Digital Designer

Role:
Digital Designer (HYBRID)
ESSC

Title:

UI/UX Designer At ESS Companies (ESSC), we empower people to own their futures by redefining the employee and client experience. As a 100% employee-owned family of heavy civil construction companies, we don’t do this for fame or fortune — we do it #For The Workers . Our purpose fuels our passion, our passion drives our performance, and our performance strengthens the partnerships that build strong communities.

This is who we are. This is what we do. And the men and women of our subsidiary companies, Emery Sapp & Sons, Achen-Gardner Construction, Rummel Construction, Monks Construction, ESCO Construction, and Premier Testing Laboratories, live out these values every day.

Our people build infrastructure that lasts for generations — and we approach our digital and brand work with the same long-term vision. This role is responsible for the execution, design, and optimization of digital experiences across all ESSC brands — ensuring every interaction is visually compelling, user-friendly, and aligned with brand standards. It requires a strong balance of design expertise, UI/UX thinking, and digital execution, along with the ability to translate content and strategy into engaging, high-performing digital experiences.

If you're the kind of designer who thrives on bringing structure to complexity, takes pride in systems thinking, and wants your work to matter beyond the screen — this role was built for you.

What you'll be doing...Planning & Discovery Conduct discovery, gather stakeholder input, and develop sitemaps, user flows, and project briefs that set digital projects up for success

Synthesize user research, stakeholder feedback, and heuristic reviews to inform design decisions before execution begins

Design & Execution Own day-to-day UI/UX design across the ESSC brand family's web presence — from wireframes and prototypes through developer-ready UI designs, specs, and handoff

Collaborate with developers and integration experts to ensure design feasibility and maintain design integrity throughout implementation

Lead the execution and ongoing evolution of the ESSC Enterprise Design System, including component libraries, interaction patterns, tokens, and documentation — within a strategic framework established by the Creative Brand Manager Apply and extend brand guidelines across digital touchpoints, ensuring visual and experiential consistency across our subsidiary brands

Support digital components of campaigns, events, and enterprise initiatives as needed

Contribute graphic design support for select marketing initiatives — including social media, email campaigns, and event materials — as bandwidth allows

Quality & Delivery Conduct cross-browser and cross-device testing to ensure consistent functionality, performance, and appearance across digital experiences

Manage your own project workload efficiently — tracking priorities, communicating timelines, and delivering quality work on deadline

Help define and document UX standards and best practices for the broader team Collaboration & Ongoing Support Collaborate with marketing, communications, and technology team members to deliver cohesive digital experiences across wholly owned websites, microsites, event websites, and ongoing campaigns as needed

Create and maintain design systems, component libraries, and UI style guides

Continuously analyze user data and performance metrics to identify opportunities for optimization

Attend company events and represent the firm at industry events as needed

You're a good fit if ...You hold a Bachelor's degree in UI/UX Design, Interaction Design, Visual Communications, or a related discipline

You have 4–6 years of UI/UX design experience, with a portfolio that demonstrates both marketing/brochure site work and product or application design

You think in systems — components, tokens, patterns — and get genuinely excited about design infrastructure

You're fluent in Figma, including auto layout, variables, component architecture, prototyping, and sitemap/flow documentation

You have a working understanding of HTML and CSS — enough to know what's buildable, communicate clearly with developers, and…