Sr. Design Strategist - 17975 Vancouver, BC 12 months Contract Full Time Remote Position

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Sr. Design Strategist  - 17975
Vancouver, BC
12 months Contract
Full Time
Remote Position

We are seeking a Senior Visual Designer with a skill focused on illustration and icon design. This role requires someone who is a self-starter, highly organized and a strong communicator.

This is a one-year contract position.

Here's how

• Create world-class digital experiences by:
• Defining and standardizing reusable illustration and, icons
• Evangelizing processes that promote collaboration, feedback, and training
• Advocating for accessibility standards and inclusive design principles
• Creating clean, consistent, and beautiful illustrations/graphics that reflect the brand
• Ability to work with multiple styles of illustrations
• Actively solve problems by:
• Breaking design challenges down into viable actionable chunks and solving them with clarity and precision
• Engaging in the lean development life-cycle from discovery to testing, release and maintenance
• Working cross-functionally across teams to:
• Establish, build, and maintain a comprehensive library of illustrations & icons
• Craft and maintain documentation and guidance on illustration and its context
• You're the missing piece of the puzzle
• Mastery and passion for design
• You have experience with infographics, editorial illustrations, icons, app icons, spot illustrations, and data visualizations
• You have a strong portfolio demonstrating the ability to interpret and apply digital and visual design principles
• You have excellent interaction and visual design skills, with an eye for detail around typography, visual hierarchy, layout, and brand systems
• You're able to recognize, predict and incorporate a range of use-cases from the happy path to edge cases in your designs
• You're passionate about modern design practices and methodologies, but flexible enough to think outside the box when required
• Expert knowledge of industry best practices and use of tools
• You're comfortable using Adobe Illustrator and Creative Suite, Figma, Google Suite, Miro or any other whiteboarding tools
• You're well-versed in lean digital product development lifecycles in a highly-collaborative, agile environment
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders
• You're able to communicate design rationale and build consensus
• You're a self-motivated team player who thrives on collaborating with cross-functional teams
• You're an expert with time management and organizational skills and have the flexibility to handle a rapidly changing environment while delivering high-quality results

Must have skills:
1. Portfolio Link for reference
2. 3-5+ years in UI (i.e. icons, responsive design, resolution scaling), Design Systems and Visual Design
3. Experience working in branding and/or branding strategy
4. Experience in illustration and storytelling on a mobile or web space
5. Familiar with Figma, Adobe Illustrator and Creative Suite

Nice to have skills:
1. Experience working in an agency or large corporate environment
2. Experience working in an Agile environment with an understanding of project lifecycle
3. Comfortable with presentations

Great-to-haves
Identifying key findings and new insights into issues and examining issues from different angles
Ability to use multiple sources of information to identify if a problem is a design problem or related to larger enterprise/business issues


To apply for this job, please contact me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bheemanadam