Visual Designer in Boston, MA

Well known financial company is looking for an experienced (Mid-level 3 to 4 years minimum) and self-motivated Visual Designer to join their User Experience team. The environment is fast-paced with numerous iterative development cycles.

visual designer will: develop and execute visual design solutions for interfaces which include site layouts, navigation design, content inventories, information organization models, error handling and icons; be accountable for communicating and meeting visual design milestones in overall project plans; ensure consistency in templates and graphical elements and utilize site-wide color and typeface standards; work with available tech resources to document standards and templates for outside designers and agencies; and analyze relevant internal and external sites to determine best practices and future trends in visual communication.

The ideal candidate must possess the following skills:

-inherently creative, solid visual/graphic design sensibility with the ability to clearly communicate an aesthetic, personality and function to invoke feeling through the user interfaces of our products

-the ability to ensure that the UI layer is lucid, communicates visual hierarchy and represents the brand in ways that appeal to the end user yet don't intrude on the user's workflow

-an understanding of branding on a deeper level than visual identity, while delving into messaging, semiotics and interactions

-strong understanding of usability best practices; experience with usability testing is a plus

-full comprehension of other UCD disciplines that contribute to the success of a true user-centered experience: idea generation, interaction design and front-end development

-strong communication skills with the ability to present concepts and ideas to our design team as well as business and development stakeholders

-BFA or equivalent visual/graphic design experience is required

Experience: Technical skills required:

-PC and MAC computer skills is a must.

-Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign Version Cue, Dreamweaver, Fireworks (CS 3), Visio or OmniGraffle (Candidate should have a majority of these skills and should have command of them)

-Working knowledge (Basic) of CSS, HTML, DHTML is a MUST

-Work knowledge of WPF, Silverlight, Flex, and XAML are a BIG plus

-Basic MS Office: Powerpoint, Excel, Word

Responsibilities include:

-brainstorm and conceptualize across UEG on innovative solutions, visual styling and interfaces

-collaborate with UEG interaction designers, business stakeholders and front-end developers to translate concepts visually

-create comps/mock-ups for user interfaces and interactions by applying the corporate visual signature and designing new and additional visual elements to be added to the style library

-understand TR technology sufficiently to insure designs can be developed within any existing constraints and limitations

PLEASE EMAIL RESUME IN MS WORD WITH SHORT SYNOPSIS OF MATCHING SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE.

Interested candidates please contact Pedro Garcia at pedro(dot)garcia(at)ajilon(dot)com
Adecco / Ajilon is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).



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