Sr. Experience Designer
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
Full-time Bellevue, WA
Senior Experience Designer – Portland, Oregon
Waggener Edstrom, Studio D
Overview
From immersive online experiences to stories that shift perceptions and shape ideas, Waggener Edstrom's Studio D delivers insightful and effective communication - both offline and online. The WE Studio D team views each initiative from a holistic perspective, offering you the right combination of strategies and services.
Responsibilities
Our experience designers are responsible for creative vision, user experience, visual and motion design, and asset production. Our designers are versatile and multi-faceted. A deep understanding and passion for web technologies and grasp of the tools is expected of all designers. We also encourage each designer to nurture their particular interests, whether it is motion, typography, storytelling or usability.
The Designer’s job is to contribute all sorts of design and production support to the team.
· Inspire and collaborate your co-workers to produce inventive, thoughtful, relevant work for clients
· Work closely with your team to execute on the creative strategy for projects by creating viable design schemes
· Support all aspects of design and production for your team’s projects, focusing on innovation and quality
· Understand and work within project parameters: client goals and requirements, internal goals, usability, technical constraints, as well as budget and schedule
· Experiment with new tools and techniques to improve our work
· Cultivate an understanding of industry trends and share your insights with the studio
· Generate ideas. Develop strategies. Have a voice. Share.
Qualifications
· Bachelor of Fine Arts in a design related field or similar degree, or proven agency experience
· 7+ years of experience designing rich interactive online experiences
· 4+ years experience at a top agency as a digital designer
· You own CS3 (or CS4), figuratively
· Have an online portfolio that represents a range of design styles, diversity of projects, and a clear personal aesthetic.
· Hand coding XHTML/CSS (not relying on an IDE - i.e. Dreamweaver)
· Know and design best practices in UX / IXD / UI
· Passionate About Design and Life. Someone who wants to crush it every day, no matter the challenges.
· Great attitude. We love mavericks, but we operate an ego free work zone.
· Ability to work autonomously
· An ability to be patient and focused under tight deadlines
· Ability to communicate ideas, decisions and reasoning clearly and confidently
· Must be able to work on multiple projects and prioritize tasks for each
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide believes its people are its greatest asset. The company offers outstanding professional development and competitive compensation and benefits.