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Digital Designer at Bio-Techne in Denver, CO
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Job Description
By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.
Pay Range:
$55,600.00 - $91,450.00The Digital Designer is a detail-driven creative who designs engaging, user-centered digital experiences across web and campaign-driven touchpoints. This role sits within an in-house creative team and partners closely with UI/UX, development, and marketing stakeholders to deliver high-impact, on-brand solutions aligned with business and user needs.
The ideal candidate blends visual design fundamentals with interactive thinking, light motion sensibility, and hands-on experience working within CMS-driven environments. Digital Designer will maintain brand consistency across all touchpoints and deliver high-quality designs that align with the brand’s vision and business goals. This role also leverages emerging AI-powered tools and workflows to enhance efficiency and iteration.
Key Responsibilities
Digital & Interactive Design
Create dynamic designs for web, email, social, digital presentations, digital literature, tradeshow experiences and wireframes, and prototypes using Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
Incorporate micro-interactions, motion concepts, and interactive behaviors into design solutions where appropriate (UI animations, transitions, hover states, simple Lottie/GIF-style assets)
Translate brand systems into flexible, scalable digital experiences that feel modern and engaging
Cross-Functional Enablement & Communication
Act as a primary creative partner to the UI/UX team, participating in regular syncs, reviews, and working sessions
Bridge creative, technical, and strategic needs by translating vision into scalable execution - documenting best practice and informally training designers on new processes, tools, or design system updates
Help evolve and improve cross-functional workflows, ensuring handoffs between Creative, UI/UX, and development are efficient and consistent
Design with CMS constraints and capabilities in mind, partnering closely with developers to ensure feasible, production-ready solutions
Support page building and content layout within CMS platforms, with a strong preference for Drupal 11 experience
Apply HTML/CSS literacy to inform layout decisions, component behavior, and handoff clarity
Participate in design reviews, feedback loops, and iteration cycles
Brand Stewardship
Maintain brand consistency across all digital touchpoints
Apply and evolve design system standards within day-to-day execution
Ensure accessibility, responsiveness, and performance considerations are embedded in design solutions
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
AI & Design Integration
Familiarity with AI-powered design tools (e.g., generative image tools, AI-assisted layout, content generation, or automation workflows)
Ability to critically evaluate and refine AI-generated outputs to ensure brand alignment and quality
Design Expertise:
Strong foundation in digital design principles: layout, typography, color, hierarchy, and usability
Understanding of user-centered design principles, wireframing, prototyping, and UI component creation
Some experience designing interactive and responsive web experiences
Ability to think in systems, components, and reusable patterns
Exposure to light motion design and interaction patterns with a curiosity about how motion, behavior and interactivity elevate the user experience
Tools & Platforms
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) and working knowledge with Figma with a strong understanding of how to use them for both UI design and digital asset creation
Strong experience with CMS platforms, preference for Drupal 11
Familiarity with Bynder (Digital Asset Management) and Monday.com or similar workflow tools
Communication & Process Leadership
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain design rationale, systems, and technical considerations clearly
Experience creating guidelines or process frameworks for cross-functional teams
Comfort facilitating conversations, feedback sessions, or informal training with peers
Ability to synthesize input from multiple stakeholders and turn it into aligned, actionable direction
Technical Literacy
HTML/CSS literacy sufficient to understand constraints and feasibility
Experience collaborating with developers and designing within technical limitations
Qualifications & Requirements:
3+ years of professional experience in digital design or graphic design, with a focus on web and mobile interfaces
Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Web Design, Digital Media, or related field (or equivalent experience)
A robust portfolio demonstrating strength in web design and other digital collateral (email, social, landing pages, digital advertising), systems thinking and real-world execution
Strong attention to detail, organization and production quality
Why Join Bio-Techne:
We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.
Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.