Product Designer

Onward Search has an exciting opportunity for a contract Product UI/UX Designer at an established digital design agency located in the South Bay. As a Product UI/UX Designer, you’ll ensure the work produce is effective and intelligent while working with a team of other software product designers and developers. You will be responsible for creating better, more forward-thinking work. We need someone ready to lead research and strategy, information architecture, and interaction design to create bleeding edge graphical user interfaces on multiple platforms.

This is a 3 month contract opportunity located in the South Bay that kicks-off ASAP!

Responsibilities:

• Develop concepts for enterprises and start-up’s alike
• Craft pixel-perfect systems with compelling form and simple function
• Bring ease of use to complex ideas in Fortune 100 enterprises and emerging start-ups alike
• Help to shape the next generation of the web that have real social impact

Requirements & Skills:

• Portfolio demonstrating your experience in software application design
• Minimum 2 years of UX or you’re really good!
• Ability to clearly express yourself both in person and on paper (or a dry erase board if that’s your thing)
• Comfortable presenting your work to clients and working with feedback
• Nice to have: strong grasp of HTML & CSS
• Experience with creating user stories, doing research, and creating user personas is preferable
• Great eye and passionate for visual design
• Define visual interfaces that adhere to and extend the defined wireframes and specifications
• Create and communicate end-to-end scenarios, interaction models, and screen designs to clients and executives
• Collaborate with other designers to evangelize new interface guidelines and design patterns
• Actively seek to understand business requirements to develop solutions
• Ability to work autonomously as well as in a team
• Work with project management to create digital experiences on time and on budget
• Ability to think beyond the user interface to touch brands and marketing

Disclaimer:

• The client is unable to support 1099 / Corp-to-Corp or Independent Contractor arrangements at this time. All freelancers will be paid as W2 employees.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.