MediaPost - UX/UI Designer, Web and Email Newsletters

MediaPost is looking for a Contract UX/UI Web and Email Newsletter Designer in New York City to re-design our daily Media, Marketing and Advertising email newsletters and publications website. The UX/UI Designer will work with a cross functional team in creating user interface specifications and designs reflective of our brands, from concept to execution for a variety of web, email and mobile platforms.

The UX/UI Designer will work closely with developers, and stakeholders to understand business requirements and KPI’s, and to produce user flow diagrams, sketches, prototypes, mockups, and final visual assets that are scalable, executed correctly, and ready for development including style guides. The ideal candidate must be adept at working with cross functional business teams and is on top of best practices and current trends in UX design, web and mobile technologies.

Requirements:

• • 3+ years experience designing responsive user interfaces for desktop web, email, mobile, and tablets
• • Strong online portfolio showcasing skills in designing user interfaces/experiences
• • Ability to produce design from concept to delivery
• • Deep appreciation of layout, typography, and color, and a desire for simple, sleek, usable experiences.
• • Well-organized file and asset management, excellent PS capabilities.
• • Strong understanding of Responsive design as well as mobile platform design guidelines
• • Fluent understanding of HTML5, CSS and JavaScript and how design translates to code.
• • Awareness of latest trends and developments in web technologies, best design practices, interaction design, UI & UX.
• • A bachelor¹s degree in visual, communication, or graphic design (or a related field)

About MediaPost:
Launched in 1996, MediaPost has grown from a single weekly email newsletter to a company of veteran media journalists, event specialists, marketers and designers. Together they produce over 50 email newsletters, four prestigious award programs and 30+ major industry events. Subscribers exceed 200,000 in 6,000+ agencies, with 86% active in the planning or buying of advertising.

Job Type: Contract