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Lead UX Designer - XNA Job
Date: Mar 5, 2010
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job Category: Software Engineering: User Experience
Location: United States, WA, Redmond
Job ID: 702510 8920
Product: XNA
Division: Entertainment & Devices Division
The XNA Publishing Platform team is looking for a Lead User Experience Designers who will research, architect, and design interactive experiences for web, software and device-based interfaces.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about creating experiences that delight end-users and drive business goals: someone who shares the belief that designing great user experiences is as much about evoking an emotional response as it is about providing users with a means to an end.
Creative
• Responsible for the developing of underlying content and functional architecture, navigation systems, interface elements, information designs, and screen layouts for web sites and other interactive applications.
• Able to explore and document design decisions in a variety of modes, from high-level sketches to flow diagrams to detailed wireframes.
• Proficiency with graphing applications, HTML, interactive prototyping tools.
• Generate and maintain detailed design specifications
• Develop new and effective design solutions on time and in scope
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver on new business initiatives and platform enhancements
• Develop methodologies, standards and best practices for the group
• Manage external resources consisting of contractors, design firms and vendor agencies
• Document content structure, page templates, and interfaces
• Track and analyze customer site behavior/feedback
• Requirements gathering, documenting and tracking
• Process and task flow modeling
• Concept generation and modeling
Management
• Provide leadership throughout project lifecycle.
• Help manage day-to-day operations, including setting priorities, assigning resources and ensuring project goals are achieved.
• Oversee simultaneous projects from inception to completion, reviewing project plans, designs and deliverables.
• Identify and implement process improvements to meet project and team needs.
• Participate in the creative role of new business pitches, proposal development and project initiation.
• Work closely with partner teams through a consultative, participatory approach.
• Establish and nurture good partner working relationships.
• Oversee the creative output of the UX team.
• Monitor and drive the team to utilize the best and latest methods
• Promote a culture of innovation and teamwork.
Qualifications
• At least 5 years professional UX design experience.
• College or University Graduate in a related discipline (interaction or information design, HCI, visual design, etc.)
• Strong knowledge and experience in Information Architecture.
• Ability to perform visual design a bonus
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Proven ability to mentor and develop skills in all levels of designers.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in small and large groups at all levels of an organization.
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Location: United States, WA, Redmond
Job ID: 702510 8920
Product: XNA
Division: Entertainment & Devices Division
The XNA Publishing Platform team is looking for a Lead User Experience Designers who will research, architect, and design interactive experiences for web, software and device-based interfaces.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about creating experiences that delight end-users and drive business goals: someone who shares the belief that designing great user experiences is as much about evoking an emotional response as it is about providing users with a means to an end.
Creative
• Responsible for the developing of underlying content and functional architecture, navigation systems, interface elements, information designs, and screen layouts for web sites and other interactive applications.
• Able to explore and document design decisions in a variety of modes, from high-level sketches to flow diagrams to detailed wireframes.
• Proficiency with graphing applications, HTML, interactive prototyping tools.
• Generate and maintain detailed design specifications
• Develop new and effective design solutions on time and in scope
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver on new business initiatives and platform enhancements
• Develop methodologies, standards and best practices for the group
• Manage external resources consisting of contractors, design firms and vendor agencies
• Document content structure, page templates, and interfaces
• Track and analyze customer site behavior/feedback
• Requirements gathering, documenting and tracking
• Process and task flow modeling
• Concept generation and modeling
Management
• Provide leadership throughout project lifecycle.
• Help manage day-to-day operations, including setting priorities, assigning resources and ensuring project goals are achieved.
• Oversee simultaneous projects from inception to completion, reviewing project plans, designs and deliverables.
• Identify and implement process improvements to meet project and team needs.
• Participate in the creative role of new business pitches, proposal development and project initiation.
• Work closely with partner teams through a consultative, participatory approach.
• Establish and nurture good partner working relationships.
• Oversee the creative output of the UX team.
• Monitor and drive the team to utilize the best and latest methods
• Promote a culture of innovation and teamwork.
Qualifications
• At least 5 years professional UX design experience.
• College or University Graduate in a related discipline (interaction or information design, HCI, visual design, etc.)
• Strong knowledge and experience in Information Architecture.
• Ability to perform visual design a bonus
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Proven ability to mentor and develop skills in all levels of designers.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in small and large groups at all levels of an organization.
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