Job Description

At Horizontal Digital, we hold ourselves to one key belief: You’re only as good as your worst customer experience. This mantra is what drives our digital consultancy to think beyond the easy answers and instead create websites, apps, portals and other experiences that solve customer needs for Fortune 500 companies in intuitive and empathetic ways. And we make this lofty standard a reality by fusing strategy, data, design and technology together to arrive at solutions that set the bar higher for everyone. 

We use these values to fuel superior results: 

Lock arms 
We forge relationships that make our impact 1,000x stronger. This means working across departments and engaging both our clients and our communities to deliver the greatest good. 

Show hustle 
We’re not ones to sit on our hands and wait. Instead, we anticipate opportunities, collectively roll up our sleeves and find ways to execute the exceptional. 

Embrace change 
From new technologies to workplace philosophies, we welcome the unexpected and constantly anticipate what’s next. 

Elevate empathy 
We listen before we take action. This means understanding a variety of perspectives and holding ourselves to a higher standard of accountability. 

Never settle 
We motivate each other to push past the easy answers and collectively arrive at bigger, more inspiring ideas. 

As a Senior Experience/UI Designer, you will play a critical role by bringing to life effective and inspiring digital experience focused work. You will establish and sell through strategic creative design visions that ladder up to our client’s business goals and ultimately provide their customers with purposeful and elevated digital experiences. You will apply your exceptional taste to shape, design and guide executions that are attractive, intuitive, and engaging. You will effortlessly present and help sell work to clients, building strong and trusted relationships along the way. You will work collaboratively with our internal teams (PMs, strategists, front-end developers, engineers and other designers), helping guide the process, solve design problems, managing expectations, all with an eye on delivering a premium final product that everyone is proud of. In this position, you will have the opportunity to thrive in a fast-paced environment at the forefront of digital transformation where you are encouraged to own your craft and make an impact on brands from around the world. 

What you’ll do:  

• Execute flawlessly, designing beautiful crafted and responsive websites, apps and digital experiences.

• Deliver compelling and striking conceptual design directions and explorations. 

• Create and utilize modern design-token-based Design Systems to drive brand consistency, supercharge interactive prototyping, and contribute to the unification of design files (Figma) and front-end code in efficient, systematic workflows 

• Collaborate closely with internal partners such as UX designers, strategists, front end Developers, BAs, project managers, and leadership. 

• Present your work to clients and convert feedback into design direction to make further improvements. 

• Build trusted relationships with clients through your ability to understand their needs, collaborate effectively, provide thoughtful recommendations, and execute flawlessly. 

• Pivot effortlessly, as needed, based on evolving requirements, timelines, and feedback. 

• Learn about client and audience needs and contribute to the creative and design process through participation in client meetings.

Who you are:  

• Bold – you understand how to be bold and innovative to push the boundaries of digital 

• Passionate – You are passionate about understanding and improving the end-to-end digital experience. Your passion and positivity about the work makes everyone around you better 

• Courageous – You aren’t afraid to fail and are open to feedback 

• Curious – You have a desire to learn all the things you do not know and enjoy the research  

• Collaborative – You seek out collaboration and want to grow by being pushed each day to stretch your capabilities 

• Proficient – You have a strong portfolio that demonstrates your thoughtful approach to the entire design process and your capabilities

• Connected – You are plugged into the design world and are an active seeker of inspiration    

What you bring:   

• Great portfolio of UI design examples that showcase your ability to bring brands to life through meticulously designed digital platforms and experiences 

• 5+ years’ experience as a UI professional skilled in responsive interface design 

• Extensive experience of working with established design systems as well as building new ones from scratch 

• Experience leading UI design across multiple platforms 

• Proven experience “owning” projects from start to finish 

• Ability to lead working sessions with team members and presentations to clients 

• Experience designing complex, multi-variant web-based applications

• Proficiency with Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator) and PowerPoint 

• Knowledge of the best practices for UI and interaction design for responsive experiences 

• An understanding of accessibility design issues 

• A good understanding of UX best practices 

• A passion for UI Design as a discipline and a desire to see it thrive across the business

You’ll get extra credit for: 

• Experience with designing for content management systems (Sitecore, Acquia, Optimizely) 

• Agile process experience 

• Mobile app design experience 

• Motion Design experience 
  
  

HZTL offers a wide range of competitive benefits to eligible employees including health, dental, vision, life, retirement plans, paid time off, paid holidays, paid time off to volunteer, paid parental leave, flexible work environment, and more.

The pay range for this full-time position is $90,000 to $120,000 per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on the posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salary for the position across all US locations as of the date of this posting. Within the range, actual offered compensation is dependent upon the individual’s work location and additional factors including but not limited to job-related skills, experience, relevant education and training, internal equity among the team, and applicable employment laws. Please note the compensation details in the US role posting reflects base salary only and doesn’t include discretionary performance bonus or other incentives (if applicable).

Keywords: Senior Designer, Senior UI Designer, UI Designer, Digital Art Director, Digital Designer

The above description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.   

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