What are the responsibilities and job description for the Visual Designer - Mobile position at Allstate?
The world isn’t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needs. That’s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.
You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.
Everything we do at Allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to protect people from life’s uncertainties so they can realize their hopes and dreams. For more than 89 years we’ve thrived by staying a step ahead of whatever’s coming next – to give customers peace of mind no matter what changes they face. We acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws. We help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowerment. We’ve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protection. We are the Good Hands. We don’t follow the trends. We set them.
Summary
Think that working in the insurance field can’t be exciting, rewarding and challenging? Think again. You’ll help us reinvent protection and retirement to improve customers’ lives. We’ll help you make an impact with our training and mentoring offerings. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to expand and apply your skills in ways you never thought possible. And you’ll have fun doing it. Join a company of individuals with hopes, plans and passions, all using and developing our talents for good, at work and in life.
Job Description
Allstate’s rapidly growing User Experience and Design Group is looking for a highly motivated, mobile-focused Visual Designer who will be responsible for crafting innovative, award-winning work of our mobile products. The User Experience and Design group covers a broad spectrum of disciplines including: business discovery and analysis, user research, information architecture, interaction design, content strategy and visual design. Our ideal candidate possesses a broad understanding of multiple design disciplines, but is focused in the discipline of Visual Design.
The Visual Designer will be developing interfaces for native mobile applications within Allstate Mobile. You can expect to work closely with lead designers and take on responsibilities that push you to learn and grow your skills. Passion for user centered design is a must.
- Create various design artifacts that communicate design intent, including: Moodboards/Style Tiles, High Fidelity Visual Mock-ups, Presentations of work, Icons and Illustrations
- Create visual documentation and specifications of said artifacts
- Understand the nuances of Google Material Design and Apples Human Interface Guidelines and demonstrate when to use specific patterns or deviate from them
- Collaborate on design decisions with all members of the team
- Take direction from the lead designer and all members of the product team
- Understand brand, user and business goals and translate those into innovative and elegant design solutions
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of visual design as it pertains to mobile apps with the ability to communicate constraints for visual treatments to all members of the team
Job Qualifications
- Strong portfolio demonstrating above capabilities specifically for native mobile products
- Cross-disciplinary collaborator who regularly seeks feedback from all members of the team
- Fluent in Sketch and working knowledge of cloud-based prototyping and design documentations tools like InVision, Zeplin and Adobe Creative Suite
- Strong understanding of each platform with the ability to translate interactions between iOS and Android
- 5 years of work experience in digital design, HCI or equivalent field
- 3-5 years of working experience in native mobile apps and has shipped an app in the past year
- Working experience with style guides and component libraries
- Isn’t afraid of asking the right questions to get to the best possible design solution
- Can prioritize, manage and self-delegate tasks that meet project deadlines
Bonus Skills
- UX or Human Factors training
- Illustration capabilities
- Experience in crafting animations, especially for Mobile apps
- Rapid Prototyping for mobile apps or websites beyond static clickthrough mockups
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
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