Senior UX/UI Designer

Senior UX/UI Designer

Planit | Job Description

Summary

The Senior UX/UI Designer connects Creative, Strategy, and Dev to deliver a holistic vision and execution for clients’ web and digital experiences. You will also be the bridge between human behavior and digital innovation, understanding that a beautiful interface is useless if it doesn’t solve a user’s problem. The successful candidate must be a sharp, imaginative, experienced web and digital designer who can digest a brand’s needs, wireframe a site, design it impeccably, and work with the Dev team to bring it to fruition. This teammate will utilize a digital-first background and passion for UX/UI excellence to support a high-performance culture of experimentation, crafting award-winning digital experiences for a roster of national and global brands.

Essential Functions

Oversee UX/UI features for all web projects, from high-converting campaign landing pages to full-scale mobile apps and e-commerce overhauls

Act as the primary client interface from the Creative team

Work directly with other creatives and clients to identify requirements and ensure positive UX/UI

Play a key role in discovery and estimation processes, working closely with Creative, Strategy, and PM teams

Create and implement strategies that improve UX through design and development

Identify and alleviate pain points between Creative and Development departments

Assess digital marketing and UX/UI roadblocks and quickly leverage digital knowledge and experience to provide innovative solutions

Provide oversight on web/digital projects and bridge communication between multiple departments

Identify best UX/UI practices to deliver better-performing web experiences

Take ownership of the creative as it relates to Web Development

Provide leadership and training to other creatives

Collaborate with ECD and ACDs to create innovative and user-friendly interfaces

Provide creative direction to Developers during development process, for example:

Transitions and animations

Margins, padding and spacing

Responsive breakpoints

Compliance (GDPR, ADA, etc.)

Overall polish and consistency

Qualifications

6 years of experience as a UX/UI, digital-first designer

Experience with and understanding of the technical intricacies of web development

Bachelor’s Degree in design or related field

Demonstrated ability to think creatively and provide marketable solutions in conceiving, developing, and producing work

Excellent team player

Ability to focus and excel with competing demands, both client and internal

Motivated to take ownership of projects and drive tasks to completion

Ability to recognize and quickly communicate project risks both to the timeline and quality of final deliverable

Able to clearly communicate ideas both verbally and visually

Upbeat attitude and self-motivation

Fast-moving, over-motivated, deadline-oriented multitasker

Fluent knowledge of Figma, WordPress, Adobe Creative Suite, and Google Suite

Thought leadership: A strong point of view, ability to contribute to the strategic development of creative ideas and the ability to promote concepts

Ability to solve problems using keen instincts and organizational experience

Good written and verbal communication skills internally and with clients

Physical and Work Environment

Planit is an office-first hybrid workplace; we are in-office 3 days per week.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Salary Description

$110,000 – $125,000