Salesforce.com is looking for an experienced User Interface designer to join our rapidly growing User Experience team. As a designer at Salesforce.com, you will:
* Create world-class designs using User-Centered Design methodologies that drive the success of our company and our customers, within our Agile development process.
*Build innovative solutions to interesting problems leveraging the newest advances in Web technologies.
* Work on interfaces that range from enterprise system administration to handheld and mobile applications
* Be an integral part of the company that has redefined On-Demand software
Responsibilities:
Drive development of clean, efficient, useful interface designs from conceptualization to through implementation.
* Translate user requirements and complex business problems into highly usable Web applications in partnership with Product Management.
* Construct storyboards, mockups, and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction designs to internal and external stakeholders.
* Work with usability specialists to conduct customer studies of prototypes and existing interfaces, in order to create usable tools and programs.
* Collaborate with branding and graphics specialists to support the visual style of salesforce.com
* Assist product management in authoring functional interaction requirements specifications
* Conceive, document, and evangelize user interface guidelines and standards
* Ensure a consistent look and feel across the application; raise all application interfaces to a consistently high standard of user-centered design
* Contribute to our growing Pattern library, and our User Experience-initiated projects that benefit the entire product line.
Required Skills/Experience:
* 8 years of professional design experience, including at least 4 years of interaction design experience for large-scale websites or enterprise applications
* Bachelor’s or higher degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design or related field
* Strong conceptual skills and proven ability to create prototypes and mock-ups
* Demonstrable web UI design skills with ability to show relevant work
* Proficient in HTML and CSS coding; working knowledge of JavaScript, DHTML, PHP, Flex is a plus
* Expert knowledge of visual design tools including Visio, Photoshop, and Illustrator
Expert in user-centered design methods and best practices
* Focused on providing best-of-breed UI designs without losing sight of the real-world user’s need for “fast and simple”
* Independent self-starter with strong project management skills
* Ability to work as part of a team with product managers, graphics designers, usability specialists, and others