Graphic Artist

Apptrics LLC
Hartford, CT Full Time
POSTED ON 3/28/2023 CLOSED ON 6/27/2023

Job Posting for Graphic Artist at Apptrics LLC

Requisition ID : UX-UI Designer, Phase 2

Job Title : Graphic Artist - Level 4

Duration: 12 Months

Location: 450 Columbus Blvd., Suite 1202Hartford,Connecticut 06103-0000

Experiences Required for This Role

User Centered Service Design – At least 5 years of experience and use cases with the following:

  • Building and communicating understandings of the users and their behavior
  • Working with a cross-functional team to prioritize work to meet user needs
  • Providing insights on how users interact with the service or product
  • Designing and redesigning services

Website & Graphic Design – At least 5 years of experience and use cases with the following:

  • Designing and developing graphics, user interface, content for website development, social media and print
  • Designing layouts, typography, line composition, color, and other graphic design fundamentals
  • Performs the most complex duties in design and preparation of electronic graphic artwork using various media
  • Working with CMS platforms and HTML, CSS, image optimization
  • Confers with supervisors and others as to most appropriate media and method of design
  • Performs a full range of graphic art activity
  • Design and maintain websites

User Acceptance Testing – At least 3 years of experience and use cases with the following:

  • Building and running tests (ideally automated) to confirm the service or product meets user and stakeholder needs
  • Helping to discover problems while the service is being developed, not once it is live
  • Checking the operating environment to make sure test results are valid
  • Helping increase user and agency confidence in future service or product delivery
  • Helping reduce the risk of reputational damage
  • Recruiting and leading testing groups; running research sessions with users
  • Understanding accessibility issues and engage with team to build with equality

Digital Platforms, Tools, & Discipline – At least 3 years of experience and use cases with the following:

  • Working with enterprise scale digital platforms and products
  • Using of productivity and analysis tools to manage iterative delivery, such as JIRA, Google Analytics, Git Repository, MS TEAMS, Confluence

Performance in Complex Situations – At least 3 years of experience and user cases with the following:

  • Communication and collaboration with state-wide partners
  • Encouraging of an interactive, cooperative, collaborative, and customer-focused work environment
  • Comfort in blazing a path through an ambiguous work environment
  • Judgement fitting to the ever-changing environment
  • Government-specific task management

Knowledge, Skills and Ability

Digital Design

  • Experience in designing, managing, and optimizing websites
  • Experience working in content management systems
  • Understanding of image and video optimization for online media
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Adobe XD, InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
  • Proficiency in HTML, CSS
  • An understanding of social media management and content creation

User Acceptance Testing

  • Knowledge of best practices for user experience research and testing
  • Willingness to participate ethnographic research and interviews

Performance in Complex Situations

  • Ability to distill complex concepts into simple ideas
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, handle and prioritize simultaneous requests, and manage laterally and upwards
  • Comfort in blazing a path through an ambiguous work environment
  • Prioritization, organization, and triage in an independent environment
  • Understanding of the Agile development process

Team Player

  • Supporting teammates’ skills and behaviors development and delivery
  • Communication and collaboration with state-wide partners
  • Creative and analytical thinking with strong problem-solving skills
  • Judgement in dealing effectively and diplomatically with government staff
  • Ability to maintain strict confidentiality

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

Other Desirable Skills

  • An associate degree or higher in graphic design, marketing, communications or related field
  • 5 years professional experience in web design, graphic design, marketing or communications
  • A portfolio of work
  • 1 year of user-centered design
  • 1 year of user research and analytics
  • 1 year of customer relationship management platforms such as Salesforce
  • 1 year of web content management platforms such as Sitecore

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $60.00 - $65.00 per hour

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Hartford, CT 06103: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

  • Digital design: 5 years (Required)
  • Graphic design: 7 years (Required)
  • Adobe InDesign: 6 years (Required)
  • Adobe Creative Suite, including Adobe XD, Illustrator: 5 years (Required)
  • User Centered Service Design: 5 years (Required)
  • Website & Graphic Design: 5 years (Required)
  • CMS platforms and HTML, CSS, image optimization: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

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