Description
As a senior User Experience Designer for "Reader Device" content, you will design elegant, customer-focused solutions for the content shopping experience. You will be responsible for the user interface, architecture, interaction, and visual design across the web, mobile/reader devices. You are a talented, passionate Designer with strong analytic skills. You can translate business needs into simple, engaging user-centered solutions. You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed in a fast-paced collaborative peer environment.
OVERVIEW
- Analyze business requirements, market analysis, customer feedback, site metrics and usability study findings to create customer-focused designs.
- Develop conceptual wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, information architecture diagrams, interaction specifications and prototypes.
- Create user-centered designs by considering market analysis, customer feedback, site metrics, and usability findings.
- Use business requirements and market research to assist in developing scenarios, use cases, and high-level requirements.
- Design the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of shopping experiences.
- Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, click-throughs, and prototypes.
- Develop and maintain detailed user-interface specifications and design patterns.
- Present design work to the user experience team, product team, and client executives for review and feedback.
QUALIFICATIONS
- At least 5 years of experience as a User Experience Designer, Interaction Designer, Information Architect, or similar role
- Online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating experience creating great user-centered design solutions required
- Proficiency in a variety of design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks, Visio or Omnigraffle, and Dreamweaver
- Fluency in English, excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Proven track record presenting to and influencing Senior Executive management
- Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs
- Ability to work gracefully and bias for action in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environment
- Ability to drive the design review cycle and close on design requirements independently
- Familiarity with the technical considerations needed when designing for mobile spaces
- Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience
PREFERRED
- Ability to prototype in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, Flash or Flash Catalyst
- Experience designing, guiding, and implementing formal and informal usability studies
- Experience designing mobile web, and/or on-device mobile applications
- Visual design expertise demonstrated through mockups and style guides