The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world’s number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we’re determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun… each and every day.
In order to maintain our position as the world’s most trafficked Internet destinations, we’re always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services—indispensable experiences—they’ve come to expect from Yahoo!. We’re looking for people like you.
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Interaction Designer, Marketing Products Division
Job Description:
We are looking for an Interaction Designer to join the Marketing Products Division user experience team at Yahoo! The MPD team is responsible for the user interface design of applications for all advertisers and publishers on Yahoo!. It is also responsible for providing indispensable experiences for the small business audience. This is your opportunity to join the team that will design applications used by millions of users.
As an Interaction Designer you will work closely with Product Managers, Visual Designers, User Researchers, and Engineers. You will lead the functional design effort on a variety of projects in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment. The Interaction Designer is the primary architect of the blueprints that developers use to build our applications.
Responsibilities include:
* Help to define design direction and user experience strategy.
* Participate in early product requirements definition.
* Translate product requirements into a best-of-breed user interface design.
* Successfully communicate conceptual ideas and design rationale.
* Iterate on designs based on the results of usability testing and customer walkthroughs.
* Contribute to a culture of innovation and teamwork.
* Apply user-centered design processes to develop high quality user- flows and end to end experiences,
Qualifications:
* Bachelors or higher degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science or related field.
* At least 5 years professional design experience.
* Ability to understand and solve complex design problems.
* Ability to translate ideas into tangible design.
* Ability to communicate design rationale and build consensus
* Solid understanding of the web and its capabilities/limitations (including HTML and CSS).
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
* Proven ability to work with cross functional teams.
* Skilled at presenting work in an organized and articulate manner
* Comfortable contributing in collaboration sessions with cross-functional departments.
* Familiarity with JavaScript and DHTML a plus.
Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com
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