The Digital Experience team at Sears Holdings Online Services is looking for a collaborative, team-oriented Senior Creative Designer with at least three to five years of experience and a passion for style, design, user-centric interaction design, and technology to join our close-knit group of web professionals. Our team is a group of motivated, cross-functional team members who work hard every day to improve the user experiences at Manage My Life, Sears PartsDirect, and other Sears Holdings Online Services sites. We work and play hard,; there is no doubt about that. If you like to collaborate, push yourself, and challenge others —and have three to five years of interaction design and concept experience applied to web and application design, then we'd like to talk to you There are a few specific requirements we're asking for besides experience and passion—so take a look at the list below. If you have all, or most, of these qualifications, we'd like to hear from you right away!
Responsibilities
Design compelling interactions and experiences with the target audiences' needs in mind
Provide creative design team leadership
Work independently and collaboratively in an Agile environment
Conduct concept generation and modeling experiences
Design website audits and conduct design evaluation experiences
Facilitate cross-functional working sessions and teams
Manage, track, and plan creative projects
Mentor co-workers, including design inspiration
Optimize design concepts around HTML/CSS technologies
Identify design trends, tools, templates and techniques that would evolve the existing approaches of the digital experience and development groups
Provide overall direction and design, including navigation, landing experiences, widget interfaces, shopping templates, iconography, imagery, and marketing support
Work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams
Qualifications
Five years of experience in web interface and layout design
Strong design background
Advanced knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator
Intermediate understanding of HTML/CSS, with direct experience optimizing design concepts around these technologies
Flash experience a strong plus
Portfolio that displays an understanding of user-centered design (online preferred)
Willingness to work closely with information architects, copywriters, developers and others to produce a team-driven end product with a top-notch user experience
An appreciation for collaborative excellence
Attention to detail, while considering the big picture, too
Excellent communication skills
Self-motivated with a positive attitude
Ability to juggle multiple projects while meeting deadlines
Ability to prioritize
Experience with large-scale web sites or e-commerce sites preferred—we're looking for someone who has worked on complex web sites, not necessarily in retail
Other required skills include
Concept generation and modeling experiences
Design audits and evaluation skills
Team leadership
Group facilitation
Project planning and tracking knowledge
Co-worker mentorship, including design inspiration
The ability to identify design trends, tools, templates and techniques that would evolve the existing approaches of the digital experience and development groups
Job locations
To apply
If you meet the qualifications listed for this position, please go here to apply and submit your resume.
