Senior UX Design Illustrator

Summary

Join Mozilla's Firefox user experience team as a Senior Illustrator for a 6-month contract. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the visual language of Firefox, collaborating with a cross-functional team to create illustrations for product features. Your work will be seen by millions of users globally, requiring cultural sensitivity and inclusivity. This role requires strong design execution skills, experience with digital illustration tools, and a portfolio showcasing product illustration work. The ideal candidate is passionate about illustration, problem-solving, and Mozilla's mission. The contract offers an hourly rate between $65.00 and $75.00 USD.

Requirements

• Have strong design execution skills, including drawing, composition, and graphic design, along with a knowledge of art styles and trends
• You’re passionate about building on existing illustration styles and exploring new styles when needed
• You work well to independently scope out, prioritize, and create illustration concepts and final vector illustrations
• You are open to collaboration with cross functional partners on illustration ideas concepts
• You have experience documenting illustration guidelines and standards
• You have a portfolio of product illustration work
• You’re experienced with digital illustration tools such as Illustrator, Procreate, and Figma
• You are driven by helping people, problem-solving, and working in an organization that supports a mission to ensure the internet is a global public resource
• You consider yourself a creative worker, a forward-thinking and open problem solver, and passionate about working toward just and equitable solutions for varied communities

Responsibilities

• Brainstorm with UX designers, content designers, product managers, and engineers about illustration ideas
• Be responsible for formulating concepts and sketching draft illustrations from written words, models, sketched ideas, and from your imagination
• Prepare and create illustrations for different themes and device types using vector illustrations
• Improve visual concepts using Firefox color palettes and design standards
• Suggest best practices and optimizations throughout design projects
• Work with a team on crafting illustrations for experimentation as well as final production assets
• Implement feedback and changes whenever needed
• QA illustrations with engineers as they are added to the product
• Document illustration guidelines and standards that are established

Preferred Qualifications

• Motion design and animation experience within illustrations
• Given the design and interactive nature of this work, you should have experience or eagerness to work remotely across time zones on design and creative activities