Senior Digital/Visual Designer (Application), Chicago

Our client, a top recognizable financial/commercial banking organization, is hiring a Senior Visual/Digital Designer to join their team working on their new visual refresh of the their banking digital and in-app experiences for the US, an exciting new initiative, reporting to their Senior Design Manager of US Digital Banking.
Hourly Rate:
Up to $60/hour (some flex)
Duration:
1 year
*High probability to extend & possibility to convert to FTE (not guaranteed)
Location:
Chicago (hybrid)
Day to Day:
Work on the new look/feel for digital experience (design systems/design guidelines have been established)
Key designer driving visual design thinking, contribute to ideation, and design strategy; breathe life into the new visual experience and establish core elements to take into the application
Apply the design system/guidelines to the US side of the business, building it into next year's visual refresh for their mobile banking application
Partner with UX/Product Design and UX Research
Own the work end-to-end working highly collaboratively, and fairly autonomously
Requirements/Experience Needed:
7+ years of experience (somewhat flexible)
Experience with higher-level visual design thinking, contribute to strategy and design ideation/vision (this is not a straight delivery role!)
Specific design experience working on
mobile/native applications
- required
Visual/Digital/Brand design background with a strong hands on understanding of UI/UX design
Ad agency experience - a big plus!
(banking experience - like to have, not required)
Portfolio required - seeking clean layouts, use of gradients/animations, confident use of white space, clean/on trend look/feel
Must have experience designing for web, mobile, and application (animation experience a bis plus!)
Please provide your portfolio within your resume showcasing clean on-trend digital/application/mobile design work; must be well organized.