Location: San Francisco, CA
URL: http://www.casttv.com
ABOUT CASTTV
CastTV is working to build the web’s best video search engine. CastTV lets users find all their favorite online videos, from TV shows to movies to the latest celebrity, sports, news, and viral videos. Our proprietary technology addresses two main video search challenges: finding and cataloguing videos from the web and delivering relevant video results to users. Our goal is to index every video online and provide the best experience for finding and discovering these videos.
We’re funded by DFJ, Ron Conway, and Marc Andreessen, and our smart, experienced team is advised by Rajeev Motwani and other notable industry veterans. We are hiring entrepreneurial folks looking to make an impact and help build an amazing product. CastTV is based in the SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco, CA.
JOB DESCRIPTION
CastTV is looking for a Director of User Experience to create the best user interface for the web’s best video search/discovery product. We’ve got unique, patent-pending technology that will immediately benefit the 75% (and growing) of Internet users who are eagerly watching more and more videos online. We need our Director of User Experience to translate our technology into an appealing, intuitive, and engaging experience for those users.
We’re looking for someone who is strategist, artist, and engineer: you understand product design process, interaction design, visual design, and usability and have the skills to execute your vision. This is an opportunity to innovate and define the user experience of a high-impact site!
QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ years of relevant experience
- Experience designing consumer web applications (not just web sites and/or enterprise apps)
- Experience developing or managing complete or large portions of applications. Initially you will be solely responsible for our UI â you’ll need to take ideas from a whiteboard to Photoshop to prototype to front-end code.
- Experience with usability testing.
- Technical:
- Expertise in graphic design, interaction design, HTML, CSS
- Experience with Javascript, AJAX, and Flash
- Familiarity with Rails and Ruby a plus
- Desire to work in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Passion for delighting users. Passion for online video. You like watching videos/TV/sports/news, and you won’t settle for anything less than designing the best product for finding web videos.
KEYWORDS: Interaction Design, Visual Design, Usability, HTML, CSS
To apply: Please send resume and portfolio information to jobs@casttv.com