User Experience Designer

JOB DESCRIPTION:

- The Digital Production Designer is responsible for the design and implementation of web projects including eCommerce merchandising, on-site promotions, landing pages, UI maintenance, UI enhancements, cutting up mobile device image assets, and user interface comps.
- Must have experience providing redlines (specs) to development and optimization of images.
- This position is responsible for creating clean, user-friendly designs, concepts, and marketing campaign experiences that adhere to our digital design guidelines and brand standards.
- The Digital Production Designer collaborates with cross-functional teams including product managers, campaign managers, category managers, producers, developers, and agency partners to bring high quality experiences to the web environment that align with business objectives, industry best practices, brand guidelines, and project timelines.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Creates on-site promotional ad tiles and landing pages
- Detailed digital creative asset production
- Collaborates with senior designers to deliver detailed designs and redlines on larger projects
- Responsible for cutting up new mobile device images and other graphic images, and optimizing for the Web
- Web page updates and enhancements
- Manages the process from device product owners to Web implementation
- Adheres to web design and experience standards to ensure best in class design and user experience
- Contributes to the greater digital creative team by participating in requirements gathering, feature development, ideation and creative conception sessions.

SKILLS:

MINIMUM REQUIRED SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:

- Expertise in Photoshop, with a strong working knowledge of Illustrator, InDesign and Microsoft Office programs.
- Experience with digital prototyping tools (Axure, InVision, etc.) a plus.
- 2+ Years Digital Design experience in a fast-paced digital agency or in-house brand studio with rapid conception and delivery time frames. Experience with large eCommerce environment specializing in electronics or consumer product preferred.
- Web image expertise and skill set to optimize file sizes, with strong attention to detail
- Digital Creative Production Management and/or Digital Advertising Management experience
- Expert at following digital creative guidelines and tools, with experience maintaining these tools a plus (eg Design Resource Guide (DRG), brand guidelines, creative team onboarding materials, design templates, etc.)
- Ability to collaborate well with senior designers, writers and other members of the creative team
- Ability to present concepts and designs to clients (campaign managers, product managers, category managers, etc.) in a clear, concise manner and manage project feedback and flow.
- Designing web interfaces on large scale projects
- Proven professional portfolio of work that demonstrates process, design, and shows a commanding knowledge of user-friendly design projects
- Working knowledge of current eCommerce technologies and best practices in terms of Web design and scalable dynamic GUI's.
- No programming experience needed.
- Conceptual understanding of current web programming fundamentals such as HTML, CSS