Are you interested in hot new career opportunities? I specialize in the recruitment, placement and management of our creative salaried professionals. A Staffing Professional within The Creative Group (http://www.roberthalf.com/creativegroup) reaps the benefits of a competitive annual salary, bonus options, benefits, full-time employment and a passionate, yet entertainingly delightful, Career Manager [me]. If you love variety through new career engagements but want the security of full-time employment and benefits or if you would benefit from hiring one of these exclusive individuals - we should be in contact immediately! If not and you know of any family, friends and/or colleagues that might be interested in becoming a salaried professional within our group please feel free to share my contact information with them. We pay referral bonuses from $200-$3K.

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User Experience (or Product) Designers
UXD: 3+ years within recognized start-up (popular app) or within respected design org. if agency, must have supported and delivered evolution of service rather than campaign/seasons marketing projects
Sr UXD: 7+ years with a premium product organization. Has proven track record of principle-¬‐based UX excellence, CX understanding, quality, and operationally feels like a cultural fit, tactical leadership skills, curiosity/thoughtfulness (emerging tech, HCI, etc.), trustworthy approach to teamwork, and excellent written/oral communication and positive attitude
Visual & UI Designers
VXD: 3+ years within recognized start-¬‐up (popular app, audio/video centric) or within respected product design organization. If you have agency experience you must have supported and delivered evolution of a product focused service rather than campaign/marketing or branding projects
Sr VXD: 7+ years with a premium product organization. Have a keen eye for detail and constantly seek to understand every user’s needs. Obsessed with the craft and passionate about designing products that are intuitive and delightful. It’s more than how something looks… it’s also how it feels, functions, and sounds.
• Key Responsibilities • Lead a team of designers to create elegant and useful interfaces that make an emotional connection with a broad consumer base. • Involved in scoping time and effort involved in design projects and making sure quality solutions are delivered on time and within budget. • Manage multiple projects and ensure that all designs are interpreted and implemented as specified and meet all business requirements. • Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively. Distill complex interactions into clear, understandable design solutions and clearly rationalize your strategic thinking to stakeholders. • Communicate your ideas through sketches, mock-ups and storyboards, producing iterative designs for every surface. • Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams, provide art direction to designers and work with product managers and engineers to implement designs into technology. • Create end-to-end design experiences, interaction models and design systems that define the client’s experience across platforms (web and mobile). • Establish and execute a consistent visual design language and maintain the client’s aesthetics, standards and brand integrity. • Provide guidance and mentorship to your direct reports to help them develop and reach their goals. • Requirements: Skills/Experience Requirements • 3- 5+ years of experience in interactive design, visual design or user interface design at a high-level, within a product or agency setting. • Fluency in best practices for mobile and web-based design, as well as strong knowledge of information architecture. • Excellent interpersonal skills and presentation skills. Communicate clearly and effectively, and defend your team’s designs. • Stay current with latest design and technology trends across web and mobile platforms, and adopt modern techniques as appropriate. • Exceptional typography skills, attention to details and visual form. • Mastery of the Adobe Creative Suite. Experience with After Effects and prototyping tools is a plus. • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Design or Visual Communications required. • A positive attitude that inspires and motivates everyone around you. Preferred Qualifications • Be a self-starter who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and an enthusiastic team player. • Familiarity with the technical considerations required when designing for multiple devices (i.e. HTML, CSS and JavaScript) • Have at least three apps for recognizable brands in market (available for download in iTunes and/or Google Play).

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