Create the user experiences that define Songbird and Songbirdnest.com. Work with product management and design to implement natural, intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces.
The ideal profile:
You are an experienced user-centered designer focused first on interaction design, with a talent for visual design and information architecture. You are always thinking of ways to make sites and applications easier and more meaningful for the people who use them. You have a talent for understanding users and identifying the key interactions that truly drive the best user experience, and you are able to focus the user interface design on them.
Responsibilities:
- Apply user-centered design principles to provide the conceptual framework and specific interactions that define the behavior of Songbird and Songbirdnest.com.
- Work closely with product management to define product direction, user scenarios / personas, and user interface requirements.
- Design interaction models, workflows, information architectures, and user interfaces.
- Work closely with visual design to create natural, intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces.
- Draft design specifications in the form of documentation, wire-frames and mock-ups, and interactive prototypes.
- Design and coordinate usability tests and other user experience research.
- Iterate on designs based on the results of usability testing and feedback from engineering.
- Contribute to a culture of innovation and teamwork.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years user experience design on Web and desktop applications
- Educated in design, HCI and usability (or ability to display formal understanding of theory and practices)
- Demonstrated mastery of user experience design principles and solid interaction design skills
- Prototyping skills using paper, Flash, etc.
- Proven ability to define problems and solutions individually and with teams
- Solid understanding of the Web and its capabilities / limitations (including HTML and CSS). Familiarity with JavaScript, AJAX, and XUL a plus.
- Visual design skills a plus.
- Experience conducting user testing highly desired
This position reports to the Vice President of Product.
Availability: Full-time.
Location: You are preferably located near San Francisco, California.
Compensation and Relocation: Pioneers of the Inevitable, Inc. has created a competitive compensation and equity package. Relocation assistance is designed on a per case basis. In short, we’ll be creative to get you here.
Contact: If you have the eggs to join us, please review the Songbird Owner's Manual and then send your email cover letter and resume with the subject “Your name – Interaction Designer – via Songbirdnest” to jobs@songbirdnest.com. Please include a portfolio or URL’s of sites/applications that you directly worked on. All communication and correspondence is held in the strictest confidence to ensure that you can connect and learn more without exposure.
