Freelance UI/UX Designer

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OVERVIEW

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Somnio is Austin’s premier B2B digital marketing agency, providing a full range of services from global campaign strategy, social media, video production, and content marketing to advanced portal and website design. Our clients include world-leading companies such as IBM, HP, Dell, Thermo Fisher, and many more.

THE ROLE

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Somnio is looking for freelance interactive designers with a background specializing in user-centered design/user experience design. This would be a contract position working on a variety of business to business web-based tools and applications. The ideal person would have a thoughtful, empathetic approach to design, with the ability to understand the needs of our clients and their customers on both an emotional and technical level.

You will work with a talented team of creative individuals and report to one of our Sr. Art Directors in order to craft as intuitive a digital solution as possible for the often complex challenges faced by our enterprise clients.

REQUIREMENTS AND SKILLS

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• At least 3 years of UI/UX design experience.
• Must have solid production skills with Adobe Creative Suite and like products to provide clean, organized diagrams and illustrations to help communicate ideas clearly.
• Have solid time management skills with the ability to adapt quickly and flexibly.
• Have an interactive/UX-focused portfolio.
• Knowledge of capabilities and limitations of web technology

RESPONSIBILITIES AND AREAS OF WORK

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• Be able to quickly understand and analyze the primary goals of our clients and help to provide ideas and direction toward an intuitive, strategic digital solution.
• Have strong communication skills and a level mindset both in production capabilities as well as team interaction.
• Understand the basic tenants of interactive and user experience design and how to apply them to complex systems.
• Be able to understand brand guidelines and work within the constraints provided.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
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• Understanding or training in the methodologies of Human or User Centered Design thinking.
• Ability to be on-site as needed for brainstorming and creative strategy meetings.
• Strong visual design skills to supplement the user experience mindset.

COMPENSATION + PERKS

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• Project and experience based
• Flexible schedule and the opportunity to use our office as workspace
• Freelancer Referral Bonus*
• Company-paid lunch on Thursdays!

OUR CORE VALUES

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• We aim to delight.
• We are intelligence-driven.
• We are fearless.
• We chart our own course.
• We keep it real.
• We love doing great work.

OUR RALLY CRY

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At Somnio, we grok {ɡräk}. It’s pronounced like “rock” and it means to understand something intuitively or by empathy. We take the extra steps to master our craft and our technique so that it is part of our identity. Because we grok, we are constantly working to offer the highest level of experience, quality and innovation to our customers.