Visual and Interaction Designer (Junior- or Mid-level) http://www.choicevendor.com/about/jobs/?job=ux01
As a visual and interaction designer, you will be responsible for producing page- and flow-level interaction and graphic designs for all parts of the ChoiceVendor website. You will be responsible for the layout of pages, type, and other graphical elements. You will own the visual look and feel of the site, subject to the constraints imposed by branding guidelines and usability requirements. Depending on your qualifications and background, you may work on information architecture of the site, proposing and producing overall site navigation and organization. This position is appropriate for a Junior- to Mid-level candidate, and we will adjust responsibilities according to your level of expertise. You will report to the Director of UE, who you will work with to determine pageflows, page elements, graphical elements, and other parts of our UI. Core responsibilities: - Own the visual design: You should be a proficient to excellent graphic designer. We do not have a high-graphics site, but you’ll need to know typography, visual hierarchies, color theory, basic graphic production, etc. - Own the UI of the ChoiceVendor website, admin tools, and helpcenter: You’re in charge of getting the UI needs met, based on product requirements, business goals, usability tests, and guidance from the UE Director. - Produce production-quality interaction and graphic design mockups and specifications using an appropriate medium: HTML, Photoshop / Fireworks, OmniGraffle, Visio, etc. - Produce early and experimental prototypes to explore new feature ideas with the UE director, CEO, and engineering team. - Work with engineering to anticipate corner cases, error cases, etc., and provide designs for those cases. - Watch all usability studies and proactively provide design corrections where needed. Additional responsibilities: - Help maintain or own a style guide and interaction guide. - Provide designs for emails, advertisements, and other marketing materials. Requirements: - A graduate or undergraduate degree in interaction design or HCI, OR a degree in a related field (such as graphic design with interactive coursework, cognitive psychology, etc.). - Passion for creating great user experience. You must be user-centered in your approach to designing interfaces. - Have a deep understanding of how human beings use technologies, and of current best practices for designing usable web applications. - Interest in business software and applications, and a cogent understanding of how business software can be similar to and different from consumer applications. - You have a grip on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — you know what’s possible and what isn’t, and you generally get how it works. - 1 – 3 years of experience preferred; however, we will accept recent graduates with a directly relevant degree (HCI or interaction design). What we’ll expect to see: - *Your portfolio* of previous design work. This should be in digital format: your website, a PDF, or an email with links to sites you’ve designed. We will request this before scheduling an initial phone interview. We are happy to sign an NDA if some of your portfolio work is not publicly available. Note that we are much more interested in learning about your process and how you work than the ultimate outcome of any particular website or project. - Your current *resume*. - Your solution to a* design problem* we’ll give you. The design problem is intended to take a couple of hours of your time and lets us see how you work through problems. This happens prior to onsite interviews, but after an initial phone interview. - *References* — although we’ll only check these a ways into the process. The position is based at our headquarters in downtown San Francisco, California. Compensation will be commensurate with experience and all other startup goodies apply, including a robust benefits package. *Apply for this position*<j...@choicevendor?subject=visual%20and%20interaction%20designer%20[ux01]> Software Engineer As a Software Engineer, you’ll create robust, high-quality web applications with a strong emphasis on building scalable, server-side components to meet the needs of our customers. You’re well-rounded and experienced in the full application development lifecycle, and you’re capable of designing, implementing and delivering major functionality. You are also comfortable deploying and maintaining production systems. Above all, you are self-motivated, self-directed and have a keen intuition into what it takes to design and build a successful product. Responsibilities: - Design, build and manage a web application for small business users - Influence product design and featureset of the web application - Implement business-critical internal applications Requirements: - BA or BS degree in computer science or a related technical degree (MS degree a plus) - Strong fundamental background in computer science - At least 2 years of industry experience in some web development framework(s) [e.g., Python, Ruby on Rails, etc.] - 5+ years of industry experience - Experience in database schema design, SQL and object relational mapping - Working knowledge of Internet protocols, networks, HTML, TCP/IP, JavaScript, CSS, and shell scripting - Experience in an early-stage startup or other rapid-application-development environments preferred - Significant development experience in a Linux environment a plus What we’ll ask to see: - A current resume. - Code samples, if possible. If you’ve worked on open source projects, send us a URL; if you can email us samples from other work that you’ve done, or have an online portfolio, that’s great too. - References. We’ll only check these a ways into the process, but have ‘em ready. *Apply for this position*<j...@choicevendor?subject=software%20engineer%20[eng01]> Software Engineer: UI / Web Development As an engineer in charge of building our web-based UI, you will help build and manage a web application for small business users. In particular, you will specialize in building responsive and elegant web UIs with AJAX and related technologies, working with our user experience lead and our backend engineers. Depending on your other areas of expertise, you may also work on the front end; design of the UI; or other related areas. Requirements: - BA or BS degree in computer science or a related technical degree - Self-motivated, self-directed and having a keen intuition into what it takes to design and build a successful product - Expert HTML, JavaScript, and CSS Skills (5+ years preferred) - An ability to build graceful user experiences with modern AJAX / DOM techniques - Significant experience designing modular, object-oriented JavaScript - Experience with some web development framework(s) [e.g., Python, Ruby on Rails, etc.] Pluses: - Have built a user-facing website from the ground up (frontend to backend) - Experience writing Python application code - Working knowledge of scalable systems architecture, database schema design, SQL and object relational mapping - Experience in an early-stage startup or other rapid-application-development environments preferred - HCI knowledge a plus What we’ll ask to see: - A current resume. - Sites that you’ve built that are currently online. Other code samples will work too, and/or a portfolio. - References. We’ll only check these a ways into the process, but have ‘em ready. *Apply for this position*<j...@choicevendor?subject=software%20engineer%20ui%20webdev%20[eng02]> About ChoiceVendor, Inc. ChoiceVendor: Discover, manage, and select the best service providers for your business. www.choicevendor.com ChoiceVendor is a San Francisco, California-based software startup. We’re building a web-based service for businesses, primarily focused on vendor selection and management. Our goal is to provide our customers — primarily small and medium businesses — with information and tools that will help them run their business more cost-effectively and efficiently. We are committed to building elegant, high-quality software, bringing to businesses the product and user experience innovation currently only found in best-of-breed consumer-facing applications (business users are people too!) Our business is built on a very solid financial plan and we are backed by a top-tier Silicon Valley venture firm. The team is composed of veterans from Microsoft, Google, and several successful startups. -------------- Ellen Beldner User Experience Director ChoiceVendor Inc. www.choicevendor.com ________________________________________________________________ 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
