Visual Designer

Job Description

_Visual Designer

_Location: Remote

Duration: 12 months

Pay: ~$55/hr, DOE

Planet Interactive is looking for a Visual Designer to join our well-known lifestyle brand technology client on a 12-month contract. This is a full-time, 40 hour per week role working a remote schedule.

Responsibilities

• Design products—systematically, interactively, visually—with pixel-level precision
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product management, and research to develop impactful, user-centric, and data-informed solutions
• Collaborate with and manage feedback from stakeholders across the company
• Work alongside engineers throughout the implementation and quality assurance phases
• Uphold and inspire a high level of design execution and diverse creative explorations across the team
• Make selfless design decisions for the betterment of the Brand

Qualifications:

• 3-5 YOE
• Proven track record envisioning, building, and iterating on digital products in close partnership with product management and engineering
• Strong portfolio that demonstrates outstanding design skills (refined aesthetic sensibilities and high quality craft are a must, prototyping is a plus) and product thinking informed by qualitative and quantitative insights
• Great communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate your design decisions and the problems they’re solving
• Attention to detail and a sense of pride and ownership over the quality of the product
• Solid understanding of layout, typography, color, and other graphic design principles
• Ability to work within and extend a design system.
• Experience working in design systems and/or product redesigns is a plus
• Team player with strong collaboration skills and ability bring cross-functional partners along in the journey
• High level of self-awareness with a growth mindset