Description
We are seeking a contract UI/UX Website Designer to work with our Marketing team. The UI/UX Website Designer’s main responsibility will be to re-design the JoVE website interface from concept to development. This candidate will possess an in-depth understanding of user and buyer personas, and be able to effectively communicate design processes and concepts to internal stakeholders. The UI/UX Website Designer will construct the look, feel, layout, navigation and structure of our website while enhancing its existing properties.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Marketing and IT to define design directions for the website visuals and user experience interface
- Research and explore different design options
- Design, develop and implement wireframes, visual mockup, interactive prototype, layout, user flows, process flows, navigation structure, and site maps
- Research, experiment, and revise prototypes
- Translate design concepts to HTML/CSS/JavaScript to hand off to web development team
- Work closely with the development team to implement final design
- Generate ideas to simplify complex design into user friendly interfaces
- Develop digital assets to enhance lead generation with website pages, landing pages, microsites, case studies, whitepapers, emails, online advertising graphics, social media graphics, infographics and more…
- Work with Marketing to develop branding and style guidelines
Qualifications:
- 5+ years web and/or graphic design experience
- Ability to translate the latest website standards and best practices into a user friendly, modern and visually compelling website design
- Strong visual design skills
- Knowledge of the latest graphic design trends, color and typography.
- Expert proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
- Proficiency in CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript, or jQuery
- Ability to communicate and collaborate with different stakeholders using both technical and non-technical language
- Experience in usability design, navigation design, online content organization, information architecture/taxonomy creation and search optimization.
- Ability to be open to creative insight, feedback, and criticism from leadership and other members within the organization
- Ability to work within deadlines with minimal supervision
- Creative problem solving skills
- A Bachelor’s degree is preferred
About JoVE:
JoVE is the world leader in providing visual scientific education and learning solutions to support the needs of scientists, faculty and students in research and academic environments. Our institutional clients include more than 900 universities, colleges and biotech/pharma companies worldwide, including such leaders as Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford and Princeton. We are a rapidly growing and profitable company with offices in the US, UK, and Australia. Our team is currently made up of 100 employees, and works in a fast paced, fun, and friendly environment. We are constantly seeking talented individuals to help us expand our busines.
Please visit www.jove.com to learn more about our company.
Recent articles about JoVE:
New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-methods-videos...
Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2015/03/29/solving-...
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