ThoughtWorks Studios is now hiring two user experience designers to work in its San Francisco, CA office.
WHO WE ARE ThoughtWorks Studios is the product division of ThoughtWorks, a global IT consulting firm, with over 1000 employees working from 14 offices worldwide. ThoughtWorks Studios was created in 2006 with the aim of building world-class practitioner-centric software development tools. Check us out at http://studios.thoughtworks.com. SENIOR USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER Job Responsibilities: Interact with the customers, product managers and in-house stakeholders to conduct Design Research (contextual inquiry, interviews, exploratory sketching, card sorting, etc) and effectively translate it into actionable design artifacts Provide interaction design concepts for complex UI-intensive applications: analysis of workflow, creation of Lo/Hi-Fi wireframes and functional prototypes Assist other UX designers in creating compelling, effective and attractive visual design for both content-driven web sites and applications Translate mockups into HTML templates or pair with programmers to integrate design into other mediums Manage workflow and deliverables for the UX design team Qualifications: 5+ years experience of in-depth user experience design 2+ years experience managing design teams Degree in industrial design, graphic design, interactive design, computer science, digital arts, or related discipline Solid understanding of several User Experience disciplines (IA, IxD, Research, Strategy, Visual Design) Highly creative individual with diverse rich skill-set and interests Strong attention to detail Excellent visual design skills (typography, aesthetics, layout, color, etc). Comfortable with graphic design tools such as Fireworks, Photoshop and/or Illustrator Understanding of HTML/CSS and javascript is a must (although implementation will not be a core responsibility) Experience in Agile environments a big plus, willing to work in an Agile fashion a must Excellent communication and presentation skills USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER Job Responsibilities: Collaborate with Product Managers, clients and developers to provide design work in an iterative approach based on business priorities Provide interaction design concepts for complex UI-intensive applications: analysis of workflow, creation of Lo/Hi-Fi wireframes and functional prototypes Create compelling, effective and attractive visual design for both content-driven web sites and applications Translate mockups into HTML templates or pair with programmers to integrate design into other mediums Reports to Senior User Experience Designer Qualifications: 2+ years experience of in-depth user experience design Degree in industrial design, graphic design, interaction design, digital arts, or related discipline Solid understanding of several User Experience disciplines (IA, IxD, Research, Strategy, Visual Design) with experience in at least one of those disciplines Highly creative individual with diverse rich skill-set and interests Strong Attention to detail Excellent visual design skills (typography, aesthetics, layout, color, etc). Comfortable with graphic design tools such as Fireworks, Photoshop and/or Illustrator Ability to hand-code cross-browser compatible and valid HTML/CSS. Knowledge of any javascript framework is a plus Experience in Agile environments a big plus, willing to work in an Agile fashion a must Excellent communication and presentation skills
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