Web Designer
About The Position
Hartford Funds is seeking a Web Designer to work within the Marketing Design team, partnering with our Senior Web Designer on the design, development, ongoing maintenance, and data-driven page management of Hartford Funds' websites and digital campaigns. This is an ideal opportunity for an early-career designer/developer who blends strong graphic design sensibilities with hands-on front-end coding skills, a detail-oriented approach to site maintenance, and a genuine interest in modern web tools, including AI-assisted development. The Web Designer will translate creative concepts into clean, accessible, and functional web pages; hand-code HTML, CSS, and front-end enhancements; build wireframes and prototypes; design supporting graphics; build and maintain live website content and page templates; and assemble, QA, and update data-driven product pages within our content management (CMS) and digital asset management (DAM) systems, all while adhering to brand standards and regulatory compliance requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in web design, Graphic Design, Interactive/Digital Media, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Demonstrable proficiency hand-coding HTML and CSS.
- Ability to confidently read, modify, and adapt existing JavaScript code.
- Graphic design skills with Adobe Photoshop (and familiarity with the broader Adobe Creative Suite).
- Solid understanding of UI/UX principles and best practices, responsive design, and web accessibility standards.
- Experience creating wireframes, mockups, and prototypes.
- Hands-on experience with a content management system (CMS) and a digital asset management (DAM) platform, including content publishing, metadata management, and ongoing site maintenance.
- Familiarity with using AI tools to assist with coding and development.
- Strong attention to detail, including the ability to QA live pages, validate product-page data and links, and manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and the Adobe Creative Cloud platform is a strong plus.
- Some video production experience (filming and/or editing) is an added bonus.
- Experience in a corporate or financial services environment and understanding of brand governance and compliance processes.
- Familiarity with additional front-end technologies and libraries.
- Exposure to a wide range of web, design, and digital marketing projects.
Responsibilities
- Apply UI and UX best practices and standards to create intuitive, user-centered, accessible digital experiences.
- Create wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes to communicate design concepts, content hierarchy, and page functionality from development through publishing.
- Produce custom graphics, web imagery, and support visual assets using Adobe Photoshop and related design tools.
- Help develop and maintain digital design systems, website style guides, and digital brand elements derived from the firm's master brand guideline document, ensuring consistency across all executions.
- Manage and publish web content and digital assets within CMS and DAM platforms, using custom components and page templates while managing tags and other document metadata.
- Maintain live website pages and templates through content updates, link checks, page refreshes, bug fixes, component updates, and routine QA to ensure pages remain accurate, functional, and compliant.
- Build, update, and maintain product pages that rely on structured data, ensuring fund information, performance data, disclosures, documents, related links, and page modules are accurate, timely, and displayed correctly.
- Hand-code clean, standards-compliant HTML and CSS to build, update, and maintain web pages, campaign elements, and reusable page components.
- Implement front-end web functionality using JavaScript, by creating or modifying existing code to support project needs and improve page behavior.
- Support website redesign projects and brand refreshes, including rebuilding, updating, testing, and maintaining rebranded page templates and elements.
- Partner with the Senior Web Designer, marketing strategists, writers, product stakeholders, IT, and compliance professionals to bring projects from concept to launch and keep live pages current.
- Manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously, delivering accurate work on time despite shifting priorities while maintaining a high level of attention to detail and self-QA across every deliverable.
- Leverage AI tools to assist with coding, prototyping, troubleshooting, and problem-solving, improving speed and efficiency in front-end development.
Benefits
- short-term or annual bonuses
- long-term incentives
- on-the-spot recognition
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
