User Experience Designer II

Job Description

Job Title:

User Experience Designer II

Location:

Seattle, WA

Duration:

6

Months Job Description:

We are seeking a talented, passionate User Experience Designer to help us refine and add to tools that help to move into new regions. It's a highly impactful space with partners that value and need design support. Looking for someone to come in, be ready to go & execute the team's vison. Responsibilities Quickly yet thoroughly create process flows, wireframes, and visual design mockups as needed to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors. Work closely with cross-functional teams to help define business and feature requirements via empirical online data, usability findings, market research, and proven UCD principles. Assess and optimize the performance of new and existing features by actively participating in usability testing and interpreting analytics data using Omniture SiteCatalyst. Present design work to the user experience team, product team, and executives for review and feedback Contribute to user interface design and development best practices and standards Provide leadership in the area of ecommerce trends, web application design, and user interface innovations. 3-6 years industry experience providing interaction design solutions for web and/or software applications. Bachelor's or Master's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience. Fluency in best practices for web-based information architecture and design, as well as strong knowledge of usability principles and techniques Proficiency in a variety of design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Visio, and Dreamweaver. A strong online portfolio demonstrating past work experience and relevant, user-centered design solutions is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills including the ability to communicate complex, interactive design concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization. Self-starter who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player. Ability to work with highly technical teams and handle multiple projects in an agile, fast-paced environment. Ability to prototype in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, or Flash highly desired.

Must Have:

Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills including the ability to communicate complex, interactive design concepts clearly and persuasively across different Ability to work with highly technical teams and handle multiple projects in an agile, fast-paced environment. Ability to prototype in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, or Flash highly desired. Applicant Notices & Disclaimers For information on benefits, equal opportunity employment, and location-specific applicant notices, click here At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's starting pay is: $45.00/hr.