Description
Hello, our E-commerce client in San Jose is looking for a User Experience Designer for a 6 months + contract.
Here is more about the job:
Do you have a creative eye for design?
Do you often ponder what makes people do the things they do?
If so, then we have a position for you!
The design and research group at our client is a multi-cultural, multi-talented team of individuals whose skills range from conceptual design to contextual inquiries.
Join a passionate bunch of highly skilled user experience specialists whose focus is driving the goals of the business, by defining and creatively addressing the needs of our users.
Job Description:
The qualified design candidate will work independently and with other experience team members to help shape the future of online payments.
The ideal candidate has a strong sense of design in respect to creating simple, elegant, aesthetically pleasing interfaces based on user-center design principles.
This person will be responsible for all stages of user experience design throughout the product lifecycle ensuring a compelling look and feel that meets branding, business and user requirements (spanning user interface, interaction and visual design).
Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills are a must.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Working closely with a cross-functional team to assess product requirements, the designer will translate requirements into concepts and elegant user design, interaction models, user task flows, screen designs, and UI details that promote ease of use and optimize the user experience for various online payment products.
Organize these design details into a complete user experience design specification to be used as a blueprint for development
Work closely with user research team members to better understand the user by testing the usability of features and conceptual designs
Have practical experience employing user centered design methods
Have a good understanding of executing to Brand to influence a rich user experience for a global market.
Be self-motivated and able to make logical decisions to ensure the overall success of the project by creating designs that seamlessly address customer and business concerns and objectives
Keep abreast of current design tools, techniques and methodologies
Be willing to challenge traditional design thinking and look for new and innovative ways to approach design projects and improve streamline the user experience
Position Requirements:
3+ years of appropriate industry experience designing interactions and interfaces for websites and applications
Solid working experience with design tools including Adobe Creative Suite, Visio, etc.
Strong communication, analytical and interpersonal skills working within cross-functional teams
Working knowledge of design and typography principles
Online portfolio required
"Nice to Have" Skills:
Experience designing payment solutions for consumers and businesses
Ability to create personas, profiles, and use case scenarios
Ability to rapidly prototype designs in hand-coded HTML
Please send me your resume. Thank you very much, and good luck with your job search.
Brenda
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