{"id":15901,"date":"2014-08-21T11:51:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T15:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=15901"},"modified":"2014-08-21T11:51:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T15:51:09","slug":"job-ux-designer-kindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2014\/08\/21\/job-ux-designer-kindle\/","title":{"rendered":"[JOB] UX Designer, Kindle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1kiZec4\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/1kiZec4<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<h1>UX Designer &#8211; Kindle<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<div>Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile devices like the Kindle family of products. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. Since then, we have worked to produce best-selling tablets with breakthrough hardware technology as well as e-readers that have revolutionized reading. What will you help us create?<br \/>\nWork hard. Have fun. Make history.<\/p>\n<p>The Role:<\/p>\n<p>As an Interaction Designer, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive and design innovative consumer products. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.<\/p>\n<p>You will be responsible for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Designing the interaction flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes and aesthetics required to produce elegant and simple user interfaces<\/li>\n<li>Working collaboratively within a team comprised of other interaction, visual and graphic designers and engineers to develop world class user experiences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To be successful, this designer will possess an exceptional eye for detail and must embrace a highly iterative approach to design. Additionally, this designer must be articulate and possess the communication skills to persuasively convey proposals and specifications to other teams within the organization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Basic Qualifications<\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Bachelor\u2019s degree in Interaction Design or related field<\/li>\n<li>7+ years of experience as an interaction designer, user interface designer, or similar role<\/li>\n<li>Experience with designing mobile consumer devices<\/li>\n<li>Experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign<\/li>\n<li>Experience working directly with developers for implementation of designs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Preferred Qualifications<\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>A sketch book (or examples) revealing thought process<\/li>\n<li>Ability to extract complex concepts and quickly turn around rigorous flows and mockups reflecting a range of options<\/li>\n<li>Ability to manage ambiguity, work autonomously, and multi-task in an agile environment<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of Flash, Motion and \/or AfterEffects for developing visual prototypes a plus<\/li>\n<li>A portfolio demonstrating relevant experience in user-centric design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lab126 is part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon.com<\/a>, Inc. group of companies and is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer-Minority\/Female\/<wbr \/>Disability\/Vet<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/amzn.to\/1kiZec4 UX Designer &#8211; Kindle Job Description Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile devices like the Kindle&#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-15901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901","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=15901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}