Senior Designer, Visual Design - Contract

The Critical Mass team in Cupertino sits and works should-to-shoulder with our client. We create applications which drive one of the world's most trafficked websites. We play an active role helping our client connect their consumers globally through mobile, digital, and in-store experiences.

Think of all the ways that we explore and purchase products - direct from the source, other retail stores both on and offline. This team focuses on maintaining the branding and human-centered design thinking and experiences throughout indirect channel partners' digital ecosystem and drives strategies that provide customers with a thoughtful and engaging experience that stays on-brand.

As a Senior Designer focused on visual communication, crafting creative concepts that translate visually is your bread and butter. You are an original thinker and a team player-matching strategic direction with appropriate design results across digital experiences. In addition to creativity, keen attention to detail makes your work stellar.

You will:

• Design digital solutions that meet or exceed strategic objectives.
• Create highly usable interface solutions focused on user experience.
• Rationalize solutions to project teams and clients.
• Balance creative with client business requirements.
• Design mood boards, storyboards, interactive page layouts, site grids and interface demos, photo retouches and enhancements, and animated GIFs.
• Provide quality assurance on creative deliverables.
• Build and maintain a rapport with creative team, account managers, and project managers.
• Visualize and verbalize ideas to team and client.

You have:

• 4-7+ years of working experience in digital design and interactive.

• Strong digital design portfolio showcasing storytelling abilities through thoughtfully designed case studies.

• Developed and diverse communication skills.

• Ability to articulate creative ideas.

• Proven aptitude for quick creative thinking with acute attention to detail within demanding deadlines.

• A solid working knowledge of the latest versions of Mac OS, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

• Figma, Photoshop and Sketch expertise, including file organization, and preparation of pixel-perfect files for design team use.

• An understanding of the strengths and limitations of After Effects, Sketch, Principle as well as information architecture and hierarchy.

• Comprehensive understanding of interactivity and the Web.

• Illustration in both electronic and traditional media.

• Please note the rate below is hourly.

We continually review ranges to address skills, experience and markets. Base salaries are determined during our interview process, by assessing a number of factors that include, but aren't limited to, a candidate's experience and skills relative to the scope and responsibilities of the position. For current CM employees, tenure will also be a consideration.