Product Designer (Contract)
Please note that this is a contract role providing services to Microsoft through external staffing partners of Allegis Global Solutions. If you are selected for this role, you will be employed by AGS and will not be an employee of Microsoft.
Summary
This role is for someone with strong design abilities, typographic skills, digital expertise, and acute attention to detail. You are a highly motivated, self-directed team player who works well under pressure and can thrive in a deadline-driven and fast-paced environment. You will work within a team of designers as you work together to create experiences that are engaging, relevant, harmonious, and brand-worthy.
Job Responsibilities
- Utilize your strong interaction and visual design skills to create amazing products and elevate design.
- Plan and implement strategies that ensure our design work drives customer value and helps us meet our business goals.
- Document final designs in a point-of-reference/specification, adjust design systems and work directly with marketing to produce consumer facing experiences.
- Find areas where we can improve our processes, products, or culture, and lead or influence the changes necessary to do that.
Requirements
- Portfolio for a review with design lead.
- 5-7 years of direct experience designing user interfaces for web, software, and/or hardware products is required.
- Bachelor's degree in Design, Graphic Design, or related program. A combination of education and experience may substitute for a Bachelor's degree.
- Ability to read and synthesize product specifications and generate related design specifications/design briefs. When product specifications are not present or incomplete, have the ability to help derive and document these missing specifications.
- Create clean and effective graphic templates, presentations, process flows, information architecture diagrams, documentation, sketches, wireframes, and other artifacts required to develop and evolve user experience designs
- Ability to discuss and present an in-depth knowledge of standard design principles: color, typography, layout, brand.
- Must have the ability to understand technology issues and communicate information effectively.
- Excellent communication and project management skills required.
- Ability to work under constant deadline constraints.
- Strong knowledge of web technologies (i.e. HTML and CSS) is preferred.
- Fluency with standard design software tools (ex. Figma, Adobe CS) required.
- Fluency with basic animation (within Figma) required; skills or experience with more advanced animation (e.g. After Effects) is preferred.
Additional Details
- Location: Remote
- Duration: 10 Months
- Pay Range: $46 -52.50 per hour
AGS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer (M/F/Disability/Veterans). We will consider all applications without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable law.