Senior Visual/UI Designer Healthline Networks

Opportunity

Healthline Networks, Inc. is searching for a talented and passionate web designer to join its team. In this role you will work in close partnership with our product management, marketing, editorial and engineering teams to create the next generation of products and services for Healthline.com and our partner sites. You will work on a wide variety of projects, from launching brand new features to improving usability of existing experiences. You will have the chance to flex all of your design-related muscles, including usability research, interaction and user experience, and visual design.

Responsibilities

Work with Product Managers in defining the user experience of new products through wireframes, flow charts, sketches, prototypes, and visual comps
Deliver creative strategies and design concepts that meet the objective of our product initiatives
Design web pages, emails, and print material to support the initiatives of our product, marketing, and business development teams
Collaborate as well as work independently to offer the best visual design solutions that further our goal to create a great user experience in healthline.com and partner sites
Provide design support for the editorial, business development and ad sales teams by creating compelling presentations for prospective clients
Generate detailed specs of final designs that allow developers to build user interfaces that accurately to the design
Work with engineers to test and ensure delivery of a high quality final product

Requirements

Bachelors or equivalent degree in Visual Arts, Graphic Design, industrial Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field
3 to 5 years experience as a key member of a UI team for a highly regarded consumer website
Expert in design tools such as PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign and/or Dreamweaver
Fluent in the latest versions of HTML, CSS and Javascript
Strong knowledge of web standards, cross-browser compatibility issues and page optimization
Demonstrated excellent understanding of composition, color, page layout and typography
Expertise in consumer sites incorporating search, media and advertising
Strong experience incorporating the latest principles of SEO and SEM
Strong passion for interactive design, web, and mobile applications
Strong knowledge in latest web and social media trends
Ability to contribute to a team environment and receive feedback
Ability to work independently or collaboratively, prioritizes tasks, and maintains deadlines
Highly organized and detail-oriented
You must have an online portfolio. Please provide a link to your website and/or web portfolio when applying. Applicants without a web presence will not be considered

Preferred Skills

Mobile and device experience
Ability to layout web pages and/or prototypes in javascript/CSS/HTML
Working knowledge of Flash

About Healthline

Healthline Networks offers an innovative approach to meeting the needs of today?s health information seeker. The company?s unique consumer healthcare taxonomy, the largest of its kind, powers a suite of intelligent health search, navigation and content services. Combining advanced search technology with deep medical expertise, Healthline and its business partners?a network of trusted destination sites that include publishers, portals, search engines, employers and health plans?help consumers navigate the complex world of healthcare information, empowering them to make more confident, informed decisions.

Location:	San Francisco, CA United States