Visual Designer I

Job Summary: A Visual Designer I defines the visual identity of our products, working collaboratively with senior designers and other business teams. She/ he suggests new design patterns but primarily works within pre-existing frameworks.

Responsibilities

Customer (or User) Focus

• Understands how UI design impacts the overalll user experience.
• Is familiar with and can use customer frameworks (e.g. Jobs To Be Done, personas, journey maps).
• Keeps up to date on news/incidents and understands what is happening in the market and with competitors.
  
  

Creative Problem Solving

• Asks the right questions to explore the problem.
• Iterates and tests solution to check it solves the problem.
• Considers the problem from a number of angles.
• Independently identifies different creative solutions.
• Collects feedback from users, other designers and stakeholders.
  
  

Product Design

• Follows a User-Centred visual design process.
• Creates original visual design assets.
• Works with UX Researcher to understand the user needs.
• Works with UX Designer to define structure and layout of the product.
• Works with existing design patterns and style guides, occasionally introducing new patterns.
  
  

Data Driven Analysis & Testing

• Iterates work based on testing and data analysis.
• Regularly tests design work with users in partnership with UX Research team.
• Explores data from analytics packages, customer insight or other sources to understand context of design work.
• Proactively uses data to establish key metrics for projects.
  
  

Technical Skills

• Has a good knowledge of the tech stack of the organisation.
• Uses relevant tools for communicating designs to developers (InVision, Zeplin).
• Uses design software (Adobe, Sketch) to intermediate level.
• Proatively identifies needs for training in technical skills.
• Understands the nuances of designing for different platforms.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply enterprise AI tools and technologies to support technical workflows and business objectives
  
  

Competencies

• Bachelors Degree holder.
• 3-5 years years visual design experience (corporate company) specifically with corporate and marketing web design.
• Uses relevant tools for communicating designs to developers (Figma plus other designing tools)
• Uses design software (Adobe Creative Cloud to intermediate level.)
• Proactively identifies needs for training in technical skills.
• Basic working knowledge of HTML and CSS
  
  

Personal Capability

Practices Self-Development

• Is curious and keen to learn and develop new ideas, skills and knowledge
• Acts on feedback to improve him/herself
• Looks for developmental opportunities in day-to-day work
• Invests time and energy in self-development (professional qualifications , relevant reading, networking meetings, etc.)
  
  

Solves Problems and Analyzes Issues

• Is able to ask effective questions and collect facts from multiple sources in order to solve problems
• Is able to effectively identify and analyze problems and propose solutions
• Effectively manages day-to-day issues and problems without intervention
  
  

Innovates

• “Brainstorms“ with others to look for different approaches to current process and tasks
• Looks for opportunities to develop new ideas or thinking within own role
• Experiments with new ideas as part of role
  
  

Interpersonal Skills

Communicates Powerfully and Prolifically

• Demonstrates effective conversational skills, including active listening and questioning
• Shares information relevant to own role
• Participates in team presentations
  
  

Collaboration and Teamwork

• Develops co-operative working relationships within the team
• Considers how own style affects others and tailors interactions accordingly
• Looks for ways to develop mutually beneficial relationships across teams
  
  

Builds Relationships

• Is approachable and friendly
• Asks for opinions of others
• Participates in formal and informal gatherings to meet new people and develop new relationships
  
  

Experience and Education

Suggested Minimum Years of Experience: 2-4 years

Education to Qualify: Bachelors or Masters degree.

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