We are looking for a user experience designer with very strong skills in information, visual, and interaction design with a primary focus on consumer mobile applications.
The company: Siri, Inc. is building a virtual personal assistant that will launch later this summer. With deep experience in artificial intelligence and mobile technologies, we're a top-notch team building a fun, innovative product. Based in San Jose, Siri is well funded and backed by SRI, Menlo Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures. And although we're still pre-beta, Siri is already making a splash: in the past few months, Siri was chosen as one of the top emerging technologies by the MIT Technology Review, was a premier demo at Walt Mossberg's "All Things D" conference, and has been mentioned in the New York Times. The role: We're looking to complement our small but very talented user experience design team with a highly competent and original designer who will help us define, design, and implement the appearance and behavior of our innovative mobile product. The designer will help us create an extensible visual design language that's adaptable to multiple platforms, solve challenging information design problems, and bring visual and interactive sophistication to all of our products.The successful candidate will play a key role in an exceptional and expanding design team. You should be able to demonstrate experience and skill in the following: Visual interaction design: detailed UI element design, UI component specification, look & feel / theme development Information design: ability to organize and present voluminous information legibly on small form factor devices Ability to work at both conceptual and detailed aspects of user experience design Prototyping: from storyboards, wireframes, and visual comps to interactive, testable mockups Creating materials and guides for usability testing Graphic design, typography, and illustration for content Integrating branding and user interface Developing design standards and guidelines Competence in web/app standards such as HTML, XML, CSS, etc. Familiarity with web/app languages and frameworks such as JavaScript, WebKit, JSON, etc. Demonstrable previous experience with consumer mobile applications, preferably on a variety of platforms Ability to work closely and effectively with software developers We're in downtown San Jose, a few blocks from the CalTrain/Amtrak station (easy access from SF and the East Bay). If you're interested, please email [email protected] with a URL to a portfolio & resume. We'll be in touch.
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