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How to hire a senior interactive designer

Senior interactive designer hiring summary. Here are some key points about hiring senior interactive designers in the United States:

  • In the United States, the median cost per hire a senior interactive designer is $1,633.
  • It takes between 36 and 42 days to fill the average role in the US.
  • Human Resources use 15% of their expenses on recruitment on average.
  • On average, it takes around 12 weeks for a new senior interactive designer to become settled and show total productivity levels at work.

How to hire a senior interactive designer, step by step

To hire a senior interactive designer, you should clearly understand the skills and experience you are looking for in a candidate, and allocate a budget for the position. You will also need to post and promote the job opening to reach potential candidates. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to hire a senior interactive designer:

Here's a step-by-step senior interactive designer hiring guide:

  • Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
  • Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
  • Step 3: Make a budget
  • Step 4: Write a senior interactive designer job description
  • Step 5: Post your job
  • Step 6: Interview candidates
  • Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new senior interactive designer
  • Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

What does a senior interactive designer do?

Senior interaction designers are part of a team focusing on the best customer experience. The designers learn how to establish and maintain an enjoyable experience with their team in the company. They simplify complicated products and user flows. It is their job to make these products beneficial, easy to use, accessible, and intuitive. They team up with several product managers, designers, and engineers. Also, the research on competitive products and realize their competitive edge over corporate products and services.

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  1. Identify your hiring needs

    Before you post your senior interactive designer job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a senior interactive designer for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

    Determine employee vs contractor status
    Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

    You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a senior interactive designer to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire a senior interactive designer that fits the bill.

    This list shows salaries for various types of senior interactive designers.

    Type of Senior Interactive DesignerDescriptionHourly rate
    Senior Interactive DesignerGraphic designers create visual concepts, using computer software or by hand, to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, and captivate consumers. They develop the overall layout and production design for various applications such as advertisements, brochures, magazines, and corporate reports.$38-78
    Design DirectorA design director spearheads and oversees design projects in a company or organization. They typically have the authority to lead the creative and design teams, make significant decisions, delegate responsibilities, set goals and schedules, manage budgets and resources, and direct the project's cycle from planning to execution... Show more$39-101
    Design InternshipAs the name entails, graphic design interns learn about the career in graphic design in a hands-on setting. They have varied tasks and duties, including taking part in every meeting of the design team, conducting client research, assisting with social media and design projects, and working closely with experienced designers... Show more$15-30
  2. Create an ideal candidate profile

    Common skills:
    • Sketch
    • User Experience
    • Interaction Design
    • UI
    • Html Css
    • Visual Design
    • Prototyping
    • Invision
    • Photoshop
    • Graphic Design
    • User Research
    • Android
    • HTML
    • CSS
    Check all skills
    Responsibilities:
    • Experience of manage user access controls and security permissions for SharePoint.
    • Lead requirements definition with card sorting, user and stakeholder interviews, contextual inquiry, paper prototyping, and heuristics.
    • Work with the Java developers/programs to achieve timely development and review of assignments to assure on--time project completion.
    • Design multiple UI website components for websites using sketch as well as create documentation for them.
    • Sketch, and whiteboard ideas and concepts and then use paper prototyping to before and design to solidify concepts.
    • Plan and participate in user feedback for requirements gathering, usability testing and UI validation.
    More senior interactive designer duties
  3. Make a budget

    Including a salary range in your senior interactive designer job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A senior interactive designer can vary based on:

    • Location. For example, senior interactive designers' average salary in south dakota is 53% less than in california.
    • Seniority. Entry-level senior interactive designers 51% less than senior-level senior interactive designers.
    • Certifications. A senior interactive designer with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
    • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a senior interactive designer's salary.

    Average senior interactive designer salary

    $115,989yearly

    $55.76 hourly rate

    Entry-level senior interactive designer salary
    $81,000 yearly salary
    Updated December 20, 2025

    Average senior interactive designer salary by state

    RankStateAvg. salaryHourly rate
    1California$154,122$74
    2Washington$141,917$68
    3District of Columbia$117,478$56
    4Massachusetts$113,758$55
    5Oregon$112,045$54
    6Arizona$110,138$53
    7Pennsylvania$105,961$51
    8New York$103,086$50
    9Colorado$97,671$47
    10Georgia$95,528$46
    11Minnesota$91,552$44
    12Texas$90,807$44
    13Missouri$89,813$43
    14Illinois$87,774$42
    15North Carolina$85,560$41
    16South Carolina$84,980$41
    17Ohio$84,464$41
    18Kansas$81,639$39
    19Florida$78,078$38

