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Role: Graphic Designer

The Graphic Designer develops the application's visual design guidelines by working with the high-level look-and-feel treatments defined in the Artifact: Creative Concept. By collaborating with the team, the Graphic Designer develops innovative and usable designs.

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Information Architect
Graphic Designer
Requirements Reviewer
End User
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Visual Development GuideContent Inventory
User Interface PrototyperPrototype User InterfaceUser Interface Prototype
Actor CatalogSite MapWireframes
Usability EvaluatorPlan Usability TestConduct Usability Test
Use Case ModelUsability Test Report

Description

The Graphic Designer applies visual design guidelines to transform the information architecture into a set of fully designed user interface pages. By applying and refining the initial design ideas, the Graphic Designer defines the user interface, including color use guidelines, typographical standards and visual hierarchies. These decisions may be formalized in the Artifact: Visual Development Guide. The Graphic Designer often creates innovative and usable images and icons to enhance the site's navigation and brand. The Graphic Designer must optimize all visual elements for the production environment to ensure fast downloads, web-safe colors, etc.