Marketing, Branding and Advertising firm in New York City is seeking a fulltime
Senior Designer / User Interface
Responsibilities:
Plan and conduct user requirements gathering and analysis.
Produce user requirements specifications, personas, storyboards, scenarios, prototypes, and design specifications.
Communicate research findings, conceptual ideas and detailed design rationale both verbally and visually.
Design and specify user interfaces and information architecture using participatory and iterative design techniques including customer interviews, usability testing, and other forms of requirements discovery.
Manage the interaction design process, drive decisions, track issues, and assist in estimating resource needs and schedules.
Significantly contribute to an interdisciplinary team that includes other designers, project managers, strategists, and developers.
Skills and Competencies
Ability to understand customer needs, motivations and behaviors and translate them into deliverables.
Detail-oriented and highly developed organizational skills including the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
Strong self-management skills as well as ability to work as a contributing member of a multi-discipline team.
Ability to collaborate with other designers and developers to envision and iterate concepts.
Strong knowledge of user interface design processes and methodology, particularly as applied to web-based sites and applications as well as mobile sites and applications.
Demonstrated experience using web analytics data to inform design decisions
An understanding of major web analytics packages and SEO strategies is a plus
Advanced proficiency with design and prototyping tools such as Ominigraffle, Fireworks, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
Please contact laurie@gainor.net for additional information.