Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SCOUT Solutions is seeking a talented Web Designer with expertise in Wix who is also proficient in wireframing or sketching out ideas. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing and developing stunning, user-friendly websites that are fully optimized for search engines and can achieve the client's goals.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with SCOUT’s key stakeholders and key personnel, and any of their clients to identify their requirements to develop and design concepts based on their needs
- Create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes using design software and Wix platform
- Develop custom Wix templates and design layouts that align with the client's brand and vision
- Optimize websites and landing pages both visually and functionally from a UI/UX lens for speed, accessibility, and search engine ranking
- Integrate marketing creative into social media pages and/or aggregators, and onto the company website (currently hosted on Wix)
- Stay up-to-date with the latest design trends, best practices and web based marketing strategies and tactics, and emerging technologies
Skills
- Must be an experienced and trustworthy freelancer
- Collaborate with SCOUT's key stakeholders and key personnel, and any of their clients to identify their requirements to develop and design concepts based on their needs
- Create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes using design software and Wix platform
- Develop custom Wix templates and design layouts that align with the client's brand and vision
- Optimize websites and landing pages both visually and functionally from a UI/UX lens for speed, accessibility, and search engine ranking
- Integrate marketing creative into social media pages and/or aggregators, and onto the company website (currently hosted on Wix)
- Stay up-to-date with the latest design trends, best practices and web based marketing strategies and tactics, and emerging technologies
- Document client requirements clearly
- Understanding of UI/UX design principles, and user-centered design approach
- Build detailed wireframes + workflows
- Attend internal and client strategy sessions
- Design and develop Wix websites using best practices
- Understand and FOLLOW brand guidelines
- Good American-English communication
- Comfortable with Wix plug-ins
- Build easy-to-use CMS solutions
- Can get websites done in less than one week (first draft)
- Can complete websites with MINIMUM Revisions
- Graphic design skills and graphic design software experience
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with small teams, as well as independently
- Experience, knowledge, or interest in building API integrations
- Experience, knowledge, or interest in building automation
- Experience with using Trello or other project management software
- Experience with using Canva, Illustrator and Photoshop
- Experiences with other systems like WordPress, Shopify and Squarespace would be nice but not required
- Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other front-end development technologies are nice to have
- Ability to create marketing videos, edit videos and create gifs/memes
- Ability to edit audio/video files
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