Graphic User Interface Designer
The User Interface Designer is responsible for helping define the visual interface design and look-and-feel web products /websites.com, Working closely with a cross-functional team to assess product requirements, the designer will create UI models, screen designs, and user-interface interaction details that promote ease of use and a positive user experience
The ideal candidate has a strong sense for visual design, interaction design, usability, typography and color, as well as a passion for user centered design. Their portfolio must demonstrate a depth of experience with emphasis on user-interface design for web applications or complex websites.
Responsibilities:
- Translate user requirements and complicated business problems into creative and clean visual design solutions while working within constraints of branding and web design standards
- Present design solutions for review with product management and engineering teams
- Create detailed design and functional documents (mockups, prototypes, specifications) that effectively communicate the visual and interaction design for technical development
- Create style sheets and templates for standardized layout of web products
- Participate in user experience design meetings and contribute professional design experience in meeting web design standards
- Work closely with usability team members to better understand the user, test the usability of features and conceptual designs, and refine designs to
- improve the user experience
- Assist in development of a user interface design style guide that incorporates the visual design elements used across product user interfaces, help develop a visual design library for common user interface elements (buttons, icons, etc.) and conceive, document, and evangelize user interface guidelines and standards companywide
Qualifications:
- 3+ years experience designing the user interface on client applications and/or complex web applications
- Experience working on large consumer facing websites is a plus
- Bachelors degree or equivalent in Graphic Design, Information or Interactive Design or other design discipline
- Thorough knowledge of web design including color, typography, browser constraints and international standards; solid experience with and an understanding of web technologies from the designer perspective
- Expert knowledge of web design tools including
- Adobe Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Macromedia Dreamweaver
- Independent, detail-oriented self-starter with strong project management skills; ability to manage workflow and deadlines for multiple, simultaneous projects
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to sell an idea and back up design decisions with real world data
- Solid understanding of the fundamentals of user interface design; have experience working through the entire product life cycle, and are familiar with user-centered design methods
- Ability to collaborate with Product Management, Usability Specialists, Engineering, Designers, and Quality Assurance throughout all phases of a project
If you are an experienced, creative professional, please submit your resume to The Creative Group today. We will work to match your unique qualifications with our clients’ needs. The Creative Group is a specialized staffing service providing marketing, advertising, creative and web professionals on a project basis. Contact our Philadelphia office at philadelphia@creativegroup.com
For more information fill out the form below and someone will be in contact with you shortly.