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		Job Opportunities Creative - Interaction Design Title: Senior Interaction Designer Location: San Francisco A large, well-known, leading consumer site is seeking a talented Senior Interaction Designer to lead the design of new applications that will change their way of doing business. The Designer will ensure that Web-based applications assist customers to meet their needs and business partners to fulfill their goals. This is an amazing opportunity for someone who is passionate about their work and who is seeking a stable environment that offers an opportunity to make a huge impact. The successful candidate will have exceptional interaction design skills and extensive experience with the tools and techniques of user-interface research, design and prototyping in a complex transaction-based environment. Other requirements include high-level user-centered design experience; usability testing and research; persona and scenario development; storyboarding; information architecture; user task flows; site maps; navigation structures; wireframes; and interface design specifications. Responsibilities: • Assist business partners in turning high-level business requirements into more specific project requirements • Conduct user and task analysis to define user needs (user scenarios, persona/profile building and interpretation) • Develop high-level information flows and navigation systems (concept diagrams, flow charts, site maps, etc.) • Drive implementation of functionality through research and usability testing • Develop detailed user experience specifications (wireframes, schematics, storyboards) • Work with visual designers to ensure the look and feel of given initiatives meets intended user interaction • Participate in the development of product prototypes for usability testing and proof-of-concept purposes • Participate in usability tests by helping to define methodology, conducting walk-throughs and developing reports • Represent proposed solutions to business partners Requirements: • Assist business partners in turning high-level business requirements into more specific project requirements • Conduct user and task analysis to define user needs (user scenarios, persona/profile building and interpretation) • Develop high-level information flows and navigation systems (concept diagrams, flow charts, site maps, etc.) • Drive implementation of functionality through research and usability testing • Develop detailed user experience specifications (wireframes, schematics, storyboards) • Work with visual designers to ensure the look and feel of given initiatives meets intended user interaction • Participate in the development of product prototypes for usability testing and proof-of-concept purposes • Participate in usability tests by helping to define methodology, conducting walk-throughs and developing reports • Represent proposed solutions to business partners Apply for this position Back to Top Title: Senior Interaction Designer - Global Consumer Site Location: San Francisco An online photo sharing, storage, and free software service is searching for a Senior Interaction Designer to design a variety of projects. The customers can even create private group rooms for event sharing with friends and family as well as provide mobile photo services and a subscription video sharing and storage plans. The Senior Interaction Designer will work across these different departments in a fast-paced environment, design flows, wireframes and interactive behavior on websites, influencing consumer behavior and driving commerce. Responsibilities: • Designing page functionality and flows • Assessing and analyzing current site traffic, market trends and best practices, to help build a site known for its easy usability • Developing new projects that address primary user and company needs • Analyzing and optimizing current flows and designs to address the consumer needs • Creating page schematics and flow documentation, to translate requirements to visual designers • Providing accurate, aggressive sizing estimates for projects and meeting fast-paced timelines, according to schedule • Providing feasibility analyses on new projects and requirements • Working with front-end developers to design pages with reduced complexity and faster load times • Working collaboratively across the production team to support a creative environment that fosters innovative designs • Establishing UI standards, policies and procedures for the website • Supporting marketing activities by researching and tracking effectiveness of existing flows; optimizing as necessary • Defining and tracking key success metrics for the UI Requirements: • Five to seven years of UI design experience, with at least four years of online/e-commerce development • Demonstrated experience in executing corporate and product requirements into a site vision • Deep knowledge of latest online emerging technologies • Strong analytical ability to evaluate and prioritize opportunities • Solid process/policy development, enabling high growth with limited confusion • Dynamic, proactive, decisive leader, with an aggressive, results-driven orientation • Passionate, driven, tenacious, sharply intelligent professional • Excellent analytical skills and comfort working in an environment where efforts are measured against quantitative objectives or ROI • A creative, out-of-the-box thinker and problem-solver, with a test-and-learn, direct-response mentality • Straightforward, no-nonsense approach, with meticulous, unfailing attention to detail • Willingness to roll up the sleeves and tackle what needs to be done, with an entrepreneurial spirit Apply for this position Back to Top Title: Senior User Interface and Interaction Designer Location: San Jose A leading social networking site with over 12 million registered users and the highest average visit time among all social media web sites is seeking a Senior UI and Interaction Designer