UX/UI Designer – Contract Role
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Seeking an experienced UX/UI Designer to join Blue Acorn iCi's design team, specializing in user experience and visual design.
Responsibilities:
- Creates user interface designs and prototypes based on quantitative research and UX input
- Collaborates with design team to imagine design approach for both full-site and feature-level execution
- Elicits constructive feedback from clients and is capable of interpreting that feedback into design solutions
- Is able to design flexible UI informed by clients brand guidelines
- Research, formulate, execute and deliver standard web usability deliverables including personas, heuristic reviews, formal usability tests and card sorts
- Perform competitive analysis of client's competitors websites
- Design and develop information architecture designs and documentation
- Develop, present, defend and iterate responsive wireframes to meet client needs
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team as necessary to complete client projects
- Ability to pick up a project mid-flight and complete it
- Document designs to meet the needs of our front-end development teams and work with our developers as the designs are implemented to ensure that the finished product meets the design goals
- Perform visual quality assurance on finished web product prior to customer delivery
Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience as a user interface designer, interaction designer, visual designer, or similar role
- Excellent interpersonal skills and presentation skills
- Ability to clearly articulate design decisions/rationale to a variety of audiences
- Strong conceptualization ability, strong visual communication ability, drawing skills and sketchbook technique
- Exceptional design skills, production value and attention to detail
- Ability to create wireframes as well as visual design comps
- Proficient with user interface design patterns and standard UCD methodologies
- Must be self-motivated, responsive, and dedicated to customer success
- Knowledge of Usability and Information Architecture
- Demonstrated ability to learn quickly, be a team player, and manage change effectively
- Knowledge of eCommerce
- Substantial, demonstrable practical experience across all facets of usability testing, user experience design and visual design for the modern, responsive web
- Front-end development and/or mobile design experience is a plus
- Understand the design and usability problems associated with large enterprise and eCommerce websites
- Proven experience with Sketch
- Version control / Abstract experience a strong plus
- Experience working with an Agile UX team
Benefits:
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- life insurance
- disability
- paid time off
- 401(k)
- competitive benefits package




















