Graphic Designer IV - Employnet Inc
Irvine, CA 92612
About the Job
Senior UI/UX Designer (Web)
Western Digital is on the hunt for a design aficionado with extensive understanding of User Experience (UX), a knack for creating striking key art for the modern web, and a passion for cutting-edge design trends. If you're a strategic thinker and leader who's ready to shape and enhance the user experience and visual identity of Western Digital's vast online ecosystem, we want to hear from you.
As part of the UX design team, you'll help lead creative direction and UX strategy within a highly collaborative setting, simplifying intricate requirements into elegant design solutions, producing key art, and iterating from wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes. Your portfolio should showcase your exceptional web design skills, proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as your expertise with the latest UX tools.
Your role will require not only a strong understanding of transactional web design but a deep knowledge of typography, layout, color, and composition skills. Familiarity with animation, motion graphics, and basic video editing skills will be beneficial.
Responsibilities:
Make innovative design decisions together with fellow designers, researchers, engineers, producers, copywriters, and other functions.
" Utilize, expand, document, and create new patterns within our vast design system while keeping in mind the big picture.
" Realistically communicate page flows, animations, and other interactive elements of your design to stakeholders and engineering.
" Collaborate with UX researchers to design testing with real users.
" Seamlessly infuse Western Digital's brand identity, visuals, and tone of voice into all digital communications including email campaigns, seasonal, evergreen, and core digital content.
" Adhere to our platform-specific guidelines while exercising discretion to deviate when appropriate.
" Produce design documentation and work with engineering team to implement it while ensuring the highest quality of execution and alignment with specifications.
" Present and defend creative vision, concepts, and completed designs to leadership, stakeholders, and peers.
A creative background at the intersection of visual design, UI design, and UX engineering to craft end-to-end user experiences that are not only visually stunning but also highly user-centric.
" Familiarity with front-end languages and frameworks (i.e. HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
" Strong leadership and communication skills to articulate and advocate for design decisions across teams.
" Experience with web-based interaction design to craft sleek micro-interactions.
" Proficiency in designing for responsive web environments, ensuring that user interfaces adapt and perform across various screen sizes and devices, ultimately providing an optimal user experience.
" Experience working on projects using JIRA, and an advocate for leveraging its capabilities for efficient project management and collaboration.
" Expert in designing mock-ups, interactive prototypes, and components using Adobe XD and Figma.
" Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud platform (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
" Ability to work autonomously when needed and manage multiple projects within tight deadlines.
" Familiarity with Google Material design patterns.
" Ability to retouch and edit photo assets.
" Familiarity with WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines.
" Experience designing websites using atomic design methodologies.
" Experience with video and motion graphics software (After Effects, Premiere, Media Encoder) a plus.
" Experience utilizing AI to streamline design processes, enhancing efficiency and innovation also a plus.
" Passionate about improving the overall user experience with a focus on usability and user-centered design principles, from ideation to implementation.
#PRO
Western Digital is on the hunt for a design aficionado with extensive understanding of User Experience (UX), a knack for creating striking key art for the modern web, and a passion for cutting-edge design trends. If you're a strategic thinker and leader who's ready to shape and enhance the user experience and visual identity of Western Digital's vast online ecosystem, we want to hear from you.
As part of the UX design team, you'll help lead creative direction and UX strategy within a highly collaborative setting, simplifying intricate requirements into elegant design solutions, producing key art, and iterating from wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes. Your portfolio should showcase your exceptional web design skills, proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as your expertise with the latest UX tools.
Your role will require not only a strong understanding of transactional web design but a deep knowledge of typography, layout, color, and composition skills. Familiarity with animation, motion graphics, and basic video editing skills will be beneficial.
Responsibilities:
Make innovative design decisions together with fellow designers, researchers, engineers, producers, copywriters, and other functions.
" Utilize, expand, document, and create new patterns within our vast design system while keeping in mind the big picture.
" Realistically communicate page flows, animations, and other interactive elements of your design to stakeholders and engineering.
" Collaborate with UX researchers to design testing with real users.
" Seamlessly infuse Western Digital's brand identity, visuals, and tone of voice into all digital communications including email campaigns, seasonal, evergreen, and core digital content.
" Adhere to our platform-specific guidelines while exercising discretion to deviate when appropriate.
" Produce design documentation and work with engineering team to implement it while ensuring the highest quality of execution and alignment with specifications.
" Present and defend creative vision, concepts, and completed designs to leadership, stakeholders, and peers.
A creative background at the intersection of visual design, UI design, and UX engineering to craft end-to-end user experiences that are not only visually stunning but also highly user-centric.
" Familiarity with front-end languages and frameworks (i.e. HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
" Strong leadership and communication skills to articulate and advocate for design decisions across teams.
" Experience with web-based interaction design to craft sleek micro-interactions.
" Proficiency in designing for responsive web environments, ensuring that user interfaces adapt and perform across various screen sizes and devices, ultimately providing an optimal user experience.
" Experience working on projects using JIRA, and an advocate for leveraging its capabilities for efficient project management and collaboration.
" Expert in designing mock-ups, interactive prototypes, and components using Adobe XD and Figma.
" Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud platform (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
" Ability to work autonomously when needed and manage multiple projects within tight deadlines.
" Familiarity with Google Material design patterns.
" Ability to retouch and edit photo assets.
" Familiarity with WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines.
" Experience designing websites using atomic design methodologies.
" Experience with video and motion graphics software (After Effects, Premiere, Media Encoder) a plus.
" Experience utilizing AI to streamline design processes, enhancing efficiency and innovation also a plus.
" Passionate about improving the overall user experience with a focus on usability and user-centered design principles, from ideation to implementation.
#PRO
Source : Employnet Inc