UI Designer

FTD • Downers Grove, IL

2h

About The Position

As a UI designer, you’ll join our team as a cross-functional member: constructing new experiences, improving existing design systems and elements, and working closely with technical and business teams to build delightful user experiences across our brands. Whether you’re helping a developer work through a scenario that has many different error messages, creating a prototype to show off a snazzy new mobile interface, or putting together creative options for a new banner component, you’ll be empowered to think outside of the box and come up with your own solution. We’re a small but mighty team, and can impact many different aspects of business priorities, projects, and outcomes. We have access to extensive research libraries like Baymard, and primarily use Sketch and Zeplin for our design systems and prototypes with some quick Photoshop work in there, as well. We’re big fans of Bootstrap and have rewritten most of our front end in SCSS/Vue over the past few years. Our current tech stack includes everything from legacy PHP applications to more-current .NET Core tooling.

This position will focus mostly on creating user interfaces and design elements that
support our current systems, but the ability to problem-solve and ideate with
developers is also a necessity.

Requirements

• Excellent design sense and strong communication skills to present and clearly articulate decisions
• Knowledge of best practices across various areas – from usability and accessibility principles to asset creation and prototyping
• Experience developing visual assets that enhance overall user experience (we use most of the Creative Suite for video and still image production)
• Experience creating and maintaining design systems (we currently use Sketch)
• Comfortable working across multiple projects and teams simultaneously (Jira knowledge is a big plus)

Responsibilities

• Design - Create mockups and prototypes to communicate design concepts effectively to stakeholders and developers
• Research - Evaluate and refine designs based on performance metrics, usability best practices, and ecommerce conversion principles
• Iterate - Collaborate with data and marketing teams to optimize visual presentation of user flows using insights from A/B testing, funnels, and analytics
• Implement - Collaborate with developers and product managers to gather requirements for user-centered ecommerce experiences that balance design aesthetics with technical feasibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees