Critical Mass - Freelance Senior Designer

Designer is needed in Chicago, United States.

Client: Critical Mass

Location: Chicago, IL

Contract: Full Time

Job Description:

As a Senior Designer, your main responsibility is to craft creative concepts that translate visually. You will work as part of a team, matching strategic direction with appropriate design results across digital experiences. Attention to detail is crucial in your work and you will also have the opportunity to learn and gain leadership experience.

• Design solutions that meet or exceed strategic objectives.
• Create highly usable interface solutions focused on user experience.
• Manage projects with limited input from an Art Director.
• Guide and direct up to four designers with thorough delegation, follow-up, and mentorship.
• 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.

Requirements:

• 4+ years education and experience in design and interactive.
• Strong design portfolio.
• 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.
• Understanding of the strengths and limitations of Flash, After Effects, QuickTime, Director, and ImageReady, as well as information architecture and hierarchy.
• Comprehensive understanding of interactivity and the Web.
• Illustration in both electronic and traditional media.
• Motion graphics experience for the Web and video a plus.

Additional Information:

This is a freelance role. You will receive mentorship from an Art Director and manage a small team of designers. The work model requires working from an office a minimum of 4 days a week to strengthen continuous learning, improve collaboration, and increase employee engagement. Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.