Senior Digital Designer: Contractor

Intergalactic Agency Inc.; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

Join an innovative creative tech agency as a Digital Designer, where your unique perspective and strong visual sense will help shape the next generation of apps and web experiences. Collaborate with a talented team to design user-centric solutions that captivate and engage. This part-time role allows you to work in a hybrid environment, balancing creativity with technical expertise. If you are passionate about design and eager to contribute to exciting projects for major brands, this opportunity is perfect for you. Bring your ideas and creativity to a place where they will be valued and celebrated!

Qualifications

• Experience designing and shipping mobile and web products.
• Proficiency with prototyping tools and understanding user experience workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design cohesive interfaces and recommend transitions/animations.
• Create wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes.

Skills

User Interaction Recognition

Strong Communication Skills

Independent Project Leadership

Detail-oriented Design

Adaptability to Feedback

Education

Diploma/Degree in Design

Interaction Design

Digital Arts

Tools

Prototyping Tool

Job description

You see the world from a unique perspective, are full of ideas, have a strong visual sense, a playful problem solver, passionate about your work and looking to become part of an amazing team.

Intergalactic is looking for a Digital Designer to help design the next generation of amazing apps, AR/VR and web experiences that have become synonymous with the Intergalactic brand.

This is a part-time contract role to start. You would be working out of our Vancouver, BC head office, where we've embraced a hybrid 5d / 10d office schedule.

Who We Are

We are a creative tech agency that is passionate about technology and solving problems. For marketers we create experiences that engage by capturing the attention, imagination and loyalty of their customers. For businesses we create enterprise grade solutions and first of their kind products. Our work covers enterprise apps, awesome websites, amazing AR/VR experiences and epic touch screens for major brands and clients around the globe. Our clients include South by Southwest (SXSW), Sundance Film Festival, HPE, Cisco, Minecraft, Banff Centre, Station Casinos, EY, SAP, National Film Board, UBC, Dell and loads more.

We’re a professional yet casual group who work hard from our Yaletown office.

About the Role

As a Digital Designer for Intergalactic, you will work in a team environment collaborating with our developers and project managers. You will help create experiences that combine unique creative thinking, strong visuals and cutting edge tech. You are passionate about solving product challenges through understanding a breadth of perspectives and needs related to the user experience.

Alongside the project manager, you must be able to translate requirements into practical solutions by demonstrating systematic and creative design thinking. You will also need the ability to articulate the rationale for design decisions to clients and stakeholders. As part of a small, close knit team, you'll be expected to wear many hats, and it is essential that our Designers be able to collaborate well with other team members yet work autonomously and efficiently when necessary, and ensure the quality of the digital product.

What You'll Do

1. Design eye-catching cohesive interfaces
2. Recommend appropriate transitions and motion graphics/animations
3. UI Design for responsive mobile and desktop interfaces
4. Storyboard to quickly identify and create key interactions of the product
5. Create wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes for various interfaces
6. Design and produce brand assets
7. Work with the team to ensure that projects are planned and delivered in a timely and predictable manner

Who You Are

1. Strong ability to recognize and predict user interaction
2. Portfolio and/or experience designing and shipping mobile and web products
3. Familiarity with agile, iterative design processes and more traditional waterfall processes
4. Strong communications skills in English
5. Ability to work independently and lead a project with oversight of development implementation
6. Proficiency with a prototyping tool
7. Very organized, and detail-oriented, with a strong aesthetic sensibility and appreciation of good visual design
8. Understanding of user experience workflows, how to implement them, and why they are used
9. Ability to embrace feedback and adapt designs as required in collaboration with other designers and the rest of the team

Bonus Points for

1. Diploma/Degree in Design, Interaction Design or Digital Arts
2. Motion graphic and/or animation design experience
3. Experience with site map building and information architecture
4. Familiarity with accessibility and usability requirements

Interested?

Apply below by sending us your resumé and a cover letter telling us why you'd like to work at Intergalactic. Also include your favourite sci-fi quote and the reason why it's your favourite.