Designer/Sr Designer, Digital Communications

Full-time - Mid Level

Dallas, TX

Air Transportation

About the position

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you'll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you'll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board! This role is a part of our Digital Engagement team within the Corporate Communications group.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the team to develop innovative and engaging digital experiences that incorporate digital best practices and align with business goals
• Uses innovative design styles that enhance the end user experience
• Provides strategic recommendations on new and interesting ways to drive web engagement
• Deploys content from various content management systems utilizing CSS/HTML skills
• Helps lead usability testing and research; translates findings into functional improvements
• Embraces challenges and always be looking for ways to improve the product
• Champions American's internal visual design and brand standards and maintains consistency and ease of use across all internal platforms
• Embraces the creative process through discovery; explores and creates conceptual models, flows, sitemaps, and navigation schemes
• Seeks new ways to innovate and accomplishes communication goals

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, design, marketing or relevant field or equivalent experience/training
• 3+ years of experience in developing engaging web-based interfaces
• Knowledge of visual design including screen layouts, information design, motion graphics and typography
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, HTML5, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, SQL, AJAX, and PHP and demonstrated web design skills
• Knowledge of responsive/adaptive design techniques
• Ability to collaborate with other designers
• Ability to manage a web design project from initial concepts to implementation
• Knowledge of user testing to inform design and development
• Ability to organize large amounts of content to deliver user interfaces that are meaningful and easy to use/navigate
• Ability to perform in an Agile based, fast paced iterative environment
• Knowledge of social business or enterprise social collaboration platforms such as Lithium, Jive/Aurea, Yammer, SharePoint, or Salesforce.com communities
• Ability to give detailed attention to typography, color, imagery, motion, and graphic elements

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience/training

Benefits

• Travel Perks: You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: Access to health, dental, prescription and vision benefits from day one.
• Wellness Programs: Programs providing tools, resources and support for personal well-being.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire with employer contributions after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance, and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more.