Visual Designer

Job description

Job Description Visual Designer

Become a part of the IBM Hybrid Cloud Design team –a well-established user interface design team designing integrated hybrid cloud services for IBM's premier cloud platform, as well as other Fortune 500, on-premise, and enterprise software offerings. We have an exciting opportunity for a User Interface (UI) Visual designer to join our team. The successful candidate will be a hands on expert in visual design, capable of working with User Experience designers, Design Researchers and Developers to ensure the visual look-and-feel enhances the overall user experience of our products. Designers in this role will create irresistible user interfaces for strategic product and service offerings within our portfolio. He or she will work with and enhance our brand design language to produce iconic user experiences. Our designed outcomes will be used across the world by hundreds of thousands to build, deploy, and manage apps for use by millions of IBM clients. The visual designer will use their experience in designing visual communication, layout, typography, color, etc to elicit emotional connections and intuitive, intelligent responses from our audience. Pixel perfect precision and demonstrated skills in Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, and other design software are a must.

Responsibilities
·  Work hands-on, creating interface and visual design solutions from concept to final code
·  Provide visual feedback and guidance to other designers as necessary on visual design execution as a part of a multi-disciplinary team
·  Team with user experience designers, design researchers and developers to ensure visual design enhances the overall user experience
·  Contribute to storyboards & task flows designs, effectively communicating visual intentions to the design team and sponsor users
·  Work with Design Researchers to understand stakeholders, users and the markets in which they operate
·  Deliver pixel perfect hi-fidelity designs to enable front end development to deliver prototypes to engineering
·  Collaborate on user experience planning with the team's UX lead
·  Consult with architects, product leads and key stakeholders
·  Participate in user research activities
·  Promote a user first approach to the stated problem
·  Possess a fundamental awareness of enterprise, technology, developer, and design trends
·  Evangelize the importance of design research as part of IBM Design Thinking and educate product teams that are new to design research methods in order to help them integrate real users into their design lifecycle Key Skills
·  Excellent creative, conceptual, and problem solving skills
·  Exceptional attention to detail
·  Outstanding storytelling and presentation skills
·  Strong strategic skills in assessing business and user scenarios, approaches and deliverables
·  Deep understanding of objective visual design decisions
·  Knowledge of industry standard design tools
·  Working knowledge of how compositions translate to HTML, JavaScript and CSS used to deliver feasible designs
·  Demonstrated knowledge of best practices in typography, color theory, page layout, and iconography
·  Ability to work within a cross-functional team and handle multiple projects with tight deadlines Please provide portfolio of work that demonstrates skills/ability - website link is perfect. Preferred Technical and Professional Experience
·  Previous experience in Visual Design and Customer Interaction
·  Proven experience with Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud and/or other design tools
·  Secondary skills in Interaction Design and/or Front-end Development Required Technical and Professional Expertise
·  Experience visual user interface design for SaaS enterprise applications
·  Formal education and experience in visual, interactive, or UX design
·  Demonstrated foundation in industry standard design processes, methods, and tools
·  Demonstrated innovative vision supported by a disciplined attention to detail
·  Communication skills and an ability to drill down to a customer's requirements
·  Proficient in HTML and CSS
·  An understanding of guidelines and standards of web design
·  An understanding of interface and user experience design best practices for all screen sizes and devices
·  Comfortable working in a dynamic, team based environment
·  Familiarity with Design and Technology trends
Auto req ID

133051BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Designer
State / Province

LONDON, CITY OF
Primary job category

Design & Offering Management
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

Up to 10% or 1 day a week
IBM Business Group

Hybrid Cloud
Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree
City / Township / Village

LONDON
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Previous experience in Visual Design and Customer Interaction
·  Proven experience with Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud and/or other design tools
·  Secondary skills in Interaction Design and/or Front-end Developmen t
·  Experience visual user interface design for SaaS enterprise applications
·  Formal education and experience in visual, interactive, or UX design
·  Demonstrated foundation in industry standard design processes, methods, and tools
·  Demonstrated innovative vision supported by a disciplined attention to detail
·  Communication skills and an ability to drill down to a customer's requirements
·  Proficient in HTML and CSS
·  An understanding of guidelines and standards of web design
·  An understanding of interface and user experience design best practices for all screen sizes and devices
·  Comfortable working in a dynamic, team based environment
·  Familiarity with design and technology trends
Country/Region

United Kingdom
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

none
Eligibility Requirements

Eligibility to work in the UK and EU
Position Type

Professional
New Collar Role

No