900lbs

Product Designer

• Create a broad range of visual design elements for a diverse range of experiences and interfaces and meet the quality standards and goals of the Client and Team.
• Client meetings: Sometimes presenting our work and walking Clients through our design process. Taking notes relating to functionality, designs, content types, etc;
• Brainstorming with the Team on storyboards, style frames, UI look, UX flow and brainstorm solutions for a project;
• Light creative direction and art direction responsibilities contributing to the designs of others on our Team. Helping conceptualize a project’s vision;
• Understand and Execute within a Client’s Brand Guidelines and Design Language
• Producing various creative documentation, style guides and animation references for developers to understand artwork form and function;
• Creating design moodboards with research and inspiration in order to help direct the style of a project;
• Helping our Accounts Team understand potential budgetary requirements for projects by providing labor estimates and any design expenses (stock assets, tools, etc..);
• Ensure Quality Control and Art Reviews leading up to Design Phase milestones to successfully reach project requirements and schedule gates.
• Working with developers and animators to export 2D, 2.5D and 3D artwork for software development and/or visual content creation
• In collaboration with Team Leads, annual Smart Goals are created to help you grow your skills, learning new techniques, tools, styles and progress in your role;
• Quality Assurance Testing: Checking in with devs and designers throughout the project. Also, performed at the end of a project per our Design Phase process.
• Uphold the vision of the interactive experience through thoughtful design of key interactions, user flows, and information architecture;
• Produce UX flow diagrams, information architecture, content strategy, wireframes, prototypes, and presentations with support and supervision of Team Lead and others;
• Support and conduct UX research to better understand a Client’s users. This will include interactive interfaces as well as spaces through journey mapping;
• Strong focus and delivery on information architecture and content organization;
• Advocate for users and their needs throughout the project lifecycle;
• Work closely with developers and designers to ensure that the project’s UX design is understood and upheld;
• Participate in Discovery, Plan and other phases of the Creative Process;
• Help our Accounts Team understand potential budgetary requirements for projects;
• Contribute to creative project solutions and RFP responses in both narrative and spec work and/or concepts;
• Keep an iterative approach to design and be open to feedback from Users, Client, and Team;
• Balance time and priorities across several different projects/tasks (large and/or small) simultaneously;
• Keep a good understanding of the big picture of the project, including how decisions impact financial outcomes;

User Experience / User Interface Designer