TwoTone Creative is a marketing and design agency located in West Des Moines, Iowa. We design and write for a variety of clients, helping them with their communication strategies, design, messaging, social, and marketing initiatives. Our small team atmosphere allows us to be nimble, take ownership of our work, and move quickly to serve our clients. We work from a bright, comfortable, friendly office, and believe deeply in work/life balance. We are looking for an experienced, creative, and fun individual to join us. If this gets your heart racing with excitement, keep reading and I hope we can meet soon.
Web Designer
A NOTE FROM OUR FOUNDER
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Room for growth in the company
- Competitive and graduated paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- 401K with 4% company match
- Health and dental insurance
- Vision and accident insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Work From Home Wednesdays
- Regular team lunches (birthday / work anniversaries / other celebrations!)
- Team outings and events
- MacBook Pro and 2nd monitor provided (as well as all needed software / assets / resources)
A Typical Work Week
This is a full-time, in-person position for our West Des Moines office. Not open for remote work at this time.
The Web Designer is responsible for the user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design of our various digital assets. You will ensure that all elements of the online user experience are optimized for improved usability, usefulness, and exceptional visual design. The successful candidate will evidence a passion for delivering adaptive and creative solutions to UI/UX design problems by staying up to date with best practices and emerging trends in user experience design and user interface technology. We build our websites in WordPress using themes (little to no code).
Top 5 Responsibilities: UX/UI Designer:
- Create Web Pages
- Website setup/support
- Continually improve design and UX/UI skills
- Effectively communicate with team and clients
- Develop ideas and solutions
Other Responsibilities
- Producing high-quality UX design solutions through wireframes, visual and graphic designs, flow diagrams, storyboards, site maps, and prototypes
- Investigating user experience design requirements for our suite of digital assets
- Developing and conceptualizing a comprehensive UI/UX design strategy for the brand
- Designing UI elements and tools such as navigation menus, search boxes, tabs, and widgets for our digital assets
- Testing UI elements such as CTAs, banners, page layouts, page designs, page flows, and target links for landing pages
- Collaborating with the copywriting, marketing, graphic design, and client experience teams to ensure the creation and delivery of tailored experiences for the digital user
- Providing advice and guidance on the implementation of UX research methodologies and testing activities in order to analyze and predict user behavior
- Adhering to style standards on typography and graphic design
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in web design, web development, graphic design or visual communications
- 3+ years of website design experience
- Demonstrated strengths in web design, project management, marketing, and communications
- Experience using WordPress
- Self-starter who works well independently and in a team environment with a strong interest in graphic design
- Comfortable working with conservative Christian churches and non-profits
- Online portfolio displaying strong graphics and development skills
- Demonstrated knowledge of current web design trends and techniques
- Ability to clearly and professionally communicate visual solutions to support marketing strategies and web initiatives
- Capacity to work in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment
- Positive outlook and professionalism in all aspects of daily tasks
- Uses good judgment and works with integrity
- Ability to quickly change from one project to another
- Adeptness with learning new apps and software
- Punctual and dependable
Extra Skills
Would be awesome, but not required.
- Coding knowledge
- Landing page tools (Lead Pages, Unbounce)
- MailChimp / Convertkit / etc email automation tools
- eCommerce websites
Remarkable
We create work that leaves an impression. We over-deliver and “wow” with every interaction. We are committed to doing work that makes an impact.
Relational
We believe marketing is about people and so are we. We serve each other and everyone with joy. We are rooting for one another and our client’s success.
Resourceful
We bring clarity and solve tough problems. We bring our own batteries (not literally, batteries are in the office storage closet). We are quick, clever, and upbeat when difficulties come.
