User Experience

*This is a “Direct Hire” position with our client in the Downtown Atlanta area.

*Must be local to the Atlanta area.

*No sponsership available so MUST be US Citizen, Greencard, and or Perm Resident.

 

Job Description

The User Experience Designer creates visually engaging, immersive, and usable digital experiences for media brands. The User Experience Designer must have a passion for analyzing and understanding audience behavior and will guide the creative execution of all digital products, following trends in the digital marketplace and exploring new interfaces and modes of interaction.

As part of the User Experience group, the User Experience Designer works closely with Product Managers to gather and document product requirements; with the User Experience team to create visual designs and functional prototypes; and with the development team to provide just-in-time specifications as part of our Agile development process. The User Experience Designer is also responsible for providing design and branding requirements and specifications, and for developing and communicating design standards and best practices across mobile, desktop, and emerging platforms.

The successful candidate will be able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously, and be comfortable meeting aggressive deadlines.

Primary responsibilities:

·         Collaborate with product owners and project team members to gather design requirements for new products and product enhancements

·         Define and design the user interface and interaction flow for a wide range of interactive products and applications

·         Create page diagrams, design templates, visual mockups, and functional prototypes in collaboration with product management, user experience team members, and the development team

·         Create new logos and branding guidelines for digital properties on an as-needed basis

·         Promote usability best practices and advocate for the audience across the organization; provide guidance in user-centered design principles to business and technical teams

·         Create and maintain product style guides and branding guidelines and standards for reference by stakeholders, 3rd party vendors, and publishers in the field to ensure visual consistency throughout the network

·         Participate in usability research and user testing and incorporate findings into design specifications and style guides; ensure designs reasonably accommodate common visual challenges like color blindness

·         Work closely with the IA and User Experience Analyst to ensure all designs meet usability standards and user experience best practices

·         Collaborate with product teams to ensure visual execution meets the strategic objectives and business goals

·         Collaborate with UI Development team to ensure quality of execution; provide feedback and guidance to UI Development team to adjust designs as needed

·         Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

·         Minimum 4 years designing visual and interactive interfaces for web sites, web applications, and/or web based software as a visual designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar role

·         Degree or certification in visual, graphic, or web design

·         Experience with visual and user interface design for mobile and tablet devices

·         Experience with in-browser design or front-end development preferred, but not required

·         Experience working in a collaborative team environment, working directly with product managers and developers to define and implement solutions

·         Experience in an Agile development process preferred but not required

·         Familiarity designing digital products for traditional media (tv, newspaper, radio) a plus

·         Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (including Adobe Flash Pro), Microsoft Office, and Axure required; experience with other UXdesign and prototyping tools, such as OmniGraffle, Viso, and Balsamiq, preferred

·         Working knowledge of basic web languages including, HTML (Including HTML5), Flash, Java Script, etc.; CSS3 knowledge preferable

Desired Skills Experience

Skills:

·         Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with a strong aptitude for translating requirements into visual concepts; ability to communicate usability and visual design principles to all levels of an organization

·         Expert knowledge of User Experience principles, standards, and best practices

·         Proficient in W3C standards and cross-browser and cross-platform design techniques

·         Familiar working within an Agile development environment

·         Must be a self-starter with strong collaboration skills and experience working in cross-functional teams; must be comfortable working directly with technical teams

·         Must be highly flexible and creative, and work well on tight deadlines

·         Detail oriented

·         Proactive; able to work without extensive direction