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Your role and responsibilities We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Interface Designer to create and lead the design of software products and web interfaces. The professional must have proven expertise, excellence and innovative past projects. They should have a strong attention towards strategic, smart design, and a keen eye for a modernist approach to user-centric interfaces, typography, information design, usability, and motion graphics. This individual will interact with research teams, junior designers, and other IBM business units as they support the output of our team.
Responsibilities:
Design digital interfaces, components, tools, content, and web experiences.
Create motion studies and animations for prototyping and production.
Define specifications, breakpoints, and states for interface components
Adopt IBM design systems and standards, scaling them across IBM and IBM Research.
Lead/Co-Lead projects from conception, design, to execution and advocacy.
Bring abstract concepts to life though typography, illustration, and iconography.
Effectively communicate conceptual ideas and detailed design rationale both verbally and visually.
Design and maintain style guides, toolkits and other design documents.
Speak and present to stakeholders and agency partners on design strategy.
Work with leadership to establish priority, fidelity and delivery of tasks.
Help advance design at IBM.
This individual must excel at:
Distinguishing good design from bad.
Designing experiences across digital media.
Utilizing your knowledge of grids, typography, graphic design, color, layout, iconography, imagery, and design patterns and systems to address ambiguous, complex problems and projects.
Actively seeking feedback and review of work; accept and act upon creative/technical direction.
Working in a fast-paced environment, inspiring and motivating their team.
Overseeing documentation details while ensuring quality control.
Readdressing change with flexibility and ease.
Collaborating well with others (e.g., stakeholders, technical teams).
Required technical and professional expertise '- BFA in visual or interactive design
- 6+ years digital design experience
- Interactive or brand agency experience
- Digital portfolio showing previous projects and their contributions toward that work.
Preferred technical and professional experience '- MFA in design or HCI
- Applications: Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite (Highly proficient), MS Office (.PPT), Github, etc.
- Animation and motion design
- Web standards and processes
- Web languages and frameworks skills a plus
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.