Freelance Sr. UI/UX Designer

Description

Imaginative, curious, and adaptable — you sweat the small stuff, because you know that great design is in the details.

You are creative, inspired, and driven to produce innovative design. You are self-motivated — you have a true passion coupled with the exceptional ability to translate the vision of our clients into high quality and impactful imagery. Such talent and ingenuity make you the right fit for this unique Experience Designer role with Boldsky.

Responsibilities

Mid-Level Designer: Core contributor to projects, owns bigger pieces and proficient at adhering to brand standards. They work with all the information at their disposal and use their skill set and knowledge to solve problems.

We're looking for an Experience Designer– to shape the product development process with a user-centric mentality. You will help create visual elements for websites, mobile apps and other formats, lead user research, brainstorm ideas to inform the product development process and work with internal and external tech teams for implementation. Having PR or advertising agency experience is a plus. Experience in the healthcare/pharm industry is also helpful. You will be integral in the overall web design and development process.

• Conduct brand audits
• Conduct competitor analysis
• Understanding of information architecture
• Develop user flows, prototypes, and wireframes
• Create structural design solutions for pain points that users encounter
• Social media content
• Website design
• Interactive/digital content
• Booth/Congress multimedia interfaces

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a graphic design, computer science, information technology or related field
• 3-7 years’ experience creating mid to large scale corporate and campaign websites
• Excellence at designing a brand experience across multiple channels, including web and mobile
• Experience designing for healthcare and pharma
• Expertise in developing wireframes and prototypes
• Prototyping tools like Sketch, Figma and Adobe XD, along with Adobe Creative Suite, Jira, and MS Office Suite
• Full understanding of how to identify the true needs of users through research, Customer Journey Mapping, Jobs To Be Done theory and apply the insights to the design strategy and business needs. 
• Knowledge of Service Design, design thinking, agile methodologies, programming languages and content management systems 
• You will be hands-on web life cycle, from strategy to user experience and must have a high-level understanding of user experience, front-end, and server-side technologies, SEO and the ability to speak to them.
• You have a high-level understanding of SEO and ability to speak to it.

Should also be:

• Conceptually Creative: Ability to think in abstract terms; make connections between unrelated notions; formulate innovative ideas where others cannot; seen as original and value-added in brainstorming sessions
• Able to Understand and Implement Direction: Can understand creative direction based on objectives and execute creative work effectively. Understands the concept of talent-to-task and communicates well with others on workload issues & needs, progress of work and results
• Industry Application: Picks up on technical things quickly; is good at learning new industry, company, product, and/or technical knowledge developments of the client's business as well as the agency business; has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment
• Demonstrating Ownership and Proactivity: Demonstrates ownership of assigned Brand work by continually coming up with new ideas proactively. Ability and willingness to show ownership of Brand work from a visual standpoint
• Willingness to be Flexible: Willing to work outside of job description as needed, be flexible for the team, and ultimately the work.

The anticipated hourly rate for this position is $60/hr but may vary based on various factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and proficiency for the role.

At Syneos Health Communications, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

Boldsky Creative Studio supports more than 12+ Syneos Health marketing and communication agencies as well as direct-to-customer engagements. We function as the agencies' creative execution and production arm, implementing their creative vision. As part of Syneos Health, our agencies — consisting of leading brands and experts in advertising, branding, public relations, managed markets and medical communications — are engaged in every point of influence in health, providing real-world insight into markets and audiences in ways that no other partner could.

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Syneos Health has a voluntary COVID-19 vaccination policy. We strongly encourage all employees to be fully vaccinated. Additionally, certain local governments or Syneos Health customers may have vaccine requirements that apply to some of our employees. These employees are required to submit proof of vaccination to Syneos Health and maintain compliance with these requirements. As a Syneos Health freelance, temporary, or contract employee, you may be eligible to participate in the Company 401k match and benefits such as paid time off or benefits through provisions in the Affordable Care Act or State-specific requirements depending on the terms of your employment. Syneos Health complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements for temporary/freelance/contract employees.