Interaction Designer - Seattle/Kirkland
This position is based in Kirkland and Seattle, WA.
The Area: User Experience
We follow a simple but vital premise in the User Experience group: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." We’re passionately interested in our users and strive to learn everything we can about their behaviors, attitudes and emotions to help define the products and experiences we create. The User Experience team is a critical driving force behind gathering these insights and then using them to inspire and inform design. We are a multi-disciplinary team of interaction designers, visual designers, user researchers, copywriters and Web developers who collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create innovative, usable, great-looking products that people love to use.
The Role: Interaction Designer - Seattle/Kirkland
"Focus on the user, and all else will follow". That’s one of the key philosophies behind everything that Google does, and we’re looking for UI Designers to help drive the design process for new Google products and features. As a UI Designer, you will work closely with engineers and product managers throughout all stages of the product cycle. If you’re a critical thinker with a good design sense, a strong technical background, and an eye for making things better, and if you’re looking for a job where your work can have an impact on the web experience of millions of Google users, then this is the role for you.
Responsibilities will include:
* Helping to define the user model and user interface for new and existing Google products and features.
* Developing high level and/or detailed storyboards, mockups and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
* Gauging the usability of new and existing products, and making constructive suggestions for change.
Requirements:
* Solid academic background in human-computer interaction or related field (BS or MS in Computer Science or related field a big plus).
* Demonstrated experience in designing usable web-based interfaces.
* Expert HTML skills.
* Excellent knowledge of JavaScript for rapid prototyping purposes.
* Strong, clean visual design sense.
* Excellent leadership, communication and teamwork skills.
For immediate consideration, please apply at this URL:
http://services.google.com/jobs/application/joelonsoft?action=add&job=Interaction+Designer+-+Seattle/Kirkland
About Google:
Google’s innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google’s targeted advertising program, which is the largest and fastest growing in the industry, provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.google.com/about.html
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