Freelance Sr. Experience Designer
About R/GA
R/GA is a global digital innovation agency specializing in digital product development, brand transformation, media, and communications for major companies. We are on a mission to help companies grow by enabling them to change, across their business, the experience they offer and the campaigns that take them to market.
Our work tends to be a fusion of what we call Stories and Systems: the narrative and the design, technology and the interface working together. R/GA is a brand but it's also a collective of atypical outsiders and misfits who drive everything we do through bold creativity and bright, strategic thinking.
About the role
We’re looking for a senior experience designer with experience crafting world class native apps. They will be fluent in gestures, thoughtful in transitions and able to define beautiful, intuitive experiences. They will know how to leverage native capabilities to create fluid flows, they don’t just think in wires, they prototype, always bringing life to their thinking.
Experience of e-commerce is a must, especially if within the luxury sector. We’re looking for a sensitivity to interaction, an appreciation of motion and a methodical systematic approach.
Attention to detail is key, the designer will sweat the smallest components and be meticulous in how they construct and maintain their files. They will be comfortable with ambiguity and take a ‘show don’t tell’ approach to outlining their thinking.
On any given day you might
- Work closely with project leads to identify areas of alignment and opportunities for native enhancements
- Design and prototype page and feature designs building on the core client design system in line with requirements and in collaboration with an SVD
- Present interaction concepts and designs to internal and client stakeholders including development team for feedback, iterating designs as needed
- Work closely with Front-end engineers to ensure seamless implementation of design requirements, providing necessary design assets, annotations and ensuring the design vision is maintained in the final product
- Document detailed annotations of states, edge cases and interaction behaviors
- Work alongside a visual designer within a 2-week agile sprint methodology.
The ideal person
- Is able to build from and maintain a figma design system and component library
- Has fluent understanding of e-commerce, advantage if luxury brand experience
- Has an incredible eye for detail and strong sensitivity to luxury experience
- Has deep knowledge of motion and interaction with ability to create quick prototypes to demonstrate concepts
- Is able to annotate and spec design for development
You Bring
- + 4 years of experience as an experience designer with proven experience in e-commerce (luxury sector is a plus)
- A folio of world class app designs with proven ability of translating concept to production designs through to launch
- Proficiency in English (written and spoken)
Diversity
No matter who you are, where you’re from, who you love, follow in faith, disability (or superpower), status, ethnicity or the gender you identify with (please do tell us your pronouns), you're welcome at R/GA. If you have any requests or requirements to support you throughout any interview process, please let us know.
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