[FT, Brooklyn, NY] Visual Designer at NYC Digital Service, Office of Technology & Innovation
Ganser, Aamina
Role: Visual Designer
🔗 Visual Designer Application Form
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Salary: $63,301 – $100,000
Deadline for application: July 3, 2023
Join the NYC Digital Service Team
The NYC Digital Service team is looking for a Visual Designer with deep knowledge of design systems, brand design, and UI components to join in creating user-centered experiences for New Yorkers in partnership with the Office of Technology and Innovation, along with other NYC agencies and
departments.
About The Office of Technology and Innovation at the City of New York
The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) provides for the sustained, efficient, and effective delivery of IT services, infrastructure and telecommunications to enhance service delivery to New York City's residents, businesses, employees and visitors. As the City's technology leader, OTI is responsible for maintaining the foundational IT infrastructure and systems that touch every aspect of City life from public safety to human services, from education to economic development crossing the full spectrum of governmental operations.
Responsibilities
The Visual Designer for the NYC Digital Service reports to the Strategic Initiatives Division of OTI/DoITT.
- Support the design work of The NYC Digital Service portfolio, including developing a visual language as an extension of the NYC brand including color and type palettes, iconography, layouts, etc. in collaboration with multidisciplinary design team
- Represent the design team in internal agency meetings with relevant stakeholders while effectively communicating rationale behind design decisions
- Participate in NYC Digital Service sprint plannings, design meetings and retrospectives
- Create visual designs and concepts for NYC Digital Service projects
- Collaborate in the creation of NYC.gov brand guidelines and component library
- Supporting design team in research synthesis and developing design hypotheses
- Support visual and interactive quality assurance and testing during development stage
- Provide multimedia assets when required, including designing reports/publications, short videos, and graphic assets for presentation purposes
Required skills and experiences
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in visual design for print and web
- Deep understanding of graphic design and branding principles
- Experience designing responsive digital products across web and native platforms
- Detail-oriented, well organized, with strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with multiple teams (product, design, content, engineering) and stakeholders to align on and develop a creative vision
- Expert in Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
- Strong communication skills to collaborate and work with leadership, experts, and decision makers
- Knowledge of agile ways of working and modern software development practices
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