Client-facing associate producing web and graphic design deliverables for higher education clients. Responsibilities include project management, intensive data analysis to derive insights, high-fidelity prototyping, HTML/CSS implementation, accessibility-focused development, and creating compelling client-ready presentations and materials.
Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We collaborate with education organizations to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change our clients need to own their future. Together, we empower clients to drive innovation, create sustainable funding streams and deliver better student outcomes.
Today, leaders of higher education institutions and academic medical centers are spending too much time reacting to market forces, rather than focusing on the essential priorities that help students, faculty and staff thrive. The most productive path forward requires an intentional approach and innovative thinking, whereby stakeholders across the entire institution rally around a shared vision and embrace the hard work of effecting change.
You’ll help our clients to achieve organizational effectiveness, improve student outcomes, implement new technologies and align resources and investments to ensure long-term sustainability.
Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.
How far can you go? Join Huron and find out. Let’s get to work – together.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in graphic arts/design, visual communication, user interface/ user experience design, web development or other related field preferred
- 2+ years of work experience in a professional, client-facing graphic/web designer or web developer role
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite software: InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop primarily
- Demonstrated ability in designing high-fidelity prototypes in Sketch, Figma or other prototyping software, demonstrating user flows and interactive elements of the user experience and interface
- Proficiency in HTML5 and CSS3
Preferred:
- Coding within Slate CRM or related CRM technologies.
- Expertise in server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as SASS
- Proficient understanding of the Bootstrap Framework or other frontend frameworks
- Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery
- Proficient understanding of WCAG/Accessibility standards and ability to develop to them
- Familiarity with WordPress CMS
**This is a Full time remote position
Huron Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
550 W. Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL, United States, 60607
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