[Sigia-l] [JOB] Interaction Designer - Seattle, WA

[heidi adkisson]

Blink Interactive is a Seattle-based user experience consulting firm
dedicated to helping its clients achieve business goals through a
user-centered design approach. While we have a central core
user-centered process, a key element of our philosophy is working
flexibly with clients to meet each project's business objectives.

As a consultant for Blink, you'll work primarily one-on-one with
clients with plenty of support and feedback from your colleagues. An
important part of the value we offer to clients is our collective
expertise: for this reason you'll work out of our downtown office
rather than on-site at the client's location.

Blink offers tremendous opportunity for professional growth through
stimulating, challenging projects. We offer a creative working
environment where people can pursue their passion for design and at
the same time help clients be more successful. As a small
organization, we can also offer flexible paths for professional growth
and involvement in the user experience field.

Blink carefully selects its consulting engagements to ensure they are
a good fit with its capabilities and goals. This approach goes
hand-in-hand with our emphasis on high-quality work for every client
project. At Blink, you'll have the opportunity to work with others
that share and deliver on this high-quality commitment.

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We are currently seeking a Interaction Designer who will take
leadership in design-focused client engagements. The ideal candidate
will have previous consulting experience with a track record of
delivering compelling solutions on-time and on-budget. Because our
work is focused on web-based and client-based software applications,
the position requires deep experience with interaction design. Your
portfolio should reflect extensive experience wireframing and
documenting screen-level interactions.

Job Responsibilities:

- Evaluating client's functional and business requirements.

- Conducting primary and secondary research to evaluate user needs.

- Performing usability inspections of existing system and conducting
competitive research.

- Developing information architecture, system vocabulary, task flows,
navigation systems, and detailed wireframe layouts.

- Documenting screen-level interactions.

- Presenting and justifying designs to clients.

- Developing paper prototypes for early user testing.

- Creating project-specific user experience guidelines that assist
clients in making future design decisions.

- Working with content writers, visual designers, and software
developers to ensure a smooth transition of the user-centered design
into development.

Job Qualifications

- At least 3 years experience in complex web application interaction design.

- Education in user-centered design (UCD) or ability to display a
formal understanding of UCD theory and practice.

- Experience designing and conducting usability studies.

- Ability to blend both user goals and business goals in creating an
effective interactive experience.

- Working knowledge of browser-based technology
constraints/capabilities (e.g. HTML, JavaScript, Flash).

- Experience with a range of software development practices, including
agile and use-case based methods.

- Superlative oral and written communication skills.

- Experience working directly with clients in a consulting role,
including leading client meetings.

If you are interested in joining our team, please send your resume to:
careers at blinkinteractive.com

Resumes must include URLs to current work that demonstrates
proficiency in interaction design for software applications (rich
Internet applications and/or desktop applications).