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Senior Graphic Designer

Employer
Undisclosed Company
Location
Bracknell, Berkshire
Salary
£40 - £60 per hour
Closing date
7 May 2019

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We have a Brilliant opportunity to work with our client as a Senior Graphic Designer based in Bracknell. This role is a full-time temporary role until September 2019 working 40 hours a week 09.00 - 17.00. This role is paying £40.00 - £60.00 per hour (Ltd Contractor/Umbrella) depending on skills and experience.

Our client is one of the world's leading Building Energy Management Systems manufacturers, with a worldwide distribution and support network covering over 50 countries. Its fully integrated control solutions can meet the most complex requirements of modern buildings.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading communication and graphical design across all our client's ACS products and systems. You will work with their portfolio of brands to create differentiated brand design languages, lead industrial design work, build and develop their growing industrial design group, and manage creative direction and oversight of strategic design partners.

Key Responsibilities:
* Creating interaction visual designs from concept through development.
* Providing a clear, consistent perspective on interaction design to project teams and stakeholders.
* Communicating and documenting interaction visual designs (concept sketches, high resolution mock-ups, style guide management and definition, development-ready artwork, high fidelity renderings) at the appropriate time during product development.
* Brand management, coherence and growth.
* Working closely with other designers, engineers and marketing leaders as part of an iterative design and Agile development process.
* Creating and executing human-centred designs that differentiate the client's brand in the marketplace around the world.
* Contributing to best practices and design principles throughout the product development process.
* Developing App screens, media, print and display design such as trade show booths, demo videos, posters, etc.

Requirements:
A portfolio demonstrating brand support; innovative and complex interaction design solutions in released products.
* Demonstrated experience scoping, planning and executing projects in accordance with an iterative development process.
* Experience working with user researchers to understand the user's needs and wants.
* Experience creating low-fidelity to high-fidelity renderings, mock-ups and prototypes.
* Experience working with external design and development firms.
* A strong interest in smartphone apps, technology and staying on top of trends and new best practices for mobile and web.
* The understanding of the balance between usability and brand support in web and app development. Knowing when design embellishment helps or hinders a user's ability to complete their task.
* The ability to implement creative direction and translate that direction into future project solutions.
* The ability and tenacity to champion award winning visual design and mitigate concerns that stand in the way of achieving this.
* A flexible nature when timelines and project objectives shift as part of the agile development process.

Qualifications and Experience:
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent in graphic design or related degree.
* 3 or more years of experience in interaction visual design of products and software applications.
* Design portfolio of web, app, and branding concepts and released solutions.
* Excellent interaction visual design skills.
* Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
* Experience with visual design and print design programs, e.g., Adobe CS Suite, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office.
* Experience working across multiple platforms, including mobile, web, print and desktop.
* Experience working with wireframes produced by other interaction designers (information architects).
* Working together with the author of the wireframes to assess adherence to best practices and mitigating friction points and promoting intuitive solutions for the end user.

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