Senior Web Designer

Interactive Strategies•Washington, DC

11h

About The Position

At Interactive Strategies, we don’t just build brands, websites, and marketing campaigns — we help tell stories that matter. Our work supports organizations tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges, from critical health issues to protecting the environment to saving animals. We’re looking for a Senior Digital Designer (Web & UX) who wants to make an impact by crafting experiences that create emotional connections and inspire action. In this role, you’ll be hands-on in shaping how these causes engage their audiences. Everything we do is rooted in deep strategic thinking informed by discovery and research, and you’ll play a key part in gathering insights and translating them into meaningful creative solutions. You’ll help clients refresh or reimagine their brands and deliver highly conceptual, strategically grounded designs and UX deliverables. You’ll be a senior member of a seasoned team, mentoring, inspiring, and collaborating with others as you contribute to some of our most high-profile and challenging engagements. Your talent, experience, and work ethic will help elevate the work we do every day. Qualities You Bring to the Table Creative. You come with imagination and fresh ideas; you create works of art that inspire and engage. Strategic. You deliver more than just great design; you craft elegant user experiences that meet our clients’ important goals. Innovative. You push boundaries and implement innovative techniques. Well-spoken. You can sells your designs and ideas to clients and stand behind your ideas. Committed. You’re committed to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment. Passionate. You love what you do and are looking to work on a team with that same passion. Curious. You’re constantly seeking out new techniques and approaches to advance your skills. Friendly. You’re a people person who enjoys collaborating and works well with others.

Requirements

You have been in UX and web design for 5+ years and can hit the ground running
You maintain your own website portfolio with a large collection of inspiring work samples
You have the ability to design in a variety of styles, and execute unique yet functional solutions to websites’ most common problems
You are adept at developing logos and visual brand systems
You have experience working with and developing component-based design systems in Figma, and working with more advanced functionality like auto-layout, libraries, styles, tokens and variables.
You are comfortable building nuanced creative narratives and confidently pitching work to executive teams.
You are collaborative and have demonstrated experience working with writers and strategists to develop holistic creative solutions
You are multi-dimensional. In addition to your design skills, we’d love for you to be great at something else... illustration, typography, motion design, front-end coding. Show us your stuff!