Zillow.com is the most trusted online real-estate valuation and listings website; millions of users use Zillow every day. To continue to be an impressionable leader in this space, and to help make the complexity of the real estate transaction more approachable, good user-centered design is imperative. To achieve this goal, we’ve built a multidisciplinary UX team bringing together design, development, and user research to deliver excellent user experiences.
Currently, this team is looking for a talented User Experience Designer to help drive this mission. We are open to contract or full-time candidates. This is a unique opportunity to build a world-class service and make business changing decisions that will directly impact the way consumers view one of their most important investments.
As a UX Designer, you will be responsible for creating user experiences and interaction models for our Web-based applications. The ideal candidate will be a detail oriented, customer focused, self starter with at least 3 years of hands-on web site design experience with the following qualifications:
• Interest in researching and developing new approaches to complex design problems
• Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and has strong presentation & collaboration skills
• Ability to brainstorm and collaborate with other designers and the product development teams on new product features
• Ability to create and design a consistent experience across multiple features
• Ability to independently lead all aspects of the user-centered-design process from conception to completion
• Present polished deliverables to executive-level stakeholders and product teams
• Must be able to effectively self-manage numerous projects at any given time
• Sample deliverables include: wireframes, high-fidelity screen shots, interaction flows, design specs, etc
• Proficiency in standard web design software and tools
• Flash and prototyping skills a plus
• A BA degree in Information Design, HCI or related field
If you’re excited about working on a team that shapes extraordinary web experiences, please apply.