Senior UX Designer

Chicago, IL, United States

Egencia (an Amex GBT company) is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.Ready to explore a career path? Start your journey.Do you have a passion for travel and tech? And want to work for an exciting company that’s at the top of their industry?Business travel is back and we’re looking for talented individuals to join a team that’s working hard to reinvent the industry and make those real-life connections truly seamless once again. Who Are We? Egencia is the original category disruptor and the world’s leading B2B SaaS business in travel. Driven by curiosity and backed by industry leading data and customer insights, we’re a trusted business travel partner that delivers the best technology and experiences - no matter the odds.With the support of our partners and travel consultants, and now with the powerful backing of Amex GBT, we deliver unrivalled value, while helping companies in over 60 markets meet sustainability goals and prioritize the wellbeing of their travelers. And we need people like you.Egencia’s global design team is seeking a User Experience Designer who has a passion for travel innovation, can transform complexity into clarity, and leads by doing. UX Designers work with feedback from our 8+ million users to directly deliver on user needs and our mission of redefining business travel. Designers don’t just create interfaces, they help build and ship sophisticated products that empower millions of business travelers, travel coordinators, and agents.The design team structure is a blended model. All design at Egencia belongs to a centralized design team that delivers a globally unified product and brand identity. Designers also belong to pod teams of product management, development, and research, working as one to ship entire lines of business.We like problem solvers with small egos. We value individual vision, and we invest in individual growth. We work through issues as a team to craft global designs, and we embrace experimentation. What You'll Do: UX Designers at Egencia lead the end-to-end UX research and high-fidelity UI Design for projects from product discovery to development review. Lead Design thinking workshops

Partner with Product managers, developers, analytics and data science teams both across the product and in your product domain

Work within our Design system

Design high-fidelity, mobile-first solutions in Figma

Translate user research and survey insights into new hypotheses.

Collaborate closely with developers to evaluate concept feasibility.

Run remote unmoderated user tests to validate designs with users

Advocate for UX best practices and research methodologies

Advocate and design for accessibility standards

Who You Are: Experience working with B2B SAAS solutions. Designing for Banking, finance, or previous experience working on travel booking products.

A strong portfolio with case studies demonstrating an array of mobile first product design work

Expert in Figma and advanced Design Systems knowledge

Experience conducting remote user tests and writing surveys

Comfortable with mobile-first designs for a variety of device experiences.

A master in Design thinking and an advocate for the UX research process

Familiar with accessibility standards

Why Join Egencia? Connections matter when it comes to business, and those connections start with our inclusive team of travel enthusiasts and technologists.Our customers love working with us because we know satisfied customers start with a knowledgeable and enthusiastic team to support them. So, we’re committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. We make sure every voice is heard. We trust each other to get great work and we encourage everyone to speak up, speak out, and be themselves. Our Culture We thrive in a culture of curiosity - constantly reinventing for the future. It's the people that make Egencia so special, so we want to make sure they’re happy. We do this by offering flexible working opportunities, competitive packages and by making sure we have fun along the way.Business travel is on the road to recovery, and as part of the world’s largest corporate travel marketplace, we’re in a strong position to define the future of business travel as we lead the industry into a new era.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.Egencia is wholly owned by American Express Global Business Travel (GBT). GBT is a joint venture that is not wholly owned by American Express Company or any of its subsidiaries (American Express). “American Express Global Business Travel”, “American Express", and the American Express logo are trademarks of American Express and are used under limited license. “American Express Meetings & Events” is a division of GBT. Location United States - California - Virtual Location The #TeamEgencia Experience Work and life: Find your happy medium at Egencia. Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and more.

Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.

Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with global tuition assistance, access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

We strive to champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in every aspect of our business at GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global Inclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.

Wellbeing resources to support mental and emotional health for you and your immediate family.

And much more!

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, gender identity (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, disability, veteran status, citizenship or marital status. It is our policy to maintain an equal-opportunity environment free from intimidation, harassment or bias for our candidates, colleagues, clients and suppliers.We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Please, let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the hiring process. For more details, please consult GBT Recruitment Privacy Statement. What if I don’t meet every requirement? If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, don’t worry about “checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!

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