Sr. E-Commerce Designer Society6

Profile

We are looking for a UI/UX  E-Commerce Ninja, a master at his or her craft who can tackle the challenges of user conversion – temper it with data, A/B testing, funnel tracking, usability considerations, and insights – and then polish the end product with elegant and modern design.   
You will work closely with (and help manage) a crack team of fellow designers focused on producing landing pages, email marketing collateral, direct response, sales experiences, user acquisition flow, check-out/cart interfaces, and more – driving the e-commerce initiative with Society6 at Demand Media. 
You have a solid understanding of design principles, wireframes, usability, expertise in user experience design and you have a collaborative mindset!   The right candidate is a forward thinker with strong knowledge of web and mobile user experience and a passion for consumer engagement.
Responsibilities:

Design ecommerce landing pages, shopping cart experiences, web sites, emails, online advertising and other interactive projects driving revenue and conversion
Participate in the initial planning and scheduling of content development
Assist in developing information architecture, wire-frames and prototypes
Work closely with the ecommerce design team, as well as the ecommerce development team, Photo/studio, owned and operated site teams
Quickly work on revisions and adjustments to live pages according to performance and feedback
Work with copywriters in creating on brand and engaging messaging.
Work closely with different departments and individuals to ensure that your design is hitting marketing objectives
Create layouts by exploring appropriate design principles such as color, typography, and photographic selection for the brand, organizing elements and usability
Stay current with best practices, strategies and industry standards related to field
Juggle a variety of projects at the same time, and able to switch from one product to the other
Deliver work on schedule, as agreed upon with the production team
Drive site enhancements and ideas, based on industry best practices and emerging trends Art direct photo shoots
Provide input and direction to your creative counterparts as necessary
Maintains positive relationships with clients both inside and outside of the company
Leadership skills, able to mentor and lead a team of designers
Drive engagement, user conversion, and use data and insights to guide direction

Requirements: 

Have worked at highly successful ecommerce businesses, over $50M in sales revenue
Familiar with measuring success by conversion rate, funnel optimization and other data driven metrics
5 years of experience in an interactive design role.  Required - experience designing transactional based or ecommerce websites / experiences
Must have expert-level UI/UX design experience
Must have expert-level design experience in eCommerce and Direct Response
Excellent professional working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite / Creative Cloud
Excellent understanding of how to slice and optimize graphics for the web
Excellent professional working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Understanding of the key steps in optimizing a site for natural search as it relates to design and copy
A thorough understanding of the social media space, and it’s benefits and opportunities
Ability to understand online traffic and shopping metrics
Familiarity with general marketing, finance, and accounting concepts and terms.
Strong analytical skills and knowledge of commerce practices
Understanding of HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc a plus

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