Art Director III - UI/UX (Remote - U.S.)

Our Customer’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through their family of apps and services, they are building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together.

We are seeking an Art Director III (UI/UX) on a contract basis to help support our customer’s business needs. This role is 100% remote.

Responsibilities:

• Synthesize product partner goals and user needs into actionable creative briefs.
• Leverage exceptional visual storytelling and clear feedback and to guide the creation of high-craft, conceptually compelling illustrations and animations that support the comprehension of complex in-product features.
• Deeply understand the in-house style guide and color palette and scale it consistently across our illustration libraries in collaboration with multiple illustrators.
• Consistently evolve our in-house style guide to meet developing product needs with new illustration standards and guidelines.
• Deeply understand how our illustrations and animations are integrated in the design system and flag opportunities to uplevel its implementation.
• Clearly communicate directions and their tradeoffs to cross-functional partners.
• Participate and present in team crits, design sprints and workshops.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines efficiently and effectively.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ relevant illustration experience
• Experience adopting in-house illustration styles
• Highly detail-oriented and a systems thinker
• Works quickly and efficiently, without sacrificing quality
• Strong communication skills with non-design partners
• Ability to think at a high level about how all aspects of a product (content, design, and illustration) work together, and how illustration can be used to strengthen user experience
• Interest in upleveling workflows with internal AI tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with how to work in product
• Familiar and comfortable with Figma

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

* Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, FSA.

* Accrued PTO: Up to 15 days per 12 months on assignment

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.