The Wonderfactory is looking to expand their UI team! We are interested in UI designers who are brand addicted, bring a sense of wonder to their work, and enjoy working with talented peers and great clients! UI Designers are responsible for Research/Standards, Information Architecture, UI Design, Documentation, and Testing/Analysis. UI Designers are also responsible for concepting design interfaces and interaction models for both web and application based systems.
Responsibilities:
• Works closely with lead UI Designer to translate requirements, feature concepts, use cases and design challenges into site maps, user flows, user scenarios, wireframe schematics, prototypes and functional specification documents.
• Has a core understanding for web-based design and implications of dynamic User Interface Design
• Creates highly usable and innovative web-based sites & applications.
• Learns & understands the core usability constructs and UI design principles.
• Supports user experience research and usability testing efforts to ensure that the user interface is useful and extremely easy to use.
• Actively participate in user centered design activity & be a constant advocate for the end user.
• Collaborates as integral member of the UI design, visual design and development teams
• Helps to coordinate and communicate project information and tasks between internal groups.
• Participates in the development of creative solutions to user experience challenges.
• Identifies, addresses and solves user interface design problems
• Learns, understands, and interprets user research and usability testing and effectively applies the findings to designs
• Collaborates with other disciplines to define the vision and requirements for a product or programming area.
• Possesses excellent understanding of style guidelines, design process and workflow.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Qualified people have 4-6 years experience developing UI/IA projects, a thorough understanding of user-centered design principles, usability testing, client presentation skills, writing skills, functional specification documents and experience organizing complex information.
• Familiarity with principles of Web development
• Knowledge of Adobe’s Creative Suite, MAC OS, including Omnigraffle
• Bachelors or higher degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Cognitive Science or related field.
• Approaches design conceptually and thinks about interaction systems, not just screens
• Is highly organized and detail oriented
• Aptitude for leadership, communication and teamwork
• Familiarity with web technologies.
• Familiarity with field and lab-based usability research methodologies
• Ability to prioritize and manage work for multiple project timelines in a fast-paced environment.