UI Designer / Frontend Developer (US residents only!)

Description

Do you love interacting directly with users? Do you have a passion for creativity, design, and marketing? Do you enjoy running A/B tests, working with XHTML/CSS, experimenting with website designs and Google analytic data, and working up some Web graphics now and then?

Allied Health Media (AHM) is looking for a talented, wear-many-hats UX designer to drive user engagement for a collection of online websites & communities (Audiologists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists), and to create a template of best practices that will help us achieve optimal online user experiences.

As a leader in online education and career center services, AHM is comprised of passionate individuals dedicated to enhancing patient care by developing professionals’ skills and knowledge in the allied health professions. Our websites include: SpeechPathology.com, OccupationalTherapy.com, PhysicalTherapy.com, and AudiologyOnline.com.

Job Description:
The UI Designer / Frontend Developer position will play a key role in our ability to connect with users, gather user feedback, and improve the user experience/conversion of our websites by folding user input back into our design efforts. Through testing and experimentation, your goal will be to create and foster organic engagement with our user communities. You will recommend and implement design changes, content enhancements, and site layout including future community-building initiatives. You will work in a fast moving, agile environment where you will coordinate your efforts with graphic designers, marketing managers, developers and SEO experts. The position requires working virtually.

Primary Responsibilities:

Recommend enhancements to web site content based on usage data and user feedback

Plan and run A/B tests to optimize user engagement

Plan and run usability testing on our front-end websites and community features

Work with designers and marketing experts to determine how to expose community features in our mobile and desktop applications

Propose and design new ideas for enhancing engagement and fostering a community spirit among members

Review user research and/or user testing data to design improvements needed to user interface
Stay on top of community-building best practices and theory for eNewsletters

Communicate user experience research to fellow team members and executives

Participate, lead and program (HTML, CSS, etc) all phases of the development process for user interface projects – from idea conception, to wireframes and prototyping, to design and implementation

Evangelize for user experience within the company

Collaborate closely with Marketing, Editorial, Sales, and Technology teams to deliver hypothesis driven designs and coding to improve user interface

Create and program innovative solutions for new features and improvements that tie to business goals

Take a user-centered approach to design with deep understanding of information architecture, interaction and usability best practices

The Usability Developer will be held accountable and performance will be evaluated on your ability to:

1. Maximize conversion rates for:

Membership purchases (CEU Total Access, Student Union, SimuCase)

Job listing purchases

Resume uploads/ Job applies

Invite friend results

2. Enhance Corporate Partner value:

Increase job response rates

Increase resume postings

Increase partner content and advertising views, opens and click-thrus

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

Ability to design and implement beautiful user interfaces. Mastery of semantic HTML/CSS and Photoshop is a must.

An advanced understanding of user-centered design, usability, as well as aesthetic design principles.

Minimum 2 years of interface design experience or related degree

Proficient with javascript/jQuery

Well-rounded understanding of online marketing and web usability best practices

A strong portfolio, available for viewing, showing great sense of design, creativity, and good communication skills

Knowledge and use of PHP, SASS and Google Analytics a plus

Highly motivated, self-directed, enthusiastic, and truly passionate for user-centered design and user experience

Creativity with an eye towards detail and perfection of user experience

Professional, team player with strong interpersonal skills

Ability to solicit and incorporate diverse perspectives

Ability to switch easily between different projects, and flexibility to handle a rapidly changing environment while delivering high quality results

Ability to learn new technology quickly

Other Requirements:

US resident, eligible to work in the US full-time

Able to work from home

How to Apply
We value attention to detail. Applications that fail to follow these simple steps will not be considered. In your cover letter please provide 1) A short paragraph describing a project from within your design portfolio in which you are most proud and explain why it is your favorite work. 2) your salary requirements and 3) a funny, clean joke that you could tell your grandmother or kids (or both). Please send resume and a link to your design portfolio. All candidates must supply a portfolio with work samples.