Job Description :
UX Visual Designer
San Francisco, CA
6 +month contract
*upon offer, candidates must complete a background check*
A visual/interaction designer is a professional who can plan, create, and communicate beautiful, usable, and effective interface designs for mobile, web, and device interfaces. From layout, to visual branding, to motion and interactivity - interactive design is collaborative and comprehensive.
The ideal candidate will have knowledge of current digital design trends as well as design fundamentals. This candidate is passionate about all aspects of the digital space and understands how to translate business problems into strong interactive solutions.
will need someone who will work with a developer, researchers and experience architects for 8 intense weeks of designing and testing one set of functionality (Customer Profile - phone numbers, addresses, consent pages, etc) that will be shared across customer and employee facing channels. It will be a mix of leveraging existing styles in our old and new brands, but working collaboratively with my team to ideate, design, create and test - with some iteration of those designs built in.
The cadence will likely be as follows:
Day 1: Unpack the requirements (as is, vision for future, competitor evals, all relevant details) Day 2: Ideate Day 3: Bring the ideas back in and define the solution Day 4 and 5: Prototype (partner with dev to build it) Day 6: Test
The person needs to LOVE collaborating with a team and have a great attitude.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Work with contemporary tools, including Sketch, Invision, Marvel, Adobe Creative Cloud to design new interaction modules, page layouts, style guides, images, icons, animations and other visual elements
Apply and update existing brand (visual and interaction) standards to accommodate test goals
Present and communicate designs and design goals to teammates, partners, and leadership.
Create prototypes using design tools noted above; by coding in HTML5/CSS/JS; and working directly with front-end developers
Participate as an observer in user interviews and usability test sessions
Validate developer-built experiences relative to UX design requirements, provide feedback and work with developers to reach best outcomes
Preferred Requirements
Bachelors in a visual design-related discipline such as Design, Animation or related field of study - or 5 years relevant professional experience working as a visual designer, interaction designer, art director
Experience working in a multi-channel environment, including desktop/laptop, mobile, installation-based and brick-and-mortar locations - must be able to demonstrate work designing responsive, adaptive and native experiences
Knowledge of accessibility and its particular design requirements
Experience collaborating with large teams using outstanding, persuasive communication skills
Experience delivering work on time and according to requirements
Experience successfully executing and balancing multiple projects and tasks
Experience creating and persuasively presenting design artifacts such as wireframes, user flow diagrams, experience maps and prototypes
A portfolio of work demonstrating high-quality visual and interaction design
Expert with contemporary UX Design tools, including Sketch, Invision, Marvel, Adobe Creative Cloud and Omnigraffle
Experience coding in core front-end technologies (HTML5/CSS/JS) and working collaboratively with developers, especially front-end
Experience designing and building digital products in compliance with WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards and with ADA accessibility guidelines
Skillful peer leadership and persuading without authority
             

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