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Senior designer job description

Updated March 14, 2024
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A senior designer is a highly experienced professional responsible for the creation of various designs for clients. They might design online adverts, billboards, logos, and pamphlets, or they might be hired to create t-shirts, caps, and other merchandise. They are also in charge of overseeing projects and junior employees.

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Senior designer requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in senior designer job postings.
Sample senior designer requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years' experience in graphic design.
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and other design software.
  • Knowledge of web design principles and UX/UI design.
  • Excellent communication and time management skills.
Sample required senior designer soft skills
  • Creative problem-solving abilities.
  • Ability to collaborate with other designers and stakeholders.
  • Flexibility and willingness to accept feedback.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to work independently and manage workload.

Senior designer job description example 1

Whole Foods Market senior designer job description

Responsible for the design and creative development of WFM marketing materials. Leads creative development for graphic Team Members at the national, regional, and store level. Develops graphic design production and distributes communication pieces for organization-wide use. Advises diverse teams and locations about creative strategy, technology, methods, and standards. Ensures effective and consistent graphic design and production for internal and external communication materials.
Senior Designer

We're searching for a Senior Designer to join our Amazon Fresh creative team. As the Senior Designer, you will bring to life and execute the brand identity for Amazon Fresh and report to the Creative Director, Design. You'll collaborate daily with your senior counterparts in Art Direction, Copy and Packaging to create an ownable, memorable and cohesive design system to Amazon Fresh.

To be successful in this role, this Sr. Designer will be an expert in executing design systems across all brand touch points (physical retail signage and merchandising displays, traditional media-outdoor/posters, digital placements onsite, paid social). You'll work with the Creative Director of Design to expand/evolve the brand guidelines and are prolific in your exploration boundary pushing solutions.

You are the model designer that others on the team aspire to for hard skills and teamwork. No task is too large or small for you. While the Designers do not report to you, you are passionate about mentoring them with your talent and seeing them flourish.

This role is based in Austin TX, within the Whole Foods Market corporate offices. We are a nurturing culture and big egos don't work out here. We thrive on collaboration, are laid-back but hard-working. You'll be joining a creative department that believes “we're all teachers and students.”, so come with the energy to teach and the humility to learn.

Responsibilities
Execute and evolve the Amazon Fresh brand style guide across all in-store and digital channels Design and execute promotional and seasonal campaigns Present work to Creative Director of DesignCollaborate with counterparts in Art Direction, Copy and Packaging to ensure campaign consistency and that design is optimally executed for each channel Mentor other designers on the team through exceptional design, teamwork and patience

Skills
Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (familiarity with Google Sketch and Figma) Agility and adaptability in learning new tools and design platforms Great presentation skills Proven ability to impart focus by developing clear goals and priorities Proven ability to operate among ambiguity and fast-changing business goals Proven ability to build cross-functional partnerships and inspire collaboration and action Proven ability to juggle multiple projects while maintaining a clear sense of priorities

Qualifications
6+ years of ad/design agency or in-house brand experience Expertise in visual design, branding and physical retail design Leadership experience a plus but not mandatory

At Whole Foods Market, we provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all Team Members and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, marital status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Whole Foods Market hires and promotes individuals solely based on qualifications for the position to be filled and business needs.
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Senior designer job description example 2

Visa senior designer job description

Innovation & Design, NA Focuses on driving research and insights, identifying new opportunity areas for Visa to explore, incubating new products, as well as engaging innovative partners to co-create commerce and money movement solutions.

We are seeking a Senior Designer who will help us incubate next-generation product and solution concepts based on critical Visa opportunity areas. This individual is a full-stack user experience designer with hands-on human centered design thinking, UX/UI, research, & prototyping. With the guidance of our studio's Design and Innovation leadership, the designer will deliver polished UI artifacts and human-centric digital design deliverables. This role will also support the creation of product and design collaboration frameworks, co-creation tools, asset libraries, and design operations management that will ultimately power the work of our practice.

This designer should have strong design chops, consultative design strategy experience, and a fluency to ‘speak' about how their work ladders up to a strategic narrative. This designer will develop a nuanced understanding of emerging digital payment trends as well as Visa's capabilities and services in order to effectively leverage the right products and services at the right time in the solutions we design
Role responsibilities include

Collaborate with business partners and build upon their vision using sound UX principles.

Own and make design decisions based on a thorough understanding of contemporary user-centered design principles.

Exercise independent judgment with minimal direction from supervisor.

Partner with product & research managers to clarify business needs, define user requirements and help assess technical feasibility.

Demonstrate clear understanding of user-centered design and be an advocate for the user.

Capture requirements and create workflows, wireframes, prototypes and fully fleshed out designs.

Effectively demonstrate strong problem-solving and interpersonal skills.

Present design decisions to stakeholders.

Flex Work Arrangement - Hybrid Position - This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% of the time based on business needs.
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Senior designer job description example 3

NVIDIA senior designer job description

We are now looking for a Senior Logic Design Engineer:

As a member of our CPU Logic Design Team, you will be responsible for a portion of the design of a high performance and low power chip, focusing on such tasks as micro-architectural definition, RTL coding, logic debug, synthesis and timing closure, supporting verification and implementation. This position offers you the opportunity to have real impact in a dynamic, technology-focused company impacting product lines ranging from consumer graphics to self-driving cars and the growing field of artificial intelligence. We have crafted a team of extraordinary people stretching around the globe, whose mission is to push the frontiers of what is possible today and define the platform for the future of computing.

What you'll be doing:

+ As a member of our core CPU team, you'll own and be responsible for crafting and timely delivery of a specific unit on the chip.

+ Day to day tasks include: writing readable high performance and low power RTL, Synthesis and Timing closure, and design documentation.

+ Collaborate with our verification team to verify the correctness of your unit.

+ Work with implementation to achieve your timing, area, performance and power goals.

+ Assist with timing closure of super units.

What we need to see:

+ A Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience.

+ 5+ years of experience in processor or other related high performance semiconductor designs.

+ Verilog expertise required as is a deep understanding of ASIC design flow including RTL design, verification, logic synthesis, prototyping, DFT, timing analysis, floor-planning, ECO, bring-up & lab debug

+ Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required along with the work in a dynamic, global team. Your successful track record of mentoring junior engineers and interns a huge plus.

+ A strong background in computer architecture is highly desirable.

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and talented people in the world working for us. Are you creative and autonomous? Do you love the challenge of crafting the fastest and most power efficient chips in their class? If so, come join our CPU design team, we want to hear from you!

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Updated March 14, 2024

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