Senior Graphic Designer (Cleared)

Kentro • Arnold, MO

56d • Onsite

About The Position

Kentro is hiring for a Senior Graphic Designer to support our federal customer. The role involves applying extensive knowledge of various sciences and programming techniques to create designs for complex client web and mobile applications. The designer will partner with internal and external teams to conceptualize, design, and prototype excellent user experiences, while also researching and implementing modern web technologies to improve efficiency. This position requires transforming ideas into websites and online productivity tools, creating visual concepts using computer software and browser-based technologies, and utilizing Customer Development Operations (DevOps) systems for compliant code. The role also includes building reusable design libraries, troubleshooting customer issues on content management systems, and applying web styling languages and associated technical knowledge, including Microsoft SharePoint administration. Web usability testing results will be applied to the development of applications and websites.

Requirements

• 8-12 years of relevant experience
• Academic degrees may be substituted for years of experience (2 years of school = 1 year of experience)
• Demonstrated experience utilizing a web design software (e.g., Adobe Master Collection CS6/Adobe Creative Cloud, Sketch, InVision Studio)
• Demonstrated experience designing products for front-end development and web applications (e.g. wireframes, low and high-fidelity mock-ups, or click through prototypes).
• Demonstrated experience applying best practices for improving web accessibility, usability, and technical implementation with usability tools (e.g. Figma, Sketch, InVision, Axure, Framer, Adobe XD).
• Demonstrated experience creating, editing, organizing, and storing digital file formats (e.g. tiff, gif, png, pdf, jpg, svg, html, css).

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience implementing industry standards for user experience methodologies, design technical resources, and web best practices.
• Demonstrated experience researching and/or implementing 18F US Web Design Standards Framework.
• Demonstrated experience researching, or implementing best practices for web accessibility, usability, or technical implementation

Responsibilities

• Apply extensive knowledge of various sciences (e.g., Computer Science, Programming; Appliance Programming Interface (APIs) or web service technologies (e.g., REST APIs, SOAP, and XML)
• Create designs for complex client web and mobile applications utilizing current industry programming techniques.
• Partner with internal and external teams and application users to conceptualize, design, and prototype excellent user experiences while maintaining functionality and simple workflows.
• Research and implement modern web technologies to create innovative user interfaces and improve workflow efficiency.
• Design new user-facing products by transforming an idea from scientific presentations to websites to online productivity tools.
• Create visual concepts by using computer software, JavaScript and other browser-based technologies.
• Utilize the Customer Development Operations (DevOps) systems and tools (Git, Jenkins, etc.) to ensure compliant code and ensure best practices.
• Build efficient, reusable libraries of design information for future use.
• Identify and troubleshoot customer issues on Customer's content management system (permissions, api, web parts)
• Utilize Web Styling Languages and applications (e.g., XML-parsing, XSLT, CSS, Web Services and REST) of multiple systems including Microsoft SharePoint. Possess associated technical knowledge of admin and servers associated with SharePoint such as SQL Server administration, Windows Server Administration, active directory control, etc.
• Apply results of web usability testing (e.g., usability studies, creation of user profiles or personas, participatory design, surveys, heuristic evaluations, and cognitive walkthroughs) to development of applications and websites.

Benefits

• paid time off
• healthcare benefits
• supplemental benefits
• 401k including an employer match
• discount perks
• rewards
• education reimbursement for certifications, degrees, or professional development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed