{"id":5496,"date":"2011-03-02T11:57:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T15:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=5496"},"modified":"2011-03-02T11:57:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T15:57:29","slug":"job-digital-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2011\/03\/02\/job-digital-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"[Job] Digital Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Digital Designer<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hedgeye Risk Management is the leading real-time research firm. Focused exclusively on generating and delivering actionable investment ideas, the firm combines quantitative, bottoms-up and macro analysis with an emphasis on timing. The Hedgeye team features some of the world\u2019s most regarded research analysts \u2013 united around a vision of independent, un-compromised real-time investment research as a service. \u00a0We measure ourselves on our core values: Transparency, Accountability, and Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Our Digital Designer creates compelling, original designs for everything ranging from interactive platforms (websites, software applications, etc.) to occasional marketing materials (presentations, ad campaigns, etc.). The Digital Designer is able to translate business requirements, user needs, and technical capabilities into designs that are visually exciting, easy to use, and emotionally engaging.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Responsibilities<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Participate in product ideation and      conceptual development.<\/li>\n<li>Create visual designs that effectively      communicate product function and brand identity, including the design and      production of screen layouts, color palettes, typography, user interface      elements, and icons.<\/li>\n<li>Design motion graphics and animation      effects.<\/li>\n<li>Produce wireframes, design specifications,      storyboards, scenarios, and design prototypes.<\/li>\n<li>Successfully communicate conceptual ideas,      detailed design, and design rationale, both verbally and visually.<\/li>\n<li>Participate as a contributor to an      interdisciplinary team that includes creative leads, other designers,      project management, business and brand strategists, and software      developers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Challenges:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Working with tight deadlines &amp; strong      requirements<\/li>\n<li>Rapid &amp; constant change<\/li>\n<li>Working with highly technical content<\/li>\n<li>Design as a collaboration activity among      team, not in a silo<\/li>\n<li>Must be detail oriented &amp; able to keep      multiple requirements in sync<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Required:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Strong Design skills including but not      limited to: logo design, color theory, typography, composition, grids,      layout<\/li>\n<li>Strong portfolio, preferably multivariate      (packaging, print, web)<\/li>\n<li>Be able to explain &amp; defend design      decisions. (IE. I used this color because &#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Experience with wireframes &amp; rapid      prototyping.<\/li>\n<li>Working knowledge of how to design with\/for      web standards<\/li>\n<li>Working knowledge of Adobe Graphic design      packages, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign etc.<\/li>\n<li>Interest in information architecture,      Marketing, UX, HCI.<\/li>\n<li>Eagerness to learn<\/li>\n<li>Self-motivated, speedy, well-organized<\/li>\n<li>Flexible and team-oriented<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pluses (in order):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Practicing personal Kaizen<\/li>\n<li>Contributions\/memberships to sites like Forrst,      sitepoint.com, 99designs, sortfolio &amp; the likes.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the elements of effective      interactive design<\/li>\n<li>A blog\/website showing passion for the art      &amp; science of graphic design and showing his point of view.<\/li>\n<li>Expert understanding of CSS, HTML,      JavaScript &amp; the semantic web<\/li>\n<li>Successful experience launching Web-based      projects<\/li>\n<li>Working knowledge of audio &amp; video      editing software.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please include a URL with your online portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>Submit Resume <a href=\"mailto:ny-digital-designer@hedgeye.simplicant.com\">ny-digital-designer@hedgeye.simplicant.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tanya Clark &lt;<a href=\"mailto:tclark@hedgeye.com\">tclark@hedgeye.com<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital Designer Hedgeye Risk Management is the leading real-time research firm. 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