Thermo Fisher Scientific is looking for a Visual Designer to ensure continuity and design integrity for the user interface, branding, and visual appearance of our global marketing materials and digital properties, including fishersci.com. In this role, you will create compelling customer experiences across digital and traditional media, working within established design systems and creative processes.
What You'll Do
- Solve design problems by utilizing innovative visual and user interface (UI) best practices informed by research.
- Develop creative concepts for cross-departmental projects.
- Assist the design team to manage projects and processes end-to-end from inception to delivery.
- Follow and assist in maintaining design patterns for a consistent visual user experience.
- Design materials for digital marketing activities, including advertising, landing pages, websites, emails, and print templates.
- Assist in the production of all graphic assets for a set group of clients within the organization.
- Find opportunities to innovate on visual approaches with a human-centered focus.
- Design and maintain the visual design process from storyboard to Hi-Fidelity comps and prototypes.
- Maintain high creative and production standards while working under pressure and tight deadlines.
- Effectively communicate user and human interaction through deliverables such as storyboards, mockups, and prototypes.
- Understand, appreciate, and practice design thinking.
- Work closely with a cross-functional team of Content Strategists, Information Architects, Writers, Developers, Project and Product Managers, User Researchers, Branding Designers, Photographers, and Creative Directors.
- Help build and maintain a Global Design System (GDS) for fishersci.com and its family of web properties.
- Learn and enforce our brand, pattern, and photography standards.
What We're Looking For
- A relevant Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent work experience with emphasis on design.
- A minimum of 3-5 years in a user-focused and creative environment within a corporation or agency.
- An online portfolio demonstrating a solid understanding of human-centered design best practices and traditional graphic design principles.
- Demonstrate solid skills with design software, such as Adobe CC, Sketch, XD, etc., and standard Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience collaborating with UX researchers, marketers, merchandisers, product and project managers, and front-end developers.
- Understanding of the printing process.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.
- Applications MUST include a Portfolio.
Technical Stack
- Design: Adobe CC, Sketch, XD, InVision
- Communication & Project Mgmt: Microsoft Office, Slack, Workfront, Jira, Confluence
- Testing: Litmus, Browserstack
- Web: XHTML, CSS, JS
Team & Environment
You will report to the Associate Creative Director and work daily with a cross-functional team of professionals.
Benefits & Compensation
- Healthcare
- Company 401k
- Annual incentive plan bonus scheme
- Range of employee benefits
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in Pittsburgh, PA.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
