UX Designer

Do you enjoy being part of a team that listens, inspires, and collaborates together to produce incredible solutions and results? Would you describe yourself as a digital designer who is enthusiastic about providing excellent user experiences? If this sounds like you, then we might be your perfect fit. We are looking for an experienced UX Designer who can help support the marketing efforts of both Core and its clients.

The UX Designer’s primary responsibility is to create and deliver a range of cross-platform digitalwork for Core and its clients. These deliverables can be anything from responsive web sites, microsites and/or landing pages, to emails for campaigns, to banner ads, mobile/tablet apps and more. He or she must have a strong background in creating compelling and user-centered design, as well as have working knowledge of design as it applies in a more traditional marketing space (i.e. print, collateral, broadcast). This person will help design and apply the right digital tools and applications for successful consumer engagement, and provide results-oriented solutions to multi-service clients based on consumer insight. This person must have a passion for digital trends, a vast technical acumen and an understanding of consumers and brands.

The UX Designer works within the developing/creative group, and closely partners with the agency’s account and category strategists, creative leads as assigned to client teams.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create compelling user interface designs for responsive web, mobile, and desktop software products 
• Provide UX expertise to team and client stakeholders 
• Work closely with internal and partnering developers to ensure design accuracy and consistency 
• Work directly with project manager, creative leads and client manager to design emails, landing pages, animated banners, websites and more 
• Adapt to shifting priorities, demands and timelines, using analytical and problem solving skills 
• Set priorities and ensure task completion on multiple concurrent projects 
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional marketing teams on UI design and development 
• Work in a fast-paced environment under strict deadlines 
• Maintain design style guide standards and update documentation as necessary 
• Confidently discuss design solutions with clients 
• Participate in the planning and development of digital solutions and advocate for excellent customer experiences 
• Stay up-to-date with current web trends, usability and standards, along with the tools and techniques for online experience development 
• Execute experience testing and troubleshooting cross-browser, cross-platform, and/or cross-device compatibility for inconsistencies 
• Maintain high standards and ensuring only the best work is released to the client 
• Collaborate across the agency to drive up standards of digital creativity

Skills and Abilities:

• UX Strategy 
• Experience modeling 
• Information architecture 
• User flow 
• Wireframing 
• User interaction design 
• Responsive design 
• Prototyping 
• Design systems 
• Strong graphics manipulation/optimization skills using InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, etc. 
• Working knowledge of CSS, JavaScript and HTML5 Strong background in typography, layout, composition and color

Education & Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of directly-related agency experience
• Bachelor of Arts/Science degree or equivalency in design

• Vacation/Personal Time: 11 days per year 
• Holidays: 10 days per year 
• Sick time: 6 days per year 
• 50% health insurance and partial deductible reimbursement 
• 100% dental, life, accidental death and dismemberment, and long-term disability insurance 
• Access to vision and short-term disability insurance coverage 
• FSA/HRA 
• 401(k) employer contributions 
• Profit-sharing 
• Continuing education fund 
• Mobile phone data reimbursement 
• Parking