to handle a combination of hands-on design work and leadership opportunities. The Senior UI and Interaction Designer will work with the UI team to improve core existing features of the site (including message boards, art arenas, stores, profiles and journals) and to introduce new features. This is a great opportunity to join an exciting company as it forges ahead in the realms of new media, social networking and virtual gaming. The ideal candidate will have a background that includes: leading the design for one or more complex web-based services and a broad understanding of the methods for their creation; more than four years of UI-design experience; experience with social networking and Web 2.0 applications; and an ability to collaborate with other creatives, engineering staff and product management. Responsibilities: • Help make the Web site easier and more intuitive (and more fun) to use • Assess current site features and usage patterns • Draft high-level user flow and navigation systems • Create conceptual designs and page functionality and flows • Assist with driving methodology and promoting good UI patterns • Help define and communicate the broader vision of the site and apply that to each feature Requirements: • More than four years of user-interface design experience • Experience leading the design for one or more complex Web-based services and a broad understanding of the methods for their creation (including participatory design and rapid prototyping) • Expertise in HTML, Javascript and CSS plus strong graphic-design, conceptual-design, collaborative and organizational skills •Demonstrated experience designing simple, usable, consumer-oriented, Web-based interfaces • Proof of exceptional and innovative interface-design work • A strong understanding of visual design and how it can shape and influence user interfaces • A thorough understanding of human factors and usability best practices • A basic understanding of how Web-based presentation-layer technologies work, including DHTML, Flash and AJAX (an ability to write code is not needed) • Dedication to detail and deadlines • Ability to balance multiple projects, keep an overview of the bigger picture and make strategic decisions • Able to effectively negotiate interactions between designers and engineers • Enjoy leading and motivating others and being part of a fun-loving, hard-working team • Good sense of humor • M.S. degree in human-computer interaction or related field preferred; B.S. degree in either Computer Science or Graphic Arts a plus Apply for this position Back to Top Title: Interaction Designer - Global Photo Site Location: San Francisco An online photo service that lets subscribers share, store, and edit digital photo albums through the company's website is searching for a Interaction Designer to design a variety of projects and work cross-departmentally in a fast-paced environment. The Interaction Designer will design the flows, wireframes and interactive behavior on websites, influencing consumer behavior and driving commerce. Responsibilities: • Designing page functionality and flows • Assessing and analyzing current site traffic, market trends and best practices in order to help build a site that is known for its easy usability • Developing new projects that address primary user and company needs • Analyzing and optimizing current flows and designs to address the consumer needs • Creating page schematics and flow documentation, to translate requirements to visual designers • Providing accurate, aggressive sizing estimates for projects and meeting fast-paced timelines according to schedule • Providing feasibility analyses on new projects and requirements • Working with front-end developers to design pages with reduced complexity and faster load times • Work collaboratively across production team to support a creative environment that fosters innovative designs that speak to the core customer • Establishing User Interface standards, policies and procedures for the website • Supporting marketing activities by researching and tracking effectiveness of existing flows; optimizing as necessary • Defining and tracking key success metrics for the user interface Requirements: • Three to four years of user interface design experience, with at least three years of online/e-commerce development • Demonstrated experience in executing corporate and product requirements into a site vision • Deep knowledge of latest online emerging technologies • Strong analytical ability to evaluate and prioritize opportunities • Solid process/policy development, enabling high growth with limited confusion • Energetic, proactive leader who can move quickly and decisively • Aggressive, results-driven orientation • Passionate, driven, tenacious, sharply intelligent professional • Excellent analytical skills and comfort working within an environment where efforts are measured against quantitative objectives or ROI • A creative, out-of-the-box thinker and problem-solver, with a test-and-learn, direct-response mentality • Straightforward, no-nonsense approach, with meticulous, unfailing attention to detail • Willingness to personally jump in and tackle what needs to be done, with an entrepreneurial spirit Apply for this position Back to Top Title: Interaction Designer Location: San Francisco A well-known, large, consumer site with millions of consumers is seeking an Interaction Designer to lead user-centered design processes to ensure that Web-based products, applications and marketing pages are easy to use and help its customers to meet their needs and our business partners to fulfill their goals. The Interaction Designer will deal primarily with the redesign of browser-based enterprise software, including employee-facing sales and service interfaces across a wide variety of products. Responsibilities: • Assist business partners in turning high-level business requirements into more specific project requirements • Conduct user and task analyses