Senior Digital Designer
Northern Trust
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Works within processes established by design leadership and contributes to improve future team workflows
- Works toward improved user experiences with a team of creatives, technology and business collaborators to create stunning digital concepts to meet client briefs and expectations
- Contributes to an open culture that enables employees’ development through direct and constructive feedback, promotes diverse perspectives and fosters a sense of curiosity and optimism
- Works in an agile environment or on future experience projects (Remove. We do not currently work in an agile environment within Corporate Marketing)
- Creates user experiences, from low-fidelity sketches to high-fidelity mockups and prototypes while applying the NT Digital Design System and digital resources
- Balances design decisions between research, technology, and business unit objectives
- Partner with UX/UI lead, Visual designers, and development teams to create best-in-class digital experience across NorthernTrust.com including campaign landing pages, thought-leadership pages, design systems, interactive web experiences and other digital-base experiences for the brand and BUs
- Apply and extend brand identity systems, understanding of typography, photography, color, tone of voice and other visual aesthetics appropriate to create innovative visual solutions that meet business and project needs
- Exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information
- Ensures deliverables are accessible (WCAG 2.1)
- #LI-Hybrid
- #LI-GG1
- Strong design skills in one or more competency areas (visual, interaction, UX, information architecture, product)
- Able to present work and decisions effectively, through presentation and storytelling skills
- Highly flexible, adaptable to change and comfortable with ambiguity
- Effective use of collaborative/communication tools
- Clear growth mindset, looking for opportunities to learn and motivated to approach challenges proactively
- 5+ years demonstrated work experience in design delivering UX/UI experiences for digital products and interactions, comprehensive websites, or applications
- Extensive knowledge and technical skills in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Working knowledge in Adobe Experience Manager or similar CMS platforms, and HTML, HTML5, CSS is a plus.
- Experience building components in conjunction with development team a plus.
- Ability to handle multiple projects and prioritize when needed
- Educated in design or related field, formally or though comparable training
- Working knowledge of Human-Centered Design and UI/UX best practices, as demonstrated in a portfolio of professional work.
- Experience working with a cross-functional team or large-scale software development lifecycle(, preferably in an agile environment, is desired. Remove. We do not currently work in an agile environment within Corporate Marketing))