USER INTERFACE DESIGNER

Join our award-winning web team! We’re looking for:

Invention, imagination, originality and talent while working within a team to create amazing graphic and user interfaces for university websites and online media.

If you visualize digital works through the users’ eyes; take well-designed concepts and create smart, beautiful , accessible websites and digital communications; and create simple and intuitive interfaces while effectively communicating conceptual ideas and design rationale – this is the job for you.

You are required to provide a strong online/digital portfolio featuring web and other digital interfaces.

The primary functions of this role include:

• Providing design, layout and structure on websites and emails
• Developing content strategies and plans
• Organizing, updating and maintaining content
• Coordinating content between various stakeholders
• Working with in-house writers, photographers and videographers
• Selecting photos and developing graphic elements for social media, websites and emails

Examples include mst.edu, cec.mst.edu, academic and administrative department sites, mass emails, etc.

You’ll also:

• Work closely within our team to translate requirements, feature concepts and use case scenarios to create designs that are usable and compelling
• Produce, present and iterate design visualizations to deliver the best experience and/or improve engagement opportunities
• Identify creative solutions to user interface (UI) challenges and provide design Q&A as needed
• Help define user requirements; create wireframes and/or live development sites; and conceptualize the visual design of the UI for online and digital projects
• Advocate for the user while balancing business and branding goals
• Help define and document the online and digital brand guidelines to ensure consistency and effectiveness
• Identify and drive new usability improvements across web and digital products
• Collaborate with teams on project and special campaign efforts, from concept through implementation and delivery
• Coordinate interface solutions with team and other campus departments when required
• Work independently and on a team; share responsibility for team deliverables
• Communicate and interact to readily and clearly define issues and predict effects and outcomes

Minimum Qualifications

• 1-3 years in website development/management and/or user interface/user experience design (UI/UX)
• Exceptional, clean visual and user-focused design skills
• Eye for detail and experience designing simple and intuitive user interfaces
• Proficiency in creating wireframes
• Working knowledge of responsive and adaptive design and a demonstrated understanding of the technologies that power the web: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, etc.
• Understanding of server side languages and content management systems: what they do and how they affect the web
• Bachelor’s degree in Web Development, Digital Communication, Visual Design, Interactive Design, Web Design, Graphic Design, Instructional Technology, Technical Communication or a related area, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge, skill and ability can be acquired is necessary
• Strong online/digital portfolio featuring web and other digital interfaces
• Ability to develop knowledge of, respect for and skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds is required

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience with and enthusiasm for emerging online technologies
• Excellent written, oral and diagrammatic communication skills
• Experience using Sketch or Figma
• Willingness to push for the cutting edge of graphic and user interfaces while maintaining the integrity of the university’s brand
• Experience with social media, video, print and photography skills
• Some knowledge of A/B testing and a strong desire to validate design assumptions through qualitative and quantitative testing
• Drive to continually learn about our university, users and industry while keeping up with the latest in web trends, design and technology
• Higher education experience

Comments

We value the uniqueness of every individual and strive to ensure each person’s success. Contributions from individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives promote intellectual pluralism and enable us to achieve the excellence that we seek in learning, research and engagement. This commitment makes our university a better place to work, learn and innovate.

In your application materials, please discuss your experiences and expertise that support these values and enrich our missions of teaching, research and engagement.

The final candidate is required to provide copies of official transcript(s) for any college degree(s) listed in application materials submitted. Copies of transcript(s) should be provided prior to the start of employment. In addition, the final candidate may be required to verify other credentials listed in application materials.
Failure to provide official transcript(s) or other required verification may result in the withdrawal of the job offer.

All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check.

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