at FREEMAN in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
About Us
Freeman is a global leader in events, on a mission to redefine live for a new era. With a data-driven approach and the industry’s largest network of experts, Freeman’s insights shape exhibitions, exhibits, and events that drive audiences to action. The integrated full-service solutions leverage a 96-year legacy in event management as well as new technologies to deliver moments that matter.
Summary
The UI/UX Designer role is to design custom user interfaces for review and handoff to various development teams to implement via customizations, extensions, configurations, and integrations. The UI/UX Designer will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and deliver best in class user experiences. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in UI/UX designs for suggesting user interfaces that are simple, consistent and easily developed.
This position will support our IT team and is eligible to work a remote schedule.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
+ Exhibit strong development skills, informed by intuitiveness and driven by creativity
+ Produce wireframes and other collateral to help communicate UI/UX experiences
+ Create designs that adhere to and complement the existing style guide
+ Develop UI/UX solutions based on business requirements captured in user stories
+ Work with other developers and quality experts to deliver a polished final product
+ Ability to collaborate within an iterative design process including the ability to lead ideation and whiteboarding sessions
+ Understand the process of turning conceptual ideas into wireframes, designs and web pages
+ Contribute to roadmap planning and facilitate the user-centered design process
+ Communicate clear ideas to a wide range of stakeholders
+ Awareness of ADA and WCAG guidelines as it relates to website accessibility
+ Additional duties as assigned
Education & Experience
+ Five (5) years or more of experience designing and delivering UI/UX solutions
+ Three (3) or more years of experience with agile software development methodologies
+ Several years of experience in UI/UX design, preferably with a focus on Salesforce or similar CRM platforms
+ Strong attention to detail, and the ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks
+ Excellent time management skills
+ Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
+ Knowledge of software development processes and best practices
+ Able to collaborate effectively and efficiently with remote team members
+ Able to work independently and adapt to time critical deadlines and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
+ Able to step back and see the entire solution with a focus on improving, not just one feature or process, but the entire user experience
Travel Requirements
Travel up to 25%
What We Offer
Freeman provides benefits that aim to empower our people and their families to thrive mentally, physically, and financially. These are a handful of the types of programs and benefits our full-time people may be eligible for. There may be some variances in specific benefits across regions.
+ Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
+ Tuition Reimbursement
+ Paid Parental Leave
+ Life, Accident and Disability
+ Retirement with Company Match
+ Paid Time Off
Diversity Commitment
At Freeman, our commitment to diversity and inclusion is helping us to create not only a great place to work, but also an environment where our employees, our customers and our communities around the world can reach their goals and connect with each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status and other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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