UI Designer

Merck; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 58,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Job summary

Merck is hiring a temporary UI Designer in Albuquerque, NM to turn big ideas into precise, platform-native visuals. The role emphasizes ownership of creative outcomes and collaboration with a supportive Merck team.

You’ll translate research into compelling visuals, craft a cohesive typographic system, and push Blender-based concepts into practical formats. Expect a fast-paced, hands-on environment with full benefits.

Qualifications

• Comfort owning creative decisions in NM market.
• Ability to learn new creative systems quickly and apply them effectively.
• Hands-on creative experience that holds up to follow-up questions.
• The kind of curiosity that reads the docs before asking.
• Demonstrated knack for making the unhurried feel manageable.
• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before.
• A communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads.

Responsibilities

• Spin one campaign idea into thirty platform-native cuts before lunch.
• Run the critique that makes junior creative work braver, not safer.
• Drive empathy-led content series from ideation to publication and promotion.
• Bridge the Lottie vision and the Typography reality without breaking either.
• Convert vague unhurried adjectives from a brief into concrete, defensible choices.
• Distill a hour-long strategy deck into one image that survives the hallway test.
• Translate Blender research findings into a visual the whole floor can act on.
• Set the typographic rhythm that ties a sprawling Adobe XD library together.

Skills

Creative decision ownership

Rapid learning

Hands-on experience

Curiosity to read docs

Unhurried mindset

Room-reading instincts

Clear communicator

Tools

Adobe XD

Blender

Lottie

Job description

This is a temporary UI Designer position for a maker who cares as much about the idea as the execution. Net it out: temporary, $58,000 - $83,000, 3 years, ownership of the creative outcome, and a Merck team that has your back.

Key Responsibilities

• Spin one campaign idea into thirty platform-native cuts before lunch
• Run the critique that makes junior creative work braver, not safer
• Drive empathy-led content series from ideation to publication and promotion
• Bridge the Lottie vision and the Typography reality without breaking either
• Convert vague unhurried adjectives from a brief into concrete, defensible choices
• Distill a hour-long strategy deck into one image that survives the hallway test
• Translate Blender research findings into a visual the whole floor can act on
• Set the typographic rhythm that ties a sprawling Adobe XD library together

What You'll Bring

• Comfort owning creative decisions in a NM market
• Ability to learn new creative systems quickly and apply them effectively
• Hands-on creative experience that holds up to follow-up questions
• The kind of curiosity that reads the docs before asking
• Demonstrated knack for making the unhurried feel manageable
• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
• A communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads

There's a reason creative leaders keep calling Merck: this quietly-excellent Albuquerque, NM team simply refuses to ship anything mediocre. At Merck we hire people we can trust with real decisions and then give them the room to make them.

Think competitive $58,000 - $83,000, full benefits, a clear runway to grow your Blender, and the latitude to work the way you work best.

This Albuquerque, NM opening is current, active, and reviewing folks now.