UI Designer - Contract

Description At Horizontal Digital, we hold ourselves to one key belief: You’re only as good as your worst customer experience. This mantra is what drives our digital consultancy to think beyond the easy answers and instead create websites, apps, portals and other experiences that solve customer needs for Fortune 500 companies in intuitive and empathetic ways. And we make this lofty standard a reality by fusing strategy, data, design and technology together to arrive at solutions that set the bar higher for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Execute flawlessly, designing beautiful crafted and responsive websites, apps and digital experiences.
• Deliver compelling and striking conceptual design directions and explorations.
• Work within a Design Studio approach collaborating with internal partners such as UX designers, writers, engagement leads, project managers, strategists, developers, and leadership.
• Build trusted relationships with clients through your ability to understand their needs, collaborate effectively, provide thoughtful recommendations, and execute flawlessly.
• Pivot effortlessly, as needed, based on evolving requirements, timelines, and feedback.
• Learn about client and audience needs and contribute to the creative and design process through participation in client meetings.
• Present your work to clients and convert feedback into design direction to make further improvements.

Requirements

• Great portfolio of UI design examples that showcase your ability to bring brands to life through meticulously designed digital platforms and experiences
• 3+ years’ experience as a UI professional skilled in responsive interface design
• Experience leading UI design across multiple platforms
• Proven experience “owning” projects from start to finish
• Ability to lead working sessions with team members and presentations to clients
• Experience designing complex, multi-variant web-based applications
• Proficiency with Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator) and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of the best practices for UI and interaction design for responsive experiences
• Experience of working with established design systems as well as an understanding of how to build new ones from scratch
• An understanding of accessibility design issues
• A good understanding of UX best practices
• A passion for UI Design as a discipline and a desire to see it thrive across the business

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with designing for content management systems (Sitecore, Acquia)
• Agile process experience
• Mobile app design experience
• Motion Design experience
• Experience in brand campaign creative

About the Company Horizontal Digital is an experience-forward consultancy that builds exceptional website, mobile, ecommerce and portal experiences that meet customers with the right message, at the right moment. We deliver on this promise by fusing every digital touchpoint with customer data from sales, service, ecommerce and marketing programs we design and implement. Our unwavering focus on delivering meaningful digital experiences at every touchpoint has allowed us to successfully solve complex challenges for some of the world's most recognizable brands.