UXDesigner – NYC, NY
Description
Are you tired of big agency life? Working 24/7? Feel like a cog in the machine? We’re a small but thriving boutique agency that thinks big and does gorgeous, memorable work — and we’re looking for someone to be the #2 person on our User Experience Team!!! You’ll report to the Director of Interaction, and help shape the future of the UX department in years to come! This is a phenomenal opportunity to grow with the agency — and help grow our UX discipline in the process. If you’re passionate about experience design and emerging technologies and trends, this is a great place to ply your craft to a myriad of projects that run the gamut, from integrated marketing campaigns and traditional web projects, to complex transactional and ecommerce sites, mobile apps/sites, social media sites, kiosks and responsive design projects. If you’re passionate about user experience, emerging technology and web trends, and prefer to work in a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment, this is the place for you!
The ideal candidate has 2-3 years’ post-college user experience design experience, preferably in an agency setting. We don’t need to see mobile, responsive design, or social media samples in your portfolio. But we do want to see how you think.
Responsibilities
Conduct user research and gather requirements from key stakeholders during discovery phase.
Conduct heuristic evaluations and competitive analyses. Translate all of these finds into requirements and features
Create wireframes, user flows, site maps, user personas, functional specifications and any other deliverables to communicate the vision, design, experience and functionality of the final product.
Collaborate closely with our team of designers, art directors and developers to take a project from initial idea to final product.
Help manage the digital production process
Stay current with web design trends (RWD, HTML5, mobile web, social media) and be ready to apply them when needed.
Be creative and introduce new ideas and approaches to projects.
Be a champion for UX and help educate the team on best practices around IA, web design, usability and interaction design.
Requirements
3+years’ professional (post college) UX Design experience, preferably in an agency or creative environment.
Have several digital projects under your belt and have the portfolio to prove it.
Regular use of Omnigraffle, Visio or InDesign for documentation and deliverables
Experience with the CS suite of products
Knowledge of user center design processes and methodology
Appreciation for good design because that’s what we do well here
Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a team and clients.
Solid understanding of interactive web technologies (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, Flex, Ajax, responsive design) and industry trends and experience designing applications leveraging these trends.
Ability to work on multiple complex projects simultaneously.
Ability to work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary individuals.
Detail oriented, self starter, and excellent planner.
A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Interaction Design, Industrial Design, Graphic Design or New Media
Portfolio with recommended sample wireframes, schematics, presentations, prototypes (visio, omnigraffle or hand-coded prototypes using HTML, CSS, PHP and/or AJAX), use case scenarios, user research, interaction design strategies, site maps, brainstorming sessions and notes, etc. that walk viewer through business challenge/project from start through completion and show us how you think and solve a business challenge/problem from start to finish. Hey, we even like to see walls of post-it notes!!!
Interested?
Send resume, portfolio and target salary requirements to CarolTaylorRecruits(at)gmail(
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All resumes must be accompanied by an online portfolio.
We will treat your portfolio as proprietary confidential material and
will only show it to the Hiring Manager with your permission.
We will not respond to any resumes submitted without a portfolio
This position is full time, 100% on site during regular business hours
No offsite, offshore, remote, freelance talent please.
At this time, our client cannot provide visa sponsorship or relocation
