
Visual Design Skills
Graphic Designer
Statement of job responsibilities:
- Creates innovative visualizations of product benefits for product
research
- Designs and produces visual media used in testing new product concepts
- Designs and produces media for technical communications
Requirements:
- Bachelor degree in Graphic Design or related field
- Two years related field experience
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Graphic Designer
Statement of job responsibilities:
- Creating and maintaining graphics on various online and Internet
products
Requirements:
- Minimum three years design experience
- Familiarity with online publishing, Photoshop and Illustrator
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Visual Designer
Statement of job responsibilities:
- To conceptualize, present, develop, and implement the visual style,
or "look and feel" of an online service we are developing.
- Determining illustration style, color palettes, and typography, as
well as collaborating with the Experience Lead on screen layout and
interface design.
Requirements:
- Candidates should have traditional design training and experience
mixed with a deep knowledge of digital toos and processes, especially in
the area of online design.
- Experience designing interfaces and screen layouts for web sites or
other digital media also a must.
- Experience with story boarding, illustration or photography is a plus.
- Candidates should have a demonstrated ability to translate client and
target market needs and interests into visual styles that are responsive
to those needs.
- Candidates should be comfortable working within a spectrum of styles,
ranging from corporate to avant garde, informative to entertaining.
- An interest in the expressive, social, and community-building aspects
of the internet and emerging technology is also desired.
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Visual Interface Designer
Statement of job responsibilities:
- Work with other designers, computer scientists, software developers,
and cognitive engineers to conceive, design, and build
efficient, effective and satisfying user interfaces.
- Interactive multimedia projects ranging from in-store kiosks and
commercial web sites to training systems, telemedicine interfaces.
- Standard Windows GUI work is also likely.
Requirements:
- Background/work experience in Graphic Design, Typography, and/or
Visual Interface Design strongly preferred
- Excellent Visualization Skills - Sketching, Storyboarding, Rough
Concepts, Final Artwork/Media Development
- Basic knowledge of principles of user interface design
- Experience working in interactive media
- Must be comfortable working in a team of diverse skill sets
- Solid knowledge of current graphic design software tools
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Art Director
Statement of job responsibilities:
- Report to the VP
- Creative and will art direct illustrators in the development of a
wide variety of interactive projects such as CD-ROM games,
web-sites, animated story books, and other educational and
entertainment related consumer products.
- The Art Director is the highest non-management creative person in the
group, and is the lead creative contributor working with game designers
and producers.
Requirements:
- Computer proficient skills in Photoshop
- Strong hand drawing skills and/or a background in illustration
- Having an affinity toward new media.
- Some experience working with interactive software would be a plus to
understand production limitations.
- Company is willing to teach interactive technology if candidates have
great hand-drawing and conceptual skills.
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Designer
Statement of job responsibilities:
- Providing creative assistance and support to the design team as
required throughout the various stages of the design process.
- Work under the guidance of Design Directors, and the Creative
Director.
Requirements:
- Concept creation and development, refinement of direction, and final
refinement toward production.
- Creation of comps, some electronic production, and presentation
materials.
- Strong verbal communication skills.
- Skill requirements include extensive knowledge of Photoshop,
Illustrator, and Quark Express, with working knowledge of Director.
- Experience with Typography, identity design and Packaging; and/or
Online design, Information design, and Interactive design.
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Sample job descriptions on this page collected from July,
1996.
InterZine
NCR Human Interface Technology Center
Proctor & Gamble
StudioArchetype
Vivid Studios, Inc.
RitaSue Siegel Resources
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