[Sigia-l] JOB: Sr. User Experience Designer - IntraLinks - New York, NY (USA) - fulltime

[Dave]

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT:
 
Position:  Sr. User Experience Designer
 
Location: Midtown, New York, NY
Will relocate for right candidate
 
We are looking for someone to join our growing Product Design group as
a sr. user experience designer. Responsibilities include producing
innovative, visually appealing human interface designs; creating
design prototypes; working with developers to make designs a reality.
We need someone who can work independently, engage team members,
communicate ideas, create prototypes, and finally work with team
members throughout the release cycle of the product. This position
reports to the Principal Designer.
 
Day-to-Day Activities:
* Generate designs based on common sets of HCI, graphic design,
interface design and other relevant theories
* Create prototypes at different levels of fidelity: paper, wireframe,
interactive HTML, and Flash
* Present ideas and concepts to x-functional teams and incorporate
feedback accordingly
* Create visual elements such as icons, borders, custom widgets,
window treatments, and graphical layouts
* Collaborate with Product Design team to develop concepts of key
additions and edits for the product
* Communicate designs to business specialists and marketing team
members for validation and buy-in.
* Communicate designs to development and provide definition and
direction during implementation
* Communicate designs to quality control and provide clarifications
during the testing phase
* Work with Principal Designer and Product Design team to evolve
internal design process and standards.
* This job requires 10% travel
 
Qualifications & Requirements:

Must Have:
* minimum 5 years experience in application interaction design (UI
Design, Product Design); solid experience with both web applications
(not web sites) and desktop applications
* Education in design, HCI, usability or ability to display formal
understanding of design and HCI theory and practice
* Ability to create graphical elements: icons, widgets, windowing and
boarders, data layout
* Understand in-house product design lifecycle
* Good communication skills: written and verbal
* Knowledge of browser-based and desktop technologies (HTML, Java, Flash, .NET)
* Prototyping skills using DHTML, Dream Weaver, Flash, or similar 

Preferred:
* Experience with developing and running usability testing
* Experience with field research (goal-directed method by Cooper is preferred).
* Should demonstrate ability to use design processes for problem
definition and solution creation while working individually and with a
group

 
 
Please submit your resume with a portfolio web site via http://tinyurl.com/bjotv
Candidates are strongly encouraged to have an online portfolio for
best consideration.
 
This position is located in New York, NY. Please have proper permits
to work in the United States. IntraLinks, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.
 
About Intralinks, Inc.
 
IntraLinks (http://www.intralinks.com), the leading provider of
digital workspaces, connects business communities and accelerates the
intelligent flow of information and documents among participants.
Through IntraLinks' secure, neutral, online environments, companies
are better able to compete globally by accelerating essential business
processes, simplifying communication and fostering rapid workflow.
IntraLinks is easily accessible anywhere, anytime using a web browser.
 
Since April 1997, more than 150,000 participants representing over
13,000 companies worldwide have used IntraLinks digital workspaces to
communicate and collaborate on more than 20,000 projects and
transactions. IntraLinks has been rapidly adopted by the financial
services and pharmaceutical markets. Over 250 global companies are
IntraLinks clients, including AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bank of
America, Bank One, Bear Stearns, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort
Wasserstein, Ernst & Young, FDIC, JPMorgan Chase, TD Securities,
Thomas Weisel Partners and WestLB. Founded in June 1996, IntraLinks is
headquartered in New York with offices in Boston and London.