IBM Hiring for Visual Designer Job at Research Triangle Park, NC Full Time

Introduction
Thomas J. Watson said it best: “Good design is good business.” Visualization is critical to discovering data-driven insights and effectively communicating that knowledge to others. Designers at IBM work to create experiences that work together, work the same, and work for our clients. Does the thought of creating the platform at the heart of solutions like Watson, Blockchain, IoT, and Security excite you? If so, read on!

Your Role and Responsibilities
The Visual Designer will be a hands on expert in visual design, capable of working with User Experience designers, Design Researchers and Developers to ensure the visual look-and-feel enhances the overall user experience of Turbonomic. Designers in this role will create irresistible user interfaces for strategic product and service offerings within our portfolio. Will work with and enhance our brand design language to produce iconic user experiences. The visual designer will use their experience in designing visual communication, layout, typography, color, etc to elicit emotional connections and intuitive, intelligent responses from our audience. Pixel perfect precision and demonstrated skills in Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, and other design software are a must.

Responsibilities

• Work hands-on, creating interface and visual design solutions from concept to final code
• Provide visual feedback and guidance to other designers as necessary on visual design execution as a part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Team with user experience designers, design researchers and developers to ensure visual design enhances the overall user experience
• Contribute to storyboards & task flows designs, effectively communicating visual intentions to the design team and sponsor users
• Work with Design Researchers to understand stakeholders, users and the markets in which they operate
• Deliver pixel perfect hi-fidelity designs to enable front end development to deliver prototypes to engineering
• Collaborate on user experience planning with the team’s UX lead
• Consult with architects, product leads and key stakeholders
• Participate in user research activities
• Promote a user first approach to the stated problem
• Possess a fundamental awareness of enterprise, technology, developer, and design trends
• Evangelize the importance of design research as part of IBM Design Thinking and educate product teams that are new to design research methods in order to help them integrate real users into their design lifecycle

Key Skills

• Excellent creative, conceptual, and problem solving skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Outstanding storytelling and presentation skills
• Strong strategic skills in assessing business and user scenarios, approaches and deliverables
• Deep understanding of objective visual design decisions
• Knowledge of industry standard design tools
• Working knowledge of how compositions translate to HTML, JavaScript and CSS used to deliver feasible designs
• Demonstrated knowledge of best practices in typography, color theory, page layout, and iconography
• Ability to work within a cross-functional team and handle multiple projects with tight deadlines
• Communication skills and an ability to drill down to a customer’s requirements
• Please provide portfolio of work that demonstrates skills/ability – website link is perfect

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3+ years of visual user interface design for SaaS enterprise applications
• Demonstrated foundation in industry standard design processes, methods, and tools
• Demonstrated innovative vision supported by a disciplined attention to detail
• Proficient in HTML and CSS
• An understanding of guidelines and standards of web design
• An understanding of interface and user experience design best practices for all screen sizes and devices
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, team based environment
• Familiarity with design and technology trends
• Formal education and experience in visual, interactive, or UX design

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• N/A

IBM’s Cloud and Cognitive software business is committed to bringing the power of IBM’s Cloud and Watson/AI technologies to life for our clients and ecosystem partners around the world. IBM provides you with the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security and operations across hybrid environments—with complete software solutions for business and IT operations, development, data science, security, and management. Our experts and software capabilities help organizations develop applications once and deploy them anywhere, integrate security across the breadth of their IT estate, and automate operations with management visibility. With IBM, you also have access to new skills and methods, governance and management approaches, and a deep ecosystem of industry experts and partners.

This job requires you to provide your COVID-19 vaccination status with supporting documentation, where legally permissible.

Are you craving to learn more? Prepared to solve some of the world’s most unique challenges? And ready to shape the future for millions of people? If so, then it’s time to join us, express your individuality, unleash your curiosity and discover new possibilities.

Every IBMer, and potential ones like yourself, has a voice, carves their own path, and uses their expertise to help co-create and add to our story. Together, we have the power to make meaningful change – to alter the fabric of our clients, of society and IBM itself, to create a truly positive impact and make the world work better for everyone.

It’s time to define your career.

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM offers a wide range of resources for eligible IBMers to thrive both inside and outside of work. In addition to a competitive benefits program consisting of medical and life insurance, retirement plans, and time off, eligible employees may also have access to:

• 12 weeks of paid parental bonding leave. Family care options are also available to support eligible employees during COVID-19.
• World-class training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform. IBM’s learning culture supports your restless attitude to grow your skills and build the depth and scale of knowledge needed to achieve your career goals.
• Well-being programs to support mental and physical health.
• Financial programs that empower you to plan, save, and manage your money (including expert financial counseling, 401(k), IBM stock discount, etc.).
• Select educational reimbursement opportunities.
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups where you can network and connect with IBMers across the globe.
• Giving and volunteer programs to benefit charitable organizations and local communities.
• Discounts on retail products, services, and experiences.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.