to define user needs (user scenarios, persona/profile building and interpretation) • Develop high-level information flows and navigation systems (concept diagrams, flow charts, site maps, etc.) • Drive implementation of functionality through research and usability testing • Develop detailed user experience specifications (wireframes, schematics, storyboards) • Work with visual designers to ensure the look and feel of given initiatives meets intended user interaction • Participate in the development of product prototypes for usability testing and proof-of-concept purposes • Participate in usability tests by helping to define methodology, conducting walk-throughs and developing reports • Represent proposed solutions to business partners Requirements: • More than three years of Web-application interaction design and/or information architecture experience • Undergraduate or graduate degree in fields such as HCI, Human Factors, Information Architecture preferred • Demonstrated knowledge of the software application design and creation process, particularly how it pertains to Web development • Ability to understand and interpret existing site design and style guides and create effective solutions within those guidelines • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively through oral, written and graphic-design formats with staff as well as business and technology partners • Conceptual understanding of a range of Web-related technologies, including HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML and JavaScript • Working knowledge of interaction-design tools including Visio, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or similar software • Strong organizational skills • A deadline and detail-oriented approach Apply for this position Back to Top Title: Interaction Designer/Senior Interaction Designer Location: San Francisco Bay Area A progressive mobile-technology company is searching for an Interaction Designer/Senior Interactive Designer to join its creative team and focus on user interface design and usability. This fast-paced startup needs a designer with a significant amount of interaction design experience with consumer websites (preferably with mobile technologies and/or financial applications). The ideal candidate will have worked on consumer e-commerce sites and will have solid experience in user interface design, interaction design, information architecture, user research and usability testing. This hands-on role offers an opportunity to have a real impact on a dynamic website and its progressive, exciting mobile technology. Responsibilities: • User research and usability testing • Gathering user research and understanding user needs (HCI) • Translating business requirements into intuitive interface solutions • Developing application maps, process flows, wireframes and mock-ups with accompanying interaction rules based on user needs, technical restrictions and requirements and business needs Requirements: • Two to four years of experience in user interface and interaction design (Web application experience is a must) • Significant amount of interaction design experience with consumer websites (preferably wireless sites and applications) • Experience translating business requirements into intuitive application interface solutions •Information architecture experience (strategic planning and diagrammatic skills) • Ability to ask appropriate questions, communicate effectively and persuasively convey design solutions to a broad range of stakeholders (marketing, product managers, engineers, customers and others) • Strong attention to detail and exceptional organization, logic and analytical skills • Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks; comfortable with tight deadlines • Proficiency in a variety of design tools such as Visio and Fireworks • Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills • Familiarity with Java, including J2ME interactions and patterns • Familiarity with presentation layer code and working knowledge of application layer design • Able to measure and quantify design impact on user behavior Apply for this position Back to Top Title: Interaction Designer Location: SF Bay Area - 30 minutes from SF A progressive mobile-technology company is searching for an Interaction Designer to join its creative team and focus on user interface design and usability. This fast-paced start-up needs a designer with a significant amount of interaction design experience with consumer Web sites (preferably wireless sites and applications). The ideal candidate will have worked on consumer e-commerce sites and will have solid experience in user interface, interaction design, information architecture, user research and usability testing. This hands-on role offers an opportunity to have a real impact on a dynamic Web site and its progressive, exciting mobile technology. Responsibilities include: • User research and usability testing • Gathering user research and understanding user needs (HCI) • Translating business requirements into intuitive interface solutions • Developing application maps, process flows, wire frames and mockups with accompanying interaction rules based on user needs, technical restrictions and requirements and business needs Requirements include: • Two to four years of experience in user interface and interaction design (Web application experience is a must) • Significant amount of interaction design experience with consumer Web sites (preferably wireless sites and applications) • Experience translating business requirements into intuitive application interface solutions • Information architecture experience (strategic planning and diagrammatic skills) • Ability to ask appropriate questions, communicate effectively and persuasively convey design solutions to a broad range of stakeholders (marketing, product managers, engineers, customers and others) • Strong attention to detail and exceptional organization, logic and analytical skills • Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks; comfortable with tight deadlines • Proficiency in a variety of design tools such as Visio and Fireworks Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills • Familiarity with Java, including J2ME interactions and patterns • Familiarity with presentation layer code and working knowledge of application layer design • Able to measure and quantify design impact on user behavior Apply for this position Back to Top Title: Senior Information Architect Location: SF Bay Area - 10 minutes from SF An online shopping site that also offers digital music downloads and online photo processing is searching for a Senior Information Architect to determine how its interactive user interfaces should work and to create plans for team members for developing the graphical user interface, content and functionality of its site. The Senior IA frequently looks for areas of the site that need improvement and is able to drive implementation of changes and solutions. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Information Architecture, the Senior IA will be involved in conception, design, specification and creative QA tasks. In addition, the Senior IA will consult with clients about their business goals and propose front-end architectural solutions and strategies that meet both users' and clients' needs. Responsibilities include: • Conducting and participating in concept-generation activities, including the development of user profiles, user scenarios, organizational models, task models and feature lists • Organizing site content and functionality by creating site blueprints and wireframes • Creating identifiable nomenclature for users and navigation systems that support users' needs • Analyzing, developing and refining user tasks and processes • Collaborating with design and development teams to build user interfaces • Working with other project team members to define methods to be used, including competitive audits and secondary research • Creating process flows, site maps, wireframes and screen prototypes that will advance the company's merchandising, business, marketing, or branding objectives • Presenting chosen design to project and business teams for review • Producing highly accurate wireframe documentation and other specifications required to implement design • Working with product manager and team to define documentation scope • Ensuring that pages match wireframe specifications; looking for areas of the site that need improvement and driving changes • Conducting and participating in project-definition activities, such as gathering business requirements, assessing site(s) and handling competitive analyses and secondary research • Providing QA feedback to and consultation with HTML, PM and engineering teams prior to launch Requirements include: • Bachelor's degree (preferably in HCI, Information Science, design disciplines, or other relevant field; or equivalent work experience) • More than three years of experience in Web-based information architecture or interaction design, including the design of the overall IA of several sites • Moderate-to-advanced transactional design experience • Web design experience, including HTML and Web browsers' capabilities across multiple platforms and new technologies • Experience in client services and negotiating business decisions • Experience in user research planning, observation and translating user research into design decisions • Knowledge of Internet usability and user interface best practices as well as a background in information process, flow definition and improvement • Exceptional experience making graphic and written presentations of information • In-depth skills in Visio required; experience with Word, Illustrator, Director, Photoshop, PowerPoint and various HTML editors preferred • Strong knowledge of best practices in Internet usability and user interface design • Ability to quickly learn new businesses and understand technologies • Willing to take a leadership role in directing the user experience and to work very collaboratively with all members of the project team • Willingness to teach and contribute to the team and to understand the value of other disciplines and how they work with IA • Flexible, highly organized, with very good project-management skills; able to recommend priorities for projects Apply for this position Back to Top Title: UI / Front End Developer Location: Silicon Valley A personalized shopping, research and discovery social networking website is seeking a UI/Front End Developer. The UI/Front End Developer will be responsible for building and solving challenging UI problems and will collaborate with designers. The ideal candidate will have built powerful, yet simple-to-use consumer Web applications that have been used by millions of users, and he/she will have solid skills in Web technologies and tools as well as experience with Flash, AJAX, ActionScript, Flex and Agile. Responsibilities: • Developing interactive features (such as video chat) • Creating toolbars • Building Facebook applications and making the company's service iPhone-ready • Assisting with prototyping ideas for proof-of-concept Requirements: • Experience in designing rich Internet applications • Expertise in AJAX and knowledge of major AJAX/Web frameworks and technologies • Mastery of JavaScript • Strong skills in HTML, DHTML, XHTML and CSS • Knowledge of cross-browser compatibility issues • Understanding of contemporary Web development tools and MVC frameworks • Knowledge of full-cycle software engineering process and development methodologies • Enjoy working on Web technologies • B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science (or equivalent) • Experience with Agile development as well as Flash, ActionScript, Flex and related technologies a plus Apply for this position Back to Top Company Profile Job Opportunities Contact Us © Copyright 2003-2008 CM Recruiting. All rights reserved.