[Sigia-l] JOB: Sr. ID for Launch

[Christina Wodtke]

do not reply to me.


We're looking to hire a senior interaction designer for the Launch office,
in Santa Monica.  Please contact Nina Ristani (nristani at yahoo-inc.com) if
you or someone you know is interested.

Company:       Yahoo! Inc.
URL:      http://www.yahoo.com
Location:       Santa Monica, CA
Position Title: Senior Interaction Designer
Duration:       Full Time

Description:
Yahoo! is looking for a Senior Interaction Designer to join the User
Experience & Design group for LAUNCH, the Yahoo! music business unit.  This
team's charter is to define and design the user experience for LAUNCH's
various music services.  You will be responsible for the User Experience for
LAUNCH and will provide direction to improve the web and software
experience, usability, and functionality.  In this position you are expected
to foster and support a collaborative, innovative culture, working closely
with visual designers, product managers, and technologists to define the
experience strategy, spearhead the value of user centered design and the
conceptual design of these services to achieve maximum user experience
results.  This is an individual contributor position with potential to build
and manage a team.

Primary responsibilities include:
- Applying user-centered experience design practice by giving direction to
and leading product design and user research for the LAUNCH site and
PC-based applications, resulting in high quality user experiences
-Identifying requirements that balance consumer needs, business objectives
and technology limitations
- Set conceptual design and product direction based on field research and
functional requirements
- Design the user interaction model, workflow, information architecture and
user interface
- Create prototypes in HTML
- Work with usability researchers to design and observe usability studies
- Translate usability research findings into design improvements
- Work with visual designers to improve and refine product visual design and
consistency
- Communicate with all levels of management and across multidisciplinary
teams throughout all phases of projects


Education and experience:
- At least 6 years experience in product design, interaction design, Human
Factors, HCI, industrial design, or related area
- At least 4 years experience leading a large design effort with other
designers and/or managing a design team for a site and/or PC application
- Must have strong management skills
- Must have experience in the launch of shipping products for both consumer
software applications and/or web applications (Windows UI)
- Must be able to demonstrate strong design process and skills; familiarity
with usability engineering methodologies
- Must communicate clearly and effectively; strong analytical and oral
communication skills; excellent interpersonal skills; able to collaborate
actively with others in a cross-functional team
- Must be organized and able to work in a fast-paced and exciting
environment
- Must have solid understanding of Web site design, and working familiarity
with HTML


contact:  Nina Ristani at nristani at yahoo-inc.com


Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
ADVERTISEMENT






Yahoo! Groups Links

To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/us-ued/

To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
us-ued-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.