Creative Director
Qualification:
• Typically with a masters/bachelors degree in visual design/visual communication/UI design/Graphics Having certification in user centered design is plus
• Candidates with varied background is also welcome but must have a solid design portfolio, profile and credentials.
Responsibility:
Business / Customer:
• Convert business objectives into and optimized user experience design.
• Able to create tangible concepts/ideas as a part of innovation that can make a difference to the competency, business.
• Participate in preparation of RFPs and RFIs.
• Manages relationships with the customer.
Project /Process:
• Able to take ownership of more than one project from delivery perspective.
• Ensure all projects, are being delivered as per schedule and do a review whenever required.
• Support in estimation as and when required.
• Participate in service/ product ideation and conceptual development.
• Create visual designs that effectively communicate product function and brand identity, including the design and production of screen layouts, color palettes, typography, user interface elements, and icons.
• Work with Visual Designers, Creative Directors, Interaction Designers and Developers to create and design visual treatments and interaction solutions that meet client specifications.
• Communicate conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale, both verbally and visually to the client.
• Work on estimations, provide necessary inputs for the project status, based on activities assigned and raise issues/concerns to the project lead on time.
• Contribute towards updating knowledge assets and provide process improvements.
• Follow quality assurance norms and motivates the team member to follow the same practice.
• Stay abreast with the latest design trends and media technologies.
• Able to handle unknown risks and have contingency plans in place.
Delivery Excellence:
• Manages all deliveries with Zero defects.
• Keep Track of project Escalations / Team Appreciation for indirect projects.
• Maintain RCA for all defects and see to that it does not occur again.
• Provide solutions to the team by putting a process.
• Manage Known and Unknown project risks and report to the leadership.
• Ensure all projects, are being delivered as per schedule and do a review whenever required.
• Review all estimations done from the owned location, the estimation format to be maintained the same.
People & Team Management:
• Implement and anchor performance management, promotions, normalization of the team ratings and recommendations on rewards processes.
• Manages utilization, employee satisfaction, performance review, employee development and retention, visa for team members.
• Manages recruitment process as well as resourcing requirements for both offshore and onsite roles.
• Ensure the team enroll on the required training programs.
• Evaluate ELTs for skill assessment.
• Review skill assessment for Experienced.
members and document.
• Track skill metrics for internal resources,.
based on feedback process.
Must Have Skills
Visual Design Elements & Funda
UX Assessment
Design Review
Teaneck, NJ
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. provides information technology consulting and technology services in North America, Europe, and Asia. These include business-process, it, strategy, and technology consulting; application design, development, integration, and re-engineering; complex custom-systems development; data warehousing/business intelligence; customer relationship management (crm) and enterprise-resource planning (erp) system implementation; and software-testing services.
The company also offers outsourcing services, including application, crm, and erp maintenance, and it infrastructure and business-process outsourcing. Cognizant Tech offers its services to markets such as financial services, health care, manufacturing, retail and logistics, telecommunications, information services, media, and high tech. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Teaneck, N.J.