Visual Designer

This is a 9 month contract that has the ability to extend or convert to full time. Hybrid 3 days per week (Tuesday - Thursday) in Chicago, IL, New York, NY or Seattle, WA.
Please apply with your most up to date resume and have your portfolio linked!
Description
TEKsystems is searching for a talented Visual Designer on behalf of one of our clients, a leading ad tech company that empowers buyers of advertising through a self-service platform. This client is committed to delivering innovative solutions for agencies and large brands to manage and optimize their advertising campaigns. As part of their continued growth, they are expanding their design team to enhance the visual experience of their platform.
Job Summary:
We are looking for a Visual Designer to join a newly formed design systems team. This team is crucial in ensuring the platform is both visually appealing and highly functional for enterprise-level customers. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of color theory, data visualization, and design systems, applying these skills to create intuitive and visually engaging user interfaces for a data-driven platform.
Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with UX and UI designers to develop and enhance design systems that support our platform's user experience.
• Design and create visual components such as icons, buttons, tables, charts, and reports that enable advertisers and agencies to quickly access and understand ad performance data.
• Apply color theory and data visualization principles to design dynamic and programmatic data presentations, ensuring that users can grasp key information at a glance.
• Ensure designs adhere to inclusive design and web accessibility standards, making our platform usable for a diverse range of users.
• Work within existing Figma files and guidelines in Frontify to expand and refine the visual design of our platform, aligning with overall brand and design system standards.
• Focus on desktop and web-based enterprise applications, with an emphasis on designing for traditional web logins and minimizing the focus on mobile interfaces.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver designs that meet business objectives and user needs.

Additional Skills & Qualifications
Required:

• 3+ years of experience using Figma for design projects.
• Proven ability to apply visual design and color theory to content and data-heavy platforms or applications, enhancing user experience.
• Strong portfolio showcasing data visualization work, particularly in enterprise applications.
• Experience designing for web accessibility, with a strong understanding of inclusive design principles.
• Excellent collaboration skills, with experience working cross-functionally with UX, UI, product, and engineering teams.
• Experience in desktop web and enterprise application design.
• Familiarity with design systems and design tokens.
• Expertise in designing for web accessibility, beyond just meeting basic compliance.

Preferred but not required:

• Background in user research or experience conducting workshops and analysis.
• Previous experience in the ad tech industry.
• Experience leading design workshops and performing detailed analysis.

Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $45.00 - $75.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Chicago,IL.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on May 30, 2025.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.