Sr. Visual Designer (Contract)

About the (Contract) Sr. Visual Designer Opportunity

This position requires 50% of time to be on site in our Bellevue WA office.

Essential Job Duties
• Provide design for web pages, modules, and promotions (ads and pages) for a network of websites as well as core applications.
• Produce custom sales tools in the form of web page mockups and presentations.
• Create original graphics, including icons, logos, banner ads, etc.
• Identify and chart user flows to support website and application design.
• Convert drawn character images to vector art for use in still and animated treatments
• Maintain style and usage guidelines in support of network of sites.
• Prepare UI specification documentation for page and site designs according to departmental standards


Required Skills, Education & Experience

• 5+ years agency, in-house, or combined experience in interdisciplinary visual design- online/web experience is essential
• Fluent proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Fluent proficiency in Flash- proficiency in Action Scripting a big plus
• Knowledge of capabilities and limitations of Web technologies such as HTML, XML, JavaScript, Flash, CSS, etc.
• Proficiency in HTML, XML, After Effects and 3D Studio Max / Maya a big plus
• Proficiency in character illustration and animation
• Experience in conceptualizing promotional creative
• Familiarity with standards in web design and image optimization.
• Strong attention to detail.



Additional Requirements

• Able to work well with internal clients and as a team member
• Comfortable in an iterative, collaborative and fast-paced design environment
• Strong layout, typography, color theory, motion graphic and interaction design skills
• Excellent communication, organizational and proofing skills
• Must have a strong portfolio that match brand and beauty, and embody a strong passion for design
• Portfolio must include flash design work, preferably in online advertising and/or character animation.




About InfoSpace

InfoSpace, Inc. uses its unique metasearch technology to power a portfolio of branded websites such as Dogpile, WebCrawler, MetaCrawler, and WebFetch.com and provide private-label search services. Our edge is two-fold: proprietary metasearch technology and our relationships with leading search engines. Our metasearch-driven searches cover more of the Internet because they combine the most relevant returns from multiple search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, Ask, and Windows Live Search. InfoSpace metasearch helps advertisers achieve a much higher match rate than any other search engine, and sites hosting metasearch receive a higher pay-per-click rate, which is a key selling point when InfoSpace engages with potential private-label search

To apply for the position, visit our website at www.infospaceinc.com


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