[Sigia-l] Job: Interaction Designer - Yahoo! Groups - Sunnyvale, CA

[Philippe Piernot]

Position: Interaction Designer, Yahoo! Groups

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

 

 

How Big Can You Think?

 

Yahoo! User Experience Design is looking for a bright, motivated
interaction designer to join the Yahoo! Groups team. Yahoo! Groups
empowers group leaders to grow, customize, and participate in global
online communities. As an interaction designer you will collaborate with
product management, engineering, marketing, user research and visual
design to produce innovative designs that best meet customer needs.

 

 

Responsibilities Include:

 

* Setting product direction and UI requirements based on business, user
and brand needs

* Collaborating with product managers, engineers and research
specialists to define the user experience

* Designing user interaction models, workflows and user interfaces

* Working hand in hand with visual designers, web developers and
engineers to deliver the final product

* Pushing the boundaries of what's possible to create better experiences
for our users

 

 

Minimum Job Qualifications:

 

* 5+ years of experience as a key member of a UI team through the
product development cycle of several successfully launched web, mobile
and/or software applications

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in HCI, product design, human
factors/ergonomics or related field

* Although a business degree is not required, the candidate must have a
strong affinity with business and user metrics

 

 

Preferred Job Qualifications:

 

* Experience building pages using HTML, DHTML, CSS, Javascript etc.

* Ability to prototype in Flash, Director or other dynamic prototyping
tools

* Past experience working in an Agile/SCRUM environment

 

 

Please respond to piernot at yahoo-inc.com with a resume and portfolio
links if available.

 

 

Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to
search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com