Senior Visual Designer

England  ‐ Onsite
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Description

We are working on a retained basis with a leading client to help them with their strategy to become the UK's first digitally-led innovator who has outlined a 5 years commitment plan to transform their technology platform.

Working within their newly created innovation design studio, they are looking to add a number of key contractors hires to support this initiative, you will be working with a team to drive their digital agenda, to ultimately enable a collaborative way of working and true user centred design.

You will have:

  • Significant and demonstrable experience of designing experiences and services - preferably with big name clients in a studio or agency environment
  • A detailed knowledge of visual and interaction design and the ability to use the appropriate methods, activities and tools to create delightful experiences and services
  • The ability to bring things to life in different ways - we like to realise ideas at speed and have a culture that supports rapid and iterative create, test and learn
  • An unerring attention to detail and a keenness to become a master of your craft - your deliverables are held up as examples of how things should be done
  • Developed skills in identifying opportunities to enhance experiences and be able to use your influencing skills to ensure we design the right things, the right way
  • A desire to share your design capabilities with those around you and develop more junior members of the team
  • Work closely and collaboratively with in-house creative, product, proposition, content and commercial teams to realise the strategic objectives of the business - whether that be client or agency-side
  • An aptitude for storytelling and presenting your ideas and opinions in a thoughtful and engaging way

Working as a member of the Visual Design team you'll -

  • Use your expertise in visual and interaction design to create experiences that engage and solve the needs of those that come into contact with them
  • Be involved in customer research to uncover the problems our customers and colleagues are facing, instrumental in identifying opportunities and shape the direction of new experiences
  • Be accountable for consistency, creativity and design integrity
  • Ensure our standards and principles are adhered to at all times, raising challenges to senior team members where appropriate to make sure they evolve and are iterated
  • Help curate the visual and interaction design pattern libraries and guidelines
  • Share your opinions and experiences. And work tirelessly to drive up the quality and craft in everything you and those around you deliver

Please note, we will need be shortlisting candidate who meet the above criteria and can evidence their work in a up to date CV and accompanying Portfolio.

This must include:

  • You need to show that you are senior enough, and have extensive and proven experience.
  • Need to showcase examples of your work, using new technologies and not old - and explain what i is you were doing for each piece of work.
  • Applicant needs to demonstrate an ability to work in a multi-discipline space/environment
  • Need to be a Proven to be a specialist in their own discipline
  • Must have evidence of your digital design within your work/portfolio
  • Must be able to evidence your solo project work
  • Examples of work which they have been involved with in the last 2 years

Start date
n.a
Duration
3months +
(extension possible)
From
Austin Fraser Ltd
Published at
01.06.2017
Project ID:
1353947
Contract type
Freelance
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