Company Name:
Category:
Software Engineering
Status:
Full-Time
Contact Email:
resume-champaign@yahoo-inc.com (please put 'designer' on subject line
Description:
Are you passionate about creating simple user experiences for complex domains?
Come join the Yahoo! Ads and Data design team.
Your Responsibilities:
- Leading the definition of great UX throughout the product lifecycle, from initial explorations to final deliverables
- Ensuring high standards of usability, consistency and clarity in design
- Developing and presenting your design ideas
- Using data to inform design and working with research partners to understand and interpret user feedback
- Working within an established Design Language (but also be proactive about identifying opportunities to expand the design language / pattern library)
Our Requirements:
- 5+ years working in a fast-paced environment in complex domains
- MS/BA/BS in HCI or related field
- Solid understanding of UX design principles
- Knowledge of core design tools and familiarity with current Web technologies and Web application UI paradigms
- Expert JS, CSS and HTML presentation layer development skills a HUGE plus
- Killer visual and interactive design skills in an Adobe friendly environment
- Strong, clean visual design sense
- Mad wire framing skills! (Graph paper provided)
- The ability to understand client goals/objectives and make recommendations to design/transform the web site to meet them.
- Must be self-motivated. Independently manage time, prioritize, manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
- Excellent analytic ability and effective problem solving skills
- A talent for diplomatic discussion: the ability to listen, convince and collaborate in a cross-functional environment
- Online design portfolio demonstrating a strong, clean design sense