Paragon Consulting
Founded in 1993 in Cleveland, Ohio, Paragon has been delighting our clients' customers with award-winning digital experiences and cutting-edge technology since 2006. Today, we are a nationwide team with employees located coast to coast, and we are looking for an experienced Visual Experience Designer.
Paragon is a Virtual First company and this position does allow for remote work on a full-time basis.
Job Description: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Visual Designer who possesses a strong background in visual design and user experience design. As the Lead Visual Designer, you will be responsible for leading the visual design efforts and ensuring a seamless and delightful user experience across multiple platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and guide the design process from concept to execution.
Responsibilities:
• Lead the creative and visual design strategy and execution, ensuring consistency and high-quality visual design across all digital platforms and products. • Collaborate with UX designers, product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to define design requirements, goals, and user needs. • Ability to think strategically and extend existing brand identity systems into new visual concepts and digital experiences. • Conduct user research and gather insights to inform the visual design process, ensuring a user-centered approach. • Conceptualize visual aesthetics across a range of creative styles using mood boards, style tiles, etc. • Be a visual storyteller who uses imagery to communicate experience-driven concepts and solutions as compelling stories. • Utilize visual systems and taxonomies to improve the user experience and product usability. • Create visually stunning and intuitive designs, including user interfaces, layouts, icons, typography, and graphics, that align with brand guidelines and project objectives. • Develop and maintain design guidelines, style guides, and pattern libraries to ensure consistency and scalability of the visual design system. • Prototype and create interactive mockups to demonstrate the user experience and gather feedback for iterative design improvements. • Produce interaction flows and user interface deliverables, including annotated wireframe mockups, functional prototypes, storyboards, flow diagrams, etc. • Participate in customer research and usability testing activities. • Collaborate with a team of visual designers, providing guidance, feedback, and support to foster their professional growth. • Collaborate with front-end developers to ensure the accurate implementation of the visual design and smooth user interactions. • Participate in the full design and development cycle to ensure that creative innovations in user-centered design are faithfully delivered to our clients. • Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging design tools, and technologies to continuously enhance the design process and deliver innovative solutions. • Advocate for user-centered design principles and promote a design-thinking culture within the organization.
Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in visual design, Graphic Design, UX Design, or a related field. A master's degree is a plus. • Minimum 5 years' experience (7+ preferred) proven experience as a Visual Designer with a strong portfolio showcasing your design skills and ability to create visually appealing and user-centered designs. • Strong design foundation including adept use of grids, typography, color harmony, imagery, etc. • Solid understanding of UX design principles and methodologies, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing. • Understanding of HTML, CSS, and browser capabilities. • Excellent client presentation skills to successfully articulate design concepts to internal teams • Proficiency in design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, or similar software. • Attention to detail and a keen eye for aesthetics. • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, prioritize tasks, and meet project deadlines. • A passion for design, user experience, and staying updated with the latest design trends and technologies.
What we offer:
At Paragon, you'll play an integral role in helping some of the world's leading companies envision, execute, and evolve their most complex digital objectives. We pride ourselves on blending human-centered design and strategy with modern platforms and technology - like API-driven, headless CMS architecture - to build digital experiences that make people think, feel and act. No matter what part of the customer experience you're helping to enhance in your role - from research and strategy to design and development- you'll feel valued as part of our Virtual-first yet cohesive, winning team culture. In addition to our collaborative, creative work environment, we offer a full benefits package which includes: • Competitive Pay • Health, dental, and vision insurance • Short-term and long-term disability • Life Insurance • Generous PTO program • 401k with matching • Training and Certification Reimbursement
Paragon is a Virtual First company and this position does allow for remote work on a full-time basis.
Job Description: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Visual Designer who possesses a strong background in visual design and user experience design. As the Lead Visual Designer, you will be responsible for leading the visual design efforts and ensuring a seamless and delightful user experience across multiple platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and guide the design process from concept to execution.
Responsibilities:
• Lead the creative and visual design strategy and execution, ensuring consistency and high-quality visual design across all digital platforms and products. • Collaborate with UX designers, product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to define design requirements, goals, and user needs. • Ability to think strategically and extend existing brand identity systems into new visual concepts and digital experiences. • Conduct user research and gather insights to inform the visual design process, ensuring a user-centered approach. • Conceptualize visual aesthetics across a range of creative styles using mood boards, style tiles, etc. • Be a visual storyteller who uses imagery to communicate experience-driven concepts and solutions as compelling stories. • Utilize visual systems and taxonomies to improve the user experience and product usability. • Create visually stunning and intuitive designs, including user interfaces, layouts, icons, typography, and graphics, that align with brand guidelines and project objectives. • Develop and maintain design guidelines, style guides, and pattern libraries to ensure consistency and scalability of the visual design system. • Prototype and create interactive mockups to demonstrate the user experience and gather feedback for iterative design improvements. • Produce interaction flows and user interface deliverables, including annotated wireframe mockups, functional prototypes, storyboards, flow diagrams, etc. • Participate in customer research and usability testing activities. • Collaborate with a team of visual designers, providing guidance, feedback, and support to foster their professional growth. • Collaborate with front-end developers to ensure the accurate implementation of the visual design and smooth user interactions. • Participate in the full design and development cycle to ensure that creative innovations in user-centered design are faithfully delivered to our clients. • Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging design tools, and technologies to continuously enhance the design process and deliver innovative solutions. • Advocate for user-centered design principles and promote a design-thinking culture within the organization.
Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in visual design, Graphic Design, UX Design, or a related field. A master's degree is a plus. • Minimum 5 years' experience (7+ preferred) proven experience as a Visual Designer with a strong portfolio showcasing your design skills and ability to create visually appealing and user-centered designs. • Strong design foundation including adept use of grids, typography, color harmony, imagery, etc. • Solid understanding of UX design principles and methodologies, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing. • Understanding of HTML, CSS, and browser capabilities. • Excellent client presentation skills to successfully articulate design concepts to internal teams • Proficiency in design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, or similar software. • Attention to detail and a keen eye for aesthetics. • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, prioritize tasks, and meet project deadlines. • A passion for design, user experience, and staying updated with the latest design trends and technologies.
What we offer:
At Paragon, you'll play an integral role in helping some of the world's leading companies envision, execute, and evolve their most complex digital objectives. We pride ourselves on blending human-centered design and strategy with modern platforms and technology - like API-driven, headless CMS architecture - to build digital experiences that make people think, feel and act. No matter what part of the customer experience you're helping to enhance in your role - from research and strategy to design and development- you'll feel valued as part of our Virtual-first yet cohesive, winning team culture. In addition to our collaborative, creative work environment, we offer a full benefits package which includes: • Competitive Pay • Health, dental, and vision insurance • Short-term and long-term disability • Life Insurance • Generous PTO program • 401k with matching • Training and Certification Reimbursement