Digital Designer

Job Title: Digital Designer

Location: Boston, MA

Website: illuminate.net

Illuminate is a growing, client-focused, full-service training and development firm specializing in delivery of innovative clinical sales training solutions for clients in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries.

Position Description
Illuminate’s clients are learning professionals in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, and biotech device industries. Illuminate publishes engaging training for sales learning audiences.

The Digital Designer will apply strong visual design, motion design, and digital product design skills to create high-impact learning and marketing experiences. This role expands on traditional graphic design responsibilities to include digital, motion, and UI/UX design, requiring fluency across modern design and video tools. The Digital Designer will work in a customer-centric, business-driven environment while maintaining exceptional quality, clarity, and visual polish.

A successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to work as part of a team; collaboration with Illuminate project managers, other graphic designers, technology colleagues, partners, and clients is critical to this role.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Create original visual media that communicates the desired feeling or message in an engaging and unified way

Choose graphics, clip art, and stock photography, as appropriate

Design digital experiences including UI layouts, screens, and interactive elements for web-based, LMS, and learning platforms

Create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to communicate design intent and user flows

Apply UI/UX best practices, including hierarchy, accessibility, responsiveness, and usability

Collaborate with learning technology and development teams to ensure designs are feasible and implemented accurately

Create and edit motion graphics and video content to support learning experiences, presentations, and digital products

Edit video content, including cutting footage, adding motion graphics, titles, transitions, and audio cleanup

Design UI animations, interactions, and visual transitions for digital experiences

Effectively design, format and edit impactful learning content in PowerPoint slides and notes

Format and edit learning content and leader’s guides in Word

Utilize prescribed storyboard and other templates

Review, edit, insert, and format text, graphics, or other materials created by writers and designers

Submit or upload final files for printing or online publishing

Interact and collaborate effectively with Illuminate colleagues and partners to best meet the design needs of the client, according to their requirements

Ask clarifying questions to assess the necessary components of the design to meet the needs of the client

Respond in a timely and helpful manner to all requests

Maintain knowledge of design trends relating to applicable programs and technologies

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in graphic arts, design, or related disciplines

3 to 5 years of experience in formatting and graphic design of business solutions

High level of skill and proficiency in:

Figma (advanced prototyping and design systems)

Adobe After Effects (motion graphics, UI animation, visual effects)

Adobe Premiere Pro (video editing and post-production)

Adobe Animate (2D animation, explainer videos, interactive motion)

Blender (3D animation, rendering, and advanced motion graphics)

UI/UX & Prototyping Tools (experience with one or more)

Sketch Adobe XD

Proficiency in PowerPoint and Word

Strong ability to work with others to successfully deliver content design

Knowledge of type Styles in Word and size and layout patterns

Proficient with mobile technology

Strong attention to detail and quality

Illuminate is located in Boston, MA and is an EEO employer.

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