Company Description
Hi there! We’re Razorfish. We’ve been leading the marketing industry with our digital expertise since the start of the internet. But in 2020, we did a full reboot. What’s different? It all starts with people. Weird, wonderful, complex people - with diverse backgrounds in strategy, creative and technology. But no matter how different we are, we all have one thing in common. We believe our differences are our strength. So we push for inclusion, challenge convention and bring in new perspectives, to inspire new ideas. Because when we connect by understanding what makes people different, we can create unforgettable experiences that enrich lives. Join us at razorfish.com.
OverviewThe Design Director-Freelance role contributes to the overall definition and execution of all creative deliverables on our clients various platforms, in alignment to the client's Brand Design System. You will be responsible for defining, evangelizing, and driving the implementation of the overall design vision for products. You will contribute to visual design principles and will maintain visual design frameworks for our products. You know the experience design process from end to end and can act as a leader in the development of the complete range of visual design artifacts. You are adept at working with multiple stakeholders and comfortable working collaboratively with experience design team members from a team of creatives from diverse disciplines and industries. A balanced understanding of strategy, usability, interaction, and visual design is a must.
Responsibilities- Create branded visual design concepts and solutions for responsive web, (iOS and Android – if on mobile teams)
- Assume ownership for the end-to-end product experiences and features across desktop, mobile and more.
- Drive creative process and collaboration with cross-functional partners to propose new ideas and strategies.
- Create and drive adoption of design guidelines, mechanisms, best practices, process and tools.
- Hands-on expertise in use case development, story boarding, mock-ups, and highly interactive prototypes using Figma.
- Collaborate closely with UX designers, copywriters, design researchers, creative technologists, product owners and mobile developers
- Communicate conceptual ideas, detailed designs, and design approaches/rationales
- Participate in design reviews and iterate based on feedback and creative direction all the way through execution
- Ensure quality assurance of all creative deliverables/Work to ensure feasibility of designs
- Participate in brainstorming, concept development and experience innovation
- Stay up to date with current design methodologies, practices and trends
Qualifications- 7 years + experience in product design or creating of digital experiences.
- Have an available online portfolio demonstrating a range of design abilities.
- Experience prototyping in Figma
- Experience in working in agile methodologies
- Accustomed to working and contributing to a design system
- Experience with user-centered design and related design disciplines (experience strategy, visual design, UX writing, design research, interaction design)
- Experience in a design-related discipline (industrial design, user-centered design, visual design, design strategy, design management, human factors, psychology).
- Understanding of interactive design and usability principles and how content strategy and creation contributes to the user experience.
Additional InformationAt Publicis Groupe, we offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance, transportation, and parking benefits, legal benefits, pet insurance, and auto and home insurance. You must be actively employed for 90 consecutive calendar days in order to be eligible for Publicis medical and voluntary benefits. You will also be eligible to participate in the Publicis 401(k) Plan after you complete 1,000 work hours in a consecutive 12-month period.
Razorfish is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.
If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation Range: $72-$119/hr. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. This role may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. This role may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 12/10/2024.
