Lead UX Visual Designer

About This Role

Lead UX Visual Designer for the Deloitte DT-US Product Engineering team, responsible for creating elegant, user-centered design solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams from concept to execution to shape the future of design.

Responsibilities

• Responsible and accountable for visual design and UI production for a product or product area
• Craft beautiful, functional, compelling, and memorable designs that delight the user
• Lead the exploration of design aesthetics, from conceptual development to final visual execution
• Produce high-quality visual concepts, sketches, and polished designs
• Drive and contribute to initiatives around design frameworks including Design Systems to unify experiences
• Develop graphic assets, including user interfaces, icons, and visual mockups
• Contribute to and help evolve the UI Design System by creating and maintaining reusable components
• Design and refine icon sets and component visuals to ensure consistency, accessibility, and scalability
• Collaborate closely with UX designers to create and iterate on designs
• Partner closely with engineers on interface implementation and bring design ideas to life
• Create visual communications deliverables to support stakeholder alignment, roadmap storytelling, and design rationales
• Produce simple motion/animation assets as needed to communicate interaction intent and elevate product storytelling

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience in UX/UI design with a background in digital design
• Strong foundation in design fundamentals
• Expert in designing visual comps and UI, as well as creating cohesive visual systems
• Expert understanding of information architecture, user interface design principles, interaction design, user research methodologies, and style guide creation
• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills
• Expert knowledge of design tools such as Adobe CC, Sketch, Figma, Zeplin, InVision, and similar applications
• Demonstrated experience supporting or contributing to a design system
• Strong visual communication ('deck craft') skills
• Working capability with simple animation/motion tools and principles
• A portfolio or samples of work demonstrating experience and visual design skills

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Graphic Design, Design Communication, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years of relevant experience (educational and/or professional) in UX/UI design, with a background in digital design, creating simple, intuitive, and elegant user interfaces based on usability principles

Nice to Have

• Experience working with branding
• Experience working on a design style guide
• Experience working with a Design System
• Experience leading Design Thinking workshops including planning and facilitation

Skills

* Required skills