Senior Interactive Designer

We're looking to hire a senior-level Interactive Designer with a proven ability to bring verbal messaging to life in an innovative and compelling way. This includes visual and interactive design focused on encouraging user interaction and providing a memorable brand experience.

You should have proven experience in multi-media banner design and development, including an expert knowledge of ActionScripting. Website design is also a requirement, with a basic understanding of CSS/XHTML. You should have at least 7 years of design/development experience in an agency and/or client setting. Expert use of Photoshop and ActionScript are a must! Position is open immediately.

Responsibilities

  • Concept and implement marketing campaigns for various online projects including:
    • Rich media, Flash, & rotating .gif banner design and development (focus on rich media banners). Interpret verbal messaging and develop banner concepts, which bring the ideas to life in a compelling way while supporting the desired user conversion. Must demonstrate knowledge of the banner concepting process from storyboard development thru execution.
    • Micro sites and landing page design. Utilize wireframe documentation and demonstrating varying opportunities to visually display the required information. Ability to demonstrate opportunities to drive the defined user conversion is required.
  • Understand our business, brand and marketing objectives; proactively contributing to its evolution and success.
  • Demonstrates superior client interaction and communication skills as well as a strong work ethic. Must demonstrate the ability to communicate how creative concepts support the defined project objectives and support user conversion goals.
  • Maintain awareness of technical and creative trends on the web.
Requirements
  • Expert-level experience with ActionScripting
  • Expert-level experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady, graphic optimization, GIF/Flash animation, web-safe palettes and browser compatibility
  • Strong conceptual and graphic design ability; sense for interactive motion, layout, color, imagery and typography
  • Understands how graphics combine with various programming platforms and languages including CSS/XHTML, JavaScript, etc.
  • Proven ability to meet deadlines
  • Organized with the ability to multi-task
  • Proactive and self-motivating
  • BachelorĂ­s degree preferred in design-related discipline
  • 7-10 years web and graphic design experience within a client and/or agency setting
Benefits include health insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contribution, paid vacation and holidays

To apply submit your resume and link to your portfolio to careers which must include various examples of rich media and .gif banners as well as website designs with a brief description of your role on each project. Ability to demonstrate how initial direction was translated into the final creative execution is important.