Visual Designer

Aquent Talent is seeking a Senior Visual Designer to lead the creative development of visual elements and systems for a top social media company's flagship platform.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative development of visual elements and systems, collaborating with diverse design groups including product designers, art directors, communication designers, illustrators, animators, and external partners.
• Direct and execute the design of creative assets across various styles and mediums.
• Create sketches, storyboards, prototypes, and/or design specifications essential for guiding art and product development.
• Deliver delightful and strategically impactful products that showcase a high level of craft and quality.
• Collaborate cross-functionally, effectively balancing stakeholder needs, and translating complex requirements into simple, compelling solutions.
• Clearly articulate concepts and vision to cross-functional teams and vendors, driving towards shared milestones.
• Inspire and sustain a culture of excellence, with a strong focus on craft and quality in all work.
• Partner with product, research, and engineering teams to identify opportunities for product enhancements that amplify brand expression and elevate overall work quality.
• Lead the development of culturally sensitive and appropriate creative for multiple global markets, ensuring relevance and utility.
• Align on key priorities with cross-functional teams to establish shared goals, milestones, and objectives.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience encompassing interaction design and visual design, with demonstrated proficiency across various platforms.
• 8+ years of experience collaborating cross-functionally with teams such as product, design, engineering, marketing, and user research.
• Proven experience building and shipping applications or software across a variety of platforms.
• Experience leading design direction across multidisciplinary teams, with the ability to identify visual design opportunities and elevate the overall product experience.
• Ability to clearly and succinctly represent work to broad cross-functional stakeholders, including product teams, articulating goals and concepts effectively.
• Adept at flexing thinking from high-level strategy to creative execution, user experience, and tactical details.
• Strong understanding of when to approach projects from a high-level overview versus zooming into intricate details.
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills, capable of clearly and persuasively communicating complex, sometimes abstract, concepts.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly incorporate design feedback.
• A track record of fostering an inspiring and inclusive team/work culture, empowering all team members to have a voice.
• Comprehensive knowledge of design principles related to design systems, brand, marketing, and publishing, coupled with an understanding of UX design, digital product design, information hierarchy, user-flow, and typography.
• Experience coordinating, directing, and providing creative direction to contractors, agencies, and in-house designers.
• Successful in fast-paced environments, managing multiple dependencies, demonstrating independent time management, task prioritization, flexibility, and proactively identifying and solving problems.
• Proven ability to operate independently, exhibit creative leadership, maintain detail-orientation, and deliver highly organized results.
• Experience bringing clarity to complex and sometimes ambiguous projects and processes.

Key Skills

• Interaction Design
• Visual Design
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Creative Direction
• Project Management
• Communication Skills
• Design Systems
• Brand
• Marketing
• Publishing
• UX Design
• Digital Product Design
• Information Hierarchy
• User-Flow
• Typography
• Creative Leadership
• Detail-Oriented
• Problem Solving

Benefits

• Subsidized health, vision, and dental plans
• Paid sick leave
• Retirement plans with a match