Interactive Designer for Mobile and Web

New York, NY  ‐ Onsite
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play2prep – Interactive Designer Job Description  

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Interactive Designer for play2prep, a Mobile Education Game Company

About the company
play2prep is an education technology company in the Flatiron District of New York City.  play2prep creates social mobile games to prepare for educational tests.  play2prep is partnered with the world’s leading education publishers, including McGraw-Hill Education.  The single-player version of play2prep is available on iPhone and Android and the two-player version is launching soon.  To download the app, visit our web site at www.play2prep.com  

Job description
play2prep is looking for an interactive designer for work on mobile and online products, branding and marketing.  The contract job is for immediate hire and will be performed out of our offices in the Flatiron District of Manhattan.  

What does play2prep do?  Glad you asked.  We’re hell-bent on revolutionizing the test preparation experience by making it fun, social and accessible to the masses.  You’ll have the opportunity to work in two exciting spaces (games and education) in a vibrant work environment on an innovative business.  The team is small and agile, so a great chance to work on a wide variety of challenges.   

You’ll help conceptualize and design new products and features across both mobile and online, game and education. You’ll have the opportunity to guide our visual evolution across all platforms and help educate the company on design practices, shape the company’s brand identity, and spend time seeing how people use your designs. With millions of students preparing for these high-stakes tests each year, your work will have a far-reaching impact on those who depend on our product.  

So, if you are looking for an exciting role in an innovative company that offers interesting challenges in our Flatiron offices in NYC, we’d love to hear from you as we are hiring now.  Please contact    

Qualifications/Need to Haves

All candidates must have an on-line portfolio showcasing user experience and visual design work for desktop and touch devices
6+ years in digital design for mobile and online, preferably across product, branding and marketing
Exceptional visual design skills and a strong understanding of mobile and desktop-centered design techniques:

  • Obsession for detail and consistency
  • Mastery in the application of layout, color, and typography
  • Highly skilled in Photoshop, Illustrator and other design tools
  • Strong knowledge of technical capabilities and constraints across devices
Excellent collaboration and communication skills:
  • You work well with others and can collaborate actively as part of a agile, multi-disciplinary team
  • Enthusiasm for an iterative design process, driven by group critique
  • Ability to communicate design through sketches, models, prototypes and style guides 
  • Outstanding verbal communication skills
Be self-motivated, work with minimal supervision, and support multiple projects concurrently
Able to function independently and in a cross-functional team environment
Bachelors Degree in Design, similar or equivalent experience
Authorization to work in the US. No visa sponsorships.  

Nice to Haves
Knowledge of HTML5/CSS3 is a huge plus, but not a requirement
Icon design
Experience with games and/or education


Start date
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From
play2prep
Published at
18.02.2014
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Project ID:
666891
Contract type
Freelance
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