Principal UX Developer - Boston, United States - Fidelity Investments

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Job Description:

Principal, UX Developer

As a Principal, UX Developer on the Creative Solutions team, you get excited about solving challenges while working in a collaborative team environment. Bringing stories to life through thoughtful UX and development solutions is your passion, and you believe in the value of everyday interaction between brands and customers. The sweet spot is balancing a trained design-eye and technical mind to innovate and push boundaries within our existing brand guidelines.

ThePurposeof Your Role

Daily life includes a medley of development using the Wix Studio platform, user experience design, and CMS optimization - from concept to completion for primarily external communications. Every day is different, but you can count on collaborating with designers, producers and communications partners on a regular basis. You will be well-versed in development and SEO best practices, the latest UXD trends, and CMS solutions. You will be expected to demonstrate strategic and collaborative thinking with thoughtful approaches to existing and future web experiences. Though your primary focus will involve building, optimizing, and maintaining external-facing Fidelity webpages, be ready to expand your reach and try new things. For example, designing, illustration, acting as video extras, voice over talent, and more

TheExpertiseWere Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in web design, computer science, related developer discipline, with 6-8+ years experience
• Expert knowledge of building websites and digital experiences using the Wix Studio
• Strong track record of front/back-end development and optimization within content management systems
• Strong system knowledge and expertise working with HTML, JavaScript, CSS, React, Angular, and Figma
• Familiarity with SEO best practices
• Familiarity and experience optimizing web accessibility is a must
• Ability to proactively and autonomously prioritize, project manage, meet deadlines, and work on multiple projects with uncompromised attention to detail
• Confidence and professionalism to effectively articulate goals and ideas to senior management and executive stakeholders
• Understanding of design fundamentals (e.g., color theory, layout, typography)
• Experience with Adobe Suite products like Photoshop and Illustrator is a plus

TheSkillsYou Bring

• Problem solver with strong analytical abilities and with aptitude to conceptualize issues, quickly develop solutions and implement action plans
• Capacity to work on multiple projects under tight deadlines while maintaining a well-organized workflow required
• Ability to conceptualize issues, quickly develop solutions, and implement action plans
• Active listener who can take direction, integrate feedback from multiple team members and become a collaborative force on the team

TheValueYou Deliver

Everyday is different, so you will find yourself balancing a variety of projects with tight deadlines.

• Collaborating with business partners to ensure projects are on track to meet deadlines
• Ability to think differently and bring new ideas and forms of storytelling to the table
• Creating custom mock-ups and prototypes to share with business partners and then executing on development of these webpages
• Bridging the gap between graphic design and technical implementation of the About Fidelity external website
• Conduct regular user testing and research to optimize site performance
• Ensuring websites are accessible and optimized across all viewports
• Routinely testing websites for ease of use, speed and other quality factors
• Perform routine site audits, as well as ongoing maintenance, on an as-needed basis.
• Developing technical documentation to guide future development projects

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

The Creative Solutions team sits within Fidelitys Corporate Affairs organization. While our name might not be groundbreaking, that doesnt stop us from trying to be ahead of the curve. Comprised of teams dedicated to internal/external communications, public affairs, and policy, our environment is fast-paced, ultra-collaborative, and ever-changing.

We are curious, creative, hardworking professionals who thrive when there are challenges to be conquered. As an agile team of innovators, we create and produce over 2,000+ projects a year.

Working with our communications partners in Fidelitys Corporate Affairs, our mission is to provide the best customer service to our business partners while supporting the goals of Fidelity by utilizing authentic storytelling and creating experiences to connect with, inform, and inspire all of our 74,000+ associates and our customers, all while driving the business forward. Everything we do aims to reflect the essence of what makes Fidelity a great place to work and why its one of the greatest companies in the world.

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, youll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you dont need a finance background to succeed at Fidelitywe offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career youve always imagined.

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

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Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to , or by calling , prompt 2, option 3.