    Average senior interactive designer salary by company

    RankCompanyAverage salaryHourly rateJob openings
    1Google$167,852$80.7096
    2Apple$161,321$77.5647
    3Microsoft$160,427$77.1370
    4Advanced Systems Group$159,152$76.52
    5VMware$148,853$71.56
    6Bloomberg$148,638$71.466
    7Sony Interactive Entertainment America$147,172$70.76
    8OpenX$145,882$70.141
    9Cargo$142,940$68.72
    10CareerBuilder$142,806$68.66
    11Gap Inc.$140,532$67.56
    12Live Nation Entertainment$140,394$67.506
    13SEP Connect$140,381$67.49
    14Amazon$138,199$66.44219
    15Curiouser Products Inc.$136,909$65.82
    16Fox News$136,524$65.64
    17Hero Digital$135,715$65.25
    18Electrolux$135,691$65.241
    19Xiotech$135,368$65.08
    20Samsung Electronics Device Solutions (Semiconductor & Display)$134,722$64.779
  4. Writing a senior interactive designer job description

    A senior interactive designer job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a senior interactive designer job description:

    Senior interactive designer job description example

    Responsibilities
    • Professional interactive media designers shall deliver interactive applications that demonstrate sophisticated, industry standard design, scripting, and navigation. Products may include interactive apps, animations, web pages/sites, narrated visuals with video content, or mobile products. These products must clearly present complex subject matter to diverse audiences, including executives in the USG and Intel Community.
    • Create professional finished intelligence and other graphics products to convey complex subject matter to diverse audiences, including customer executives and IC officials.
    • Manage the most complex and demanding interactive products; communicate directly with customers; facilitate design conceptualization and brainstorming sessions; identify and clarify customer expectations for content and style; develop production timelines; plan and coordinate development of interactive products within project guidelines; mentor less experienced interactive designers; share software expertise and visual tradecraft best practices.
    • Ensure quality control and interactive product usability, delivery, and archival of final products to include conformity to production standards and compliance with process and procedures, including copyright laws, internal workflow procedures, and production standards.
    • Simultaneously manage long and short-term deadlines in a fast-paced and deadline driven environment.
    • Manage and prioritize deliverables based on the department's prioritization framework; effectively manage multiple projects and prioritize work without missing critical deadlines.
    • Become familiar with customer needs, mission, and organization charts in order to understand production priorities.
    Qualifications
    • BA/BS and 18+ years of experience or Masters and 10+ years of experience
    • TS/SCI with Poly level clearance is required
    • Experience with: Java, HTML/CSS, Angular Framework
    • Demonstrated expertise in the following areas: graphic design, cartography, computer science, fine arts with a strong emphasis on graphics design, GIS, interactive design, 3d animation, or closely related field .
    Peraton Overview

    Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can't be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

    An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.

    For Colorado Residents Colorado Salary Minimum: $93,900
    Colorado Salary Maximum: $227,800

    The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position, and is just one component of Peraton's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Peraton provides a variety of benefits to employees.
  5. Post your job

    There are a few common ways to find senior interactive designers for your business:

    • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
    • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
    • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
    • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.
    Post your job online:
    • Post your senior interactive designer job on Zippia to find and recruit senior interactive designer candidates who meet your exact specifications.
    • Use field-specific websites such as dribbble, authentic jobs, working not working, coroflot.
    • Post a job on free websites.
  6. Interview candidates

    Your first interview with senior interactive designer candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

    It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

    The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

  7. Send a job offer and onboard your new senior interactive designer

    Once you've decided on a perfect senior interactive designer candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

    You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

    After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new senior interactive designer. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

  8. Go through the hiring process checklist

    • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
    • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
    • Define job responsibilities and requirements
    • Establish budget and timeline
    • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
    • Write job description
    • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
    • Promote the job internally
    • Process applications through applicant tracking system
    • Review resumes and cover letters
    • Shortlist candidates for screening
    • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
    • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
    • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
    • Conduct background checks on top candidates
    • Check references of top candidates
    • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
    • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
    • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
    • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
    • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
    • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)
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How much does it cost to hire a senior interactive designer?

Before you start to hire senior interactive designers, it pays to consider both the one-off costs like recruitment, job promotion, and onboarding, as well as the ongoing costs of an employee's salary and benefits. While most companies that hire senior interactive designers pay close attention to the initial cost of hiring, ongoing costs are much more significant in the long run.

You can expect to pay around $115,989 per year for a senior interactive designer, as this is the median yearly salary nationally. This can vary depending on what state or city you're hiring in. If you're hiring for contract work or on a per-project basis, hourly rates for senior interactive designers in the US typically range between $38 and $78 an hour.

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