• The Web Designer is a UX/UI-forward web role on the Creative Team within the Communications and Marketing Services Unit. • Work alongside designers and Communications and Marketing Services specialists to bridge design and development and carry approved work from Figma into the live experience. • Lead responsive page design, interaction and motion specifications, and build-ready documentation. • Partner with Tech Solutions during implementation to ensure high-fidelity execution. • Collaborate with Project Marketing Specialists and program teams to clarify goals, audiences, content needs, and page success criteria, and to incorporate feedback efficiently.

• Command the full design process including design creation, conceptualization, wireframing/storyboarding, and finalizing layouts for mobile and desktop • Apply current design trends and modern branding styles to create and evolve powerful brand narratives to create visually compelling digital products • Obsessively attend to details to achieve pixel perfection • Identify the true needs of users by taking research and insights into ideas that form disruptive websites and features, then designing the workflows and detailed interactions to realize them and apply the insights to the design and product strategy • Masterfully communicate the purpose and thought process behind your designs to the internal team and clients • Build leading-edge designs for clients across all industries and markets comprised of all sizes ranging from SMB to Enterprise • Evangelize user-centered design practices and their value to the rest of the team, stakeholders, and subject matter experts • Collaborate with strategy and business development teams to create and develop new business opportunities and drive all creative aspects of sales pursuits • Confidently take on high-end projects using both visual prowess and strong social, professional skills to collaborate, receive feedback, and motivate team members • Comfortably have work thoughtfully critiqued by the team and clients to utilize feedback in a process of iteration till a polished end product is achieved • Eagerly and creatively meet project needs to succeed and ensuring Blacksmith is delivering high-quality design work that delivers on our client’s business strategy and mission • Excellent organization execution of all files, layers and folders • Work with President and department leaders throughout each project’s process

Role Description We are looking for a talented Web Designer to create amazing user experiences. The ideal candidate should have an eye for clean and artful web design and superior user interface design skills. The successful candidate will be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artefacts, transforming them into beautiful, intuitive, and functional designs. - Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering - Conceptualize original website design ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex roadblocks - Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to communicate interaction and design ideas - Present and defend designs and key deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders - Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards Qualifications - Proven work experience as a web designer - Demonstrable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio - Solid experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and sitemaps - Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator or other visual design and wire-framing tools - Proficiency in HTML, CSS and JavaScript for rapid prototyping - Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process - Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction - Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively - Up-to-date with the latest Web trends, techniques and technologies - BS/MS in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design or a Visual Arts subject

Role Description We are looking for a senior web designer to join our company remotely. In this role, you will be responsible for design conception, realization, and improvement. You are setting the gold standard of the small industry we are in. Through your creative abilities, you are able to identify new, improved ways of guiding our users through the sales experience. You know that a good design requires more than just pixels; it requires thought. Sometimes you will work closely with our backend engineers to ensure a close fit between front- and backend. - Own the frontend, from idea to UX to pixel-perfect execution - Turn your designs into production-ready, systems-based HTML and CSS. Where needed, vue.js, reactjs or any other framework you are used to working with. - Deep understanding of UX and its impact on conversions - Partner with our backend-engineers to establish a clear connection between front and backend - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand the business need and translate goals into effective designs - A portfolio that demonstrates masterful understanding and application of layout, color, and typography - A strong body of marketing work that tells a compelling and consistent story about a product, business, or initiative - Experience collaborating closely with non-designers and bringing design thinking and processes to a wider team or organization - Ability to write semantic HTML and functional CSS to bring design to life in the browser - Experience with designing and/or building responsive, mobile-first web pages. - Ability to work in an autonomous, remote-friendly environment where communication and collaboration are frequently asynchronous and in writing. Qualifications - Expertise in frontend development with HTML and CSS - Experience in product or visual design - Experience in data-driven design and testing - Experience contributing to and/or maintaining a front-end design system or style guide Benefits - You can expect a competitive salary from us. - Remote only.