Visual Designer

Job description

Introduction
Thomas J. Watson said it best: “Good design is good business.” Visualization is critical to discovering data-driven insights and effectively communicating that knowledge to others. Designers at IBM work to create experiences that work together, work the same, and work for our clients. Does the thought of creating the platform at the heart of solutions like Watson, Blockchain, IoT, and Security excite you?  If so, read on!

Your Role and Responsibilities
The design practice is looking for an experienced and highly motivated Designer who is passionate about ideas, brand experience and design, and looking to work with like-minded people. The professional must have a strong attention towards strategic, simple, smart design, and a keen eye for a modernist approach to typography and information design. The right candidate should have conceptual skills with identity systems, and experience working across media. Work will include a range of assets and projects, including online, digital, data visualization, print, social, video, and events.

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Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Execute projects from conception, design, through execution.
·  Produce deliverables from print to online and multimedia.
·  Bring abstract concepts to life though typography, illustration, iconography and photography.
·  Deep understanding of the business strategies and goals.
·  Command of IBM brand’s vision, systems, and documentation.
·  Help advance experience design at IBM.
·  Contribute to style guides, UI toolkits, and other design documents, as needed.
·  Produce comps and assist with presentation preparations.
·  Work with senior design team members to establish priority, fidelity and delivery of tasks.
·  Effectively communicate conceptual ideas and detailed design rationale both verbally and visually.
·  Speak and present to range of stakeholders.
·  Ensure quality control and outcomes.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Applications: Adobe Creative Suite (highly proficient), Sketch, Figma, Principle, MS Office (.PPT)
·  Front-end web technologies (HTML5, CSS, etc.) a plus
·  Animation and motion skills a plus
·  UI/UX experience a plus
·  Web standards a plus