UI​/UX - Art Director III

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** Job#: 3044274
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* Job Description:

** UI/UX - Art Director III
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* Location:

** Remote Location, Washington (Remote)
COMPENSATION: $146 - $156 HOURLY Role Overview This role involves scaling a new illustration style across the organization by directing and executing illustrations and animations for in-product use. The Art Director will collaborate with illustrators, art directors, animators, content designers, engineers, and product designers to ensure a consistent brand system. This position requires a high level of craft, strong attention to detail, and an innovative, systems-minded approach to problem-solving.

Key Responsibilities
* Synthesize product partner goals and user needs into actionable creative briefs.
* Guide the creation of high-craft, conceptually compelling illustrations and animations.
* Deeply understand and scale the in-house style guide and color palette across illustration libraries.
* Consistently evolve the in-house style guide to meet developing product needs.
* Understand how illustrations and animations are integrated into the design system and identify opportunities for improvement.
* Clearly communicate directions and their tradeoffs to cross-functional partners.
* Participate and present in team critiques, design sprints, and workshops.
* Manage multiple projects and deadlines efficiently and effectively.

Required Qualifications
* An illustration portfolio that demonstrates both direction of, and hands-on execution of, conceptual, compositional, and color skills.
* 4+ years of relevant illustration experience.
* Experience adopting in-house illustration styles.
* Proficiency with Adobe Illustrator and vector graphics.
* Familiarity with creating and exporting simple vector animations in After Effects.
* Strong communication skills with non-design partners.
* Ability to think at a high level about how all aspects of a product work together.
* Interest in up leveling workflows with internal AI tools.

Preferred Qualifications
* Familiarity with working in a product environment.
* Familiarity and comfort with Figma.  
* Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including Clearly Rateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
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** Everforth Apex Benefits Overview:
Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a Support Linc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.

In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can…