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JOB: Interaction/UX Design Opportunity at AppNexus in NYC

AppNexus is a world-class ad technology company, and one of the hottest young companies in New York City (Silicon Alley Insider, amNY). Our goal is to bring together the brightest minds in the business and help companies capitalize on the explosive growth of real-time advertising using our revolutionary ad platform. Our clients include the majority of the top 15 ad networks (comScore), as well as brand-name demand-side platforms, trading desks, and other leading online advertising companies. AppNexus’ powerful ad platform and cloud computing infrastructure push the limits of innovation in the online display advertising space. We are led by the team behind the first online ad exchanges Right Media (acquired by Yahoo for $850MM) and DoubleClick (acquired by Google for $3.1B).
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Josh Schwartz
Recruiter – AppNexus, Inc.
28 W. 23rd St, 5th floor
New York, NY 10010
Office: 212- 402-1838
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AppNexus is seeking an interaction designer with a passion for UX. You will be responsible for crafting and refining user interface components that enable a diverse client base to learn and use the product efficiently and effectively. You’ll take pride in ensuring that the UI layer is clean, communicates visual hierarchy, and represents the brand in ways that appeal to the end user. You’ll be challenged to balance users’ needs with business goals and technological capabilities. And of course you’ll continue to geek out over the newest technology and interaction design innovations.

If you’re the person we’re looking for, you are:

User-centered. You are passionate about understanding how people interact with computers and the web. You’re driven to find the best ways to facilitate your users’ goals (and maybe even improve their lives).

Engaged. You explore the world and the web in search of inspiration, skills, and ideas. You incorporate both experimental techniques and time-tested practices into your versatile design process.

Collaborative. Your ideal creative environment is hands-on, participatory, and team-oriented. You thrive on feedback and you think well on your feet.

Motivated. You believe anything can be made better, and you prove it by taking complex information systems and making them beautiful, intuitive, light-weight, and approachable.

Key Activities

  • Work closely with the product and engineering teams to develop and implement UI product design strategies
  • Construct scenarios, wireframes, flow diagrams, and/or other models to explore and communicate user interaction patterns
  • Validate new design ideas through rapid prototyping and usability testing
  • Provide functional specs, in-development consultation, and pre-release Q/A and review for new and improved features
Skills / Background
  • 3+ years professional interaction design experience
  • Fluent in layout and design tools (e.g. Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks)
  • Great communication and design skills
  • Proficiency with HTML, CSS, and jQuery or other JS library
  • Usability analysis or information architecture experience a plus