Watson Creative - Freelance UI Designer (Remote)

UI Designer is needed in Portland, United States.

Client: Watson Creative

Location: Portland, OR

Contract: Full-time, Part-time, Full-time

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced UI Designer to create amazing user experiences, helping our products to be highly attractive and competitive. The ideal candidate should be keen on clean and artful design and be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts, creating beautiful, intuitive, and functional user interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Work together with product management and engineering to build innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals, and experience.
• Participate in all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering.
• Develop original ideas that bring simplicity and user-friendliness to complex design roadblocks.
• Prepare wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows, and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
• Discuss designs and key milestone deliverables with peers and executive-level stakeholders.
• Perform user research and evaluate user feedback.
• Set design guidelines, best practices, and standards.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies.

Requirements

• 2+ years’ experience of working in a UI Designer position.
• Profound UI design skills with a solid portfolio of design projects.
• Significant experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows, and site maps.
• Significant experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, OmniGraffle, or other visual design and wire-framing tools.
• Good practical experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for rapid prototyping.
• Strong visual design skills with a good understanding of user-system interaction.
• Strong presentational and team player abilities.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a creative approach.
• Experience of working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• BS or MS degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or other related area.

Additional Information

This role requires the candidate to stay informed about the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies. Collaboration with product management and engineering is essential, and participation in all stages of visual design is expected, from concept to final hand-off.