User Experience Designer

Job Description:

The User Experience Designer being recruited is essential in turning our desired functionality into elegant design that will, in the words of Stephen Anderson, provide meaningful experiences to our users. You will be the user experience visionary, responsible for the creation of the interface and interaction design. The position will be a key player on a small team of skilled and passionate people responsible for creating applications for the iPad and web, reporting to the VP of Product Development and collaborating closely with developers, business strategy, and clients.

From our CEO to our admin, we are as a company passionate about good user experiences, and see the ideal hire for this position as key to taking our products to the next level.

Additionally this role will work closely with all levels within the business to create and iterate company and product oriented sales and marketing collateral and on occasion client deliverables that need designer input.

Key Responsibilities:

  • User Experience:
    • Create the storyboards, wireframes, prototype images, UI specifications, and final graphics for our products
    • Partner closely with the VP of Product Development and the development team to create a shared vision of the user experience and overall design to deliver on the company strategy and the user needs
    • Create a pleasurable and meaningful experience for our users and then innovate and iterate on that experience to continuously improve it
    • Develop and execute usability testing plans
    • Create realistic estimates for completion of creative work and demonstrate the agility to work within tight deadlines when required
  • Design:
    • Create and iterate designs for company and product oriented sales and marketing collateral including brochures, presentations, web site, etc.
    • Partner with team members for supporting client deliverables when design input is required

Expertise/Experience:

  • Experience creating user experiences (wireframes, storyboards, prototypes (low res and high res), and final graphics) for the web and iPad as part of multi-disciplinary teams including developers and business strategists working in an Agile (Scrum) development environment
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in the fields of Human Factors, Human Centered Interfaces, Graphic Design, Information and Library Sciences, or Computer Sciences with a specialty in User Interface Design, Graphic Design, or the equivalent
Expected functional/technical skills:
  • iPhone or iPad User experience design (Expert)
  • HTML, DHTML, CSS design experience (Expert)
  • Adobe Creative Suite (Advanced)
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills
  • Excellent working English skills, both written and spoken

Behaviors:

  • A genuine, can do attitude, doing whatever it takes to meet stakeholder expectations and provide truly pleasurable experiences to our users
  • Demonstrated experience in contributing to high performing teams working iteratively under tight deadlines where the user experience is usually the piece that the rest of the development depends on
  • An ability to understand our clients and their customers and translate their commercial requests into user experience requirements
  • Strong relationship skills and the ability to influence people up, down, and adjacent to obtain agreement on your designs
  • Demonstrated core values related to user experience with technology and information and the ability to present them with eloquence and conviction
  • Demonstrated passion for a great customer experience
  • Demonstrated professional and personal maturity, a self-starter able to work well with minimal supervision

If interested, click here to submit your resume.