Senior Designer, Visual & UI

Are you looking to join a talented design team and create amazing user experiences across all digital platforms? As a senior UI designer at Grio you’ll have opportunities to do this and more.

Grio is seeking a senior Visual/UI designer with well-rounded skills to execute all phases of design. You will design web and mobile applications, websites, and contribute to other creative projects that involve brand, identity, and marketing. Your work will involve researching design concepts, creative interactive prototypes, producing polished, detailed visual designs & application interfaces, and collaborating with cross functional teams to create strategy and solve problems.

You will tackle various design problems and make smart decisions, including weighing the pros and cons of different design directions. A typical project lasts 2-4 months. During the course of each project there will be opportunities to collaborate with other teams at Grio and to hone your skills and deepen your experience as a designer.

It’s important to stress this is a senior level position. Candidates need to be able to work independently to solve design problems on client projects and as well as collaborate and take direction from other teammates.

Grio wants to hire great people. We will do so in a manner fair to all candidates that is without regard to race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or veteran status. Grio complies with Federal, state and local EEO non-discrimination hiring practices.

Requirements

Required:

• Positive attitude

• Pixel-precise design skills

• Ability to design in an existing style and create new directions when needed

Strongly Desired:

• 5-7 years relevant professional experience
• Outstanding portfolio demonstrating the successful delivery of practical and/or innovative interface design solutions for iOS, Android, and web applications
• Strong working knowledge of interaction design, user-centered experience design, brand identity design, digital marketing
• Experience with design for mobile platforms (iOS and Android)
• In-depth familiarity with the latest trends in mobile and web app user experience
• Ability to design throughout an entire project lifecycle, from planning and discovery, research, conceptual designs, detailed visual design and asset handoff
• Spark fresh ideas and push creativity, challenge established thinking, and discover new ways of solving a problem
• Ability to create basic clickable prototypes as well as immersive, animated prototypes
• Communicate design rationale effectively to key stakeholders and clients
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (fellow designers, product managers, developers) to create designs solutions and deliverables
• Experience and understanding of product management and the agile process
• Understanding of platform and device requirements such as form factors, screen resolutions, pixel density and aspect ratios
• Proficiency with design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch and InVision.
• Excellent visual design skills, attention to detail, and demonstrated mastery of typography, color, and layout
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English).

Benefits

This is a contract to perm engagement. In the event of a fulltime hire, we offer competitive salary, company revenue bonuses, 5% 401k match, paid health/dental/LTD insurance, 50% health coverage for spouse and dependents, a small company, and a family-like culture.