Your daily tasks will include conducting foundational research to analyze current and future user journeys, developing interactive prototypes to test user interactions, and testing the overall usability of our systems.

Primary Responsibilities:

· Perform UX research through user interviews, internal usage data, and competitive analysis

· Prepare and deliver detailed design specifications and assets

· Develop interactive prototypes to test user interactions

· Create wireframes to focus on product structure and functionality of new features

· Work closely with internal technology and operations teams to understand business requirements and ensure technical feasibility

· Translate complex business processes and financial concepts into clear and logical user flows and journey maps to visualize the user's path through the product

· Serve as a bridge between technology and design and effectively pitch the value of insights and ideas for different departments

· Focus on the “big picture,” thoroughly understanding how design and technology changes affect the overall user experience

· Ability to adapt to shifting priorities and timelines

Qualifications:

· Salesforce Certified Platform Strategy Advisor (Preferred)

· Strong UX or Strategy Design Portfolio (Required)

· Minimum 3 years of UX or Strategy Design Experience (Required)

Core Competencies:

· Wireframing & Prototyping

· User Research

· Visual/UI Skills

· Information Architecture

· Problem Solving

· Business Acumen

Compensation & Benefits:

Compensation (based on experience)

· Annual Salary: $85,000 - $100,000

· Annual performance bonus target: 7%

Benefits

• Employee benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, other)
• 401k with employer match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid parking

Location :

475 Springfield Ave

Summit, NJ 07901

OR

3600 American Blvd W #700
Minneapolis, MN 55439

*This role is an in-office position

Company Description

Headquartered in Summit, New Jersey, Simplicity Financial Marketing Group Holdings (“Simplicity Group”) is a financial holding company in the independent financial services sector that specializes in the distribution of retirement and financial planning solutions. Simplicity Group and its wholly-owned Broker-Dealer, partners with insurance and investment professionals to help provide consumers with guaranteed income and life insurance products, wealth accumulation strategies, disability, and long-term care protection in support of a holistic financial strategy.

Through its vast distribution network of insurance, wealth, and institutional channels, Simplicity Group has assisted with the placement of more than $10 billion of insurance assets and has $10 billion of assets under management and advisement as of Q4 2024. Simplicity Group is a fast-growing business, focused on organic growth initiatives to help its distribution partners expand their businesses. Simplicity Group has over 1,200 employees and 90 operating subsidiaries. Simplicity Group is owned by two of the leading San Francisco-based financial and tech-enabled services private equity firms and by its operating Partners, who help drive the company’s day-to-day business.

For more information, please visit simplicitygroup.com.

Company Description

Headquartered in Summit, New Jersey, Simplicity Financial Marketing Group Holdings (“Simplicity Group”) is a financial holding company in the independent financial services sector that specializes in the distribution of retirement and financial planning solutions. Simplicity Group and its wholly-owned Broker-Dealer, partners with insurance and investment professionals to help provide consumers with guaranteed income and life insurance products, wealth accumulation strategies, disability, and long-term care protection in support of a holistic financial strategy.\r\n\r\nThrough its vast distribution network of insurance, wealth, and institutional channels, Simplicity Group has assisted with the placement of more than $10 billion of insurance assets and has $10 billion of assets under management and advisement as of Q4 2024. Simplicity Group is a fast-growing business, focused on organic growth initiatives to help its distribution partners expand their businesses. Simplicity Group has over 1,200 employees and 90 operating subsidiaries. Simplicity Group is owned by two of the leading San Francisco-based financial and tech-enabled services private equity firms and by its operating Partners, who help drive the company’s day-to-day business.\r\n\r\nFor more information, please visit simplicitygroup.com.