What are the responsibilities and job description for the Designer position at Alight?
Alight unlocks enterprise growth for the world’s most influential companies with future ready human capital and business solutions. We combine industry leading data and insights with unmatched depth and operational expertise to improve the employee experience and optimize cloud-enabled business processes. Our 15,000 colleagues proudly serve thousands of clients and their more than 30 million employees and family members throughout 180 countries. Learn how Alight helps organizations of all sizes, including over 70% of the Fortune 100, achieve next level transformation at alight.com.
You proved yourself as a star at startups, Fortune 500 companies and top Creative Agencies. You have the design chops to amaze and the vision and business acumen to position design in a way that inherently makes people pay attention. You’re a persuasive designer who inspires and consistently produces outstanding, award-winning design competitors copy. If this is you, keep reading.
We’re looking for an experienced and profoundly engaged Senior Designer, based in Chicago, IL or virtually, responsible for reimagining creative experiences for real world problems that help people and organizations thrive. The Senior Designer will apply a strong design POV, deep understanding of user experience and set the bar for quality and innovation at Alight. We know that takes all types of people and believe diverse backgrounds and experiences creates a stronger Alight.
A typical day:
- Collaborate with creative directors, visual, UX and product designers, digital strategists and engineers to produce experiences and creative that shake the world
- Provide design system support including component creation and maintenance, as well as marketing the Alight Product Design story
- Concept and develop creative for product, branding, value proposition design, creative strategy, culture design and digital experiences
- Present confidently and persuasively with an understanding of strategy, brand and design
- Demonstrate an understanding of and involvement in UX development including sitemaps, wireframes and user flows
- Ensure the quality of design across all phases of projects
- Motivate and champion award-winning design at all times
- Feel comfortable multitasking and working in ambiguous situations
- Help grow a culture of design and ship with speed, consistency, and quality
- Design sprint support experience a plus
You bring:
- Excellent design, color and typographic skills
- Motivation to design the future and have an award-winning portfolio (brand, product, digital etc.) to prove it
- An understanding of life-centered design and how to apply it
- An interest in both branding and product design
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud, Sketch, Figma, Miro/Mural, Invision
- 5 years of experience in designer role(s) at Design or Digital Agencies, Startups or Fortune 500 companies
- Possession of an undergraduate degree
Alight unlocks enterprise growth for the world’s most influential companies with future-ready human capital and business solutions. We combine industry leading data and insights with unmatched depth and operational expertise to improve the employee experience and optimize cloud-enabled business processes. Our 15,000 colleagues proudly serve thousands of clients and their more than 30 million employees and family members throughout 180 countries. Learn how Alight helps organizations of all sizes, including over 70% of the Fortune 100, achieve next level transformation at alight.com.
By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all of the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, fingerprint verification, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.
At Alight, we believe that diversity should be visible, valued, and sustained throughout the organization. Alight provides equal treatment and employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to any protected status or other protected characteristic.
Alight does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.
Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities, sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in an undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.
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We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
