UI Design Manager

UI Design Manager

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Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Deliver beautifully simple and strategically sound experiences that users can relate to.
• Determine the best way to represent a concept visually while meeting strategic objectives and maintaining brand integrity.
• Collaborate with Creative Director and develop creative/strategic briefs to define project scope, resource allocations, and meet stated business objectives and initiatives.
• Lead projects from concept to completion, while reviewing, commenting, elevating, and approving creative from other designers.
• Lead and mentor other designers and oversee the creative output and workload allocations for the team.
• Collaborate with other designers, strategists, account executives, developers, and clients.
• Present and defend ideas with clarity to internal teams and clients.
• Inspire those around you by thinking beyond the obvious to create effective and beautiful experiences.

A Little Bit About You:

• You are meticulous and methodical in your approach to design—small details matter to you.
• You think holistically about design systems and UI patterns.
• You’re a critical thinker, problem solver, and storyteller—and you can deliver on these visually.
• You lead by example and are constantly striving to elevate and encourage those around you.
• You’re an improver and you’re generous with your skills and your knowledge.
• You are confident enough in your abilities that you handle critiques well and leave ego out of it.
• You know your tools well, and you know the most important one is between your ears.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of proven leadership experience working on large scale web projects and apps.
• Ability to think strategically on your own as well as in a group.
• Ability to create strong brands and be a steward for already established brands.
• Ability to create thoughtful, creative solutions that meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Exceptional verbal presentation and written communication skills.
• Exceptional team building and team management skills.
• Strong conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Professional demeanor with a kind heart and an uncompromising passion for great work.
• Superb organizational skills to coordinate complicated projects over extended timelines.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (including XD), Sketch, and comfortable in Figma.
• Working knowledge of process/product hand-off tools (i.e. Zeplin, Abstract, Invision, Jira, Confluence)
• Ability to talk technical jargon with developer team, but no coding skills necessary.
• Ability to build strong relationships and generate opportunities for repeat business.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Bonus Round:

• Motion design and interactive prototyping (e.g. Adobe After Effects, Principle, Marvel, etc.).
• Experience in leading, directing, and coordinating photo and/or video shoots.

Additional Information

Merkle

fosters a diverse environment that encourages original thinking about our business and empowers us to communicate with a global world of customers.We embrace differences of opinion and diversity of thought as they help us challenge and refine our solutions. Merkle, as a best-in-class marketing agency, welcomes big ideas, and believes they can come from anywhere.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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