UX Designer for Rich Internet Applications
LOCATION: Northeast US or Silicon Valley (San Mateo)
Do you want design cutting edge AJAX applications for some of the worlds leading Financial Services, Healthcare, Automotive, Retail and software companies? Join our team of experts and evangelists as a UX Designer for Rich Internet Applications. We are a rapidly growing company that has experienced 100% growth during each of our 5 years in business. We are looking for people to help us grow our company both as individual contributors and as future leaders.
JOB DESCRIPTION: Leading Ajax-based RIA Solution Company looking for exceptional and motivated individuals capable of designing easy-to-use User-interaction/interfaces for rich internet applications.
SKILLS/QUALIFICATION/RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Experience with Web 2.0 capabilities & online communities
- Strong wireframing and layout skills, task flow analysis and creation, web Interaction models
- Working, hands on knowledge of CSS, DHTML & Javascript or Flash
- Must be able to balance technical, business, marketing needs with usability needs
- Good communication and personal skills, work and collaborative with other designers, developers and managers
- Strong verbal and written English language skills required, Spanish and Portuguese a plus
- Detail oriented, deliver quality work against set deadlines
- Knowledgeable of best practices, best of breed web-based interfaces
REQUIREMENTS:
- Define user experience for application and refine features
- Establish site conventions and standards.
- Create storyboards, workflows, mockups, prototypes, specifications that communicate the information and interaction design for visual design, content and technical development.
- Plan and conduct usability tests, evaluate results and provide recommendations for improvements
- Flexibility as demonstrated in ability to travel as required, to work from home, to work hours required to make the customer successful.
EXPERIENCE:
- 4+ years of practical experience in designing user-centric web-based interfaces. Degree in human-computer interaction (BS or MS in HCI desirable).
COMPENSATION: competitive, commensurate with experience
HOW TO APPLY: Send your resume to careers-us@backbase.com.
