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Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) brings together materials science, technical expertise, innovative thinking and superior customer service to help the world fly, drive, power and build. Our tools, materials and wear-resistant solutions enable customers to run longer, cut faster and machine with greater precision. Kennametal is built for performance, and every day approximately 8,700 employees are helping customers in more than 60 countries stay competitive. Kennametal generated $2.0 billion in revenues in fiscal 2022.
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UI/UX Designer
As we revitalize the Kennametal brand and our website, we’re looking for a talented UI/UX Designer to help transform our vision to life. Reporting to the Manager Global Digital eCommerce, this role will support our Digital Customer Experience (DCX) projects from conception to production.
To be successful you will translate technical information to design, structure, guidelines, standards, and establish consistency across all platforms. The ideal candidate is passionate and proactive about all things digital and our customer’s experience, applying creative solutions to a variety of projects in a fast-paced environment. You are expected to produce high-quality and consistent work while considering both small pixel details and large business goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Creates low and hi fidelity wireframes that represent a customer's journey as they interact with our websites and apps.
- Use an array of design skills, including visual, conversational, information architecture, prototyping, and user research.
- Uphold and improve brand consistency throughout all projects.
- Generate ideas and seek opportunities to elevate both Kennametal and WIDIA brands to create impactful design solutions.
- Use analytics and industry benchmarks to establish the best overall design elements to include in successful user experiences.
- Make strategic and tactical UX decisions related to design and usability as well as features and functions.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to run with ideas to move projects forward independently.
- Influence and advocate for the digital teams work while actively listening and interpreting feedback to ensure the end-user experience exceeds expectations of the stakeholder.
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Web Design, UI/UX Design, or related field.
- At least 3 years of demonstrated experience as UI/UX Designer at an agency and/or in-house creative team.
- Excellent understanding of layout, typography, color, and visual hierarchy.
- Exceptional with visual design programs including Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
- Knowledge of the latest UI/UX trends
- Review, provide feedback, and manage agency creative projects.
- Demonstrate an uncanny level of curiosity; keeps up with the evolving landscape of available tools, technologies, and resources.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to distill design terminology and concepts down to easily understood language for key stakeholders. English fluency is a must.
- A collaborative mindset with the understanding that you will be interacting with stakeholders and employees across multiple departments including commercial, customer service, creative, marketing, operations, technology, and product.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating your skills and UI/UX projects.
We offer you
Great multicultural environment in an international company- Diversity of tasks and independency at work
- Flexible working hours
- Fully remote work
- Attractive benefit package (e.g. private medical care, Multisport, health insurance, lunch pass card, referral program, sharing the costs of foreign language courses and other professional training)
Equal Opportunity Employer
