User Experience Designer Permanent position, Lime Wire LLC, NYC
Lime Wire LLC, maker of the famous P2P file-sharing program, seeks a USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER for its flagship product, LimeWire. The role of a user experience designer is to follow a user-centered design process, understanding real users - their goals, aptitudes, experiences, needs, and motivations. You will approach design from a user-perspective and balance users' needs alongside business goals and technical capabilities. The ideal candidate will have experience conducting user research, extracting requirements, designing an interaction framework, iterating on your framework, and presenting your ideas to development and management. You will be working closely with product managers, software developers and web designers to determine necessary features and drive the design of products. Responsibilities: . Working across product, development, and design teams . Designing the layout and sequencing for a clear narrative . Developing functional specifications . Advocating for user needs . Observing and measuring user behavior . Developing creative interaction design idioms that are easy to learn Requirements: . Experience developing innovative visual and temporal vocabularies of action . Experience designing online systems using user/task/goal/functional analyses, story boards, paper prototyping, user testing, and an iterative design model . Practical knowledge of user research methods, including lab-based usability studies, field studies, and usability inspections (heuristic evaluations or cognitive walkthroughs) . Excellent analytical ability, especially with regard to observation of user behavior . Self-motivated, critical thinker with strong technical background . Curiosity, imagination, intuition . Excellent communication and teamwork skills . Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Human Factors, Computer Science, or related field, or 3 years experience directly in UxD To apply: Please submit your resume and any work samples to: [email protected]. About Lime Wire Lime Wire LLC is the maker of the most popular file-sharing software in the world. Lime Wire prides itself on its great products, one of the most engaged user bases in the world, and an incredible team of talent. Since launching the LimeWire application in 2000, we have continuously sought ways to empower our users. Recently, we have been busy with the launch of the LimeWire Store and creating more ways for Lime Wire's peer-to-peer community to connect. Still, we are determined to do much more and seek gifted and inspired people to join our team. We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and great perks including 5 weeks of vacation per year, free lunches, snacks and drinks, tickets to cultural and athletic events, company-sponsored outings, fabulous rooftop parties, and coworkers who are also great friends. Located in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, we foster a happy, healthy work environment where a free exchange of ideas is encouraged. Ideal candidates thrive in our do-it-yourself, entrepreneurial atmosphere. Interested in Lime Wire? We look forward to hearing from you. Thanks, Kelsey Aahl HR & Recruiting Coordinator Lime Wire LLC <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] P: 212.775.3007 F: 917.237.7088 *Please note that my phone number has changed and Lime Wire has moved office locations. We're now located at 45 Howard Street, New York, NY 10013-2515. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
