{"id":12976,"date":"2013-01-16T10:28:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T14:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=12976"},"modified":"2013-01-16T10:28:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T14:28:50","slug":"job-user-interaction-designer-for-start-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2013\/01\/16\/job-user-interaction-designer-for-start-up\/","title":{"rendered":"[JOB] User Interaction Designer, for start up"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>User Interaction Designer<\/h1>\n<h2>Position Location<\/h2>\n<p>New York, NY<\/p>\n<h2>Primary Job Responsibilities<\/h2>\n<p>As an interaction designer, you must have a strong technical background and work closely with Engineers and Product Managers to design products that are simple but great for the user, focusing on interaction and visual design.<\/p>\n<p>Your job is to be an advocate for a strong customer experience. By taking a proactive approach to designing wireframes, mockups, rich prototypes &amp; solutions, you will drive our end-to-end experiences through a thoughtful end-user approach.<\/p>\n<p>You will have end-to-end design ownership from storyboards to implementation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Help to define the user model and user interface for new and existing products and features.<\/li>\n<li>Develop high level and\/or detailed storyboards, mockups, and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.<\/li>\n<li>Gauge the usability of new and existing products, and make constructive suggestions for change. Plus, iterate on designs based on user feedback, technology constraints and market dynamics.<\/li>\n<li>Gain a deep understanding of user motivations, market opportunities and competition.<\/li>\n<li>Define and drive future vision and own the evolution of the user experience for a wide range of complex products.<\/li>\n<li>Create, champion and maintain design standards and industry best practices across the site.<\/li>\n<li>Design flows and experiences that are incredibly simple and elegant.<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to high-level strategic decisions with the rest of the organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Qualifications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>BA\/BS in Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field (In lieu of degree, 4 years relevant work experience)<\/li>\n<li>3+ years experience designing outstanding web-based products for a consumer-oriented website<\/li>\n<li>Independently researched and strong knowledge of user interaction best practices<\/li>\n<li>Excellent knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and\/or Fireworks<\/li>\n<li>Proven ability to act as a leader in communicating conceptual ideas and design rationale, all within a user-centered design process<\/li>\n<li>Must be self-motivated to prioritize and manage workload and meet critical project milestones and deadlines<\/li>\n<li>Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build good working relationships<\/li>\n<li>Strong, clean visual design sense<\/li>\n<li>Solid understanding of: web, hand-held device and mobile graphics techniques and production practices<\/li>\n<li>Strong portfolio featuring examples of interaction design work<\/li>\n<li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills \u2013 annotate of wireframes<\/li>\n<li>Participate in brainstorming sessions to identify key designs, prototypes and research projects<\/li>\n<li>Provide technical expertise in modern web standards<\/li>\n<li>Ability to facilitate discussions, and define and run workshops guiding small groups to uncover opportunity often in the face of ambiguity<\/li>\n<li>Expert understanding of design issues for complex online experiences and products\\<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<p>To apply for this position, please send your resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to\u00a0rosejthomas@outlook.com.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Rose Thomas<\/div>\n<div>JA Enterprises, LLC.<\/div>\n<div>510 Broadway, Suite 4<\/div>\n<div>New York, NY 10012<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"tel:%28917%29%20693-6996\" target=\"_blank\">(917) 693-6996<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:rosejthomas@outlook.com\" target=\"_blank\">rosejthomas@outlook.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>User Interaction Designer Position Location New York, NY Primary Job Responsibilities As an interaction designer, you must have a strong technical background and work closely&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}