We are a rapidly growing Internet telephony company and technology innovator. In the B2B arena, the Company has developed and launched unique, robust, and proprietary Wholesale and White Label IP service offerings for Carriers and Enterprises with a robust selection of end user features. On the consumer front, the company offers a universal communications solution which allows consumers to integrate all their communications, such as, calling, texting, IM, social networking and more.
Responsibilities:
The UI/UX Designer has primary responsibility for evaluating user interfaces (for desktop, mobile, and web applications), performing system analysis, producing design comps, templates, style sheets, creating mockups, and creating dynamic web pages as well as graphics for applications. The ideal candidate will have strong web design experience. In addition the ideal candidate will have experience following and enhancing human interface guidelines to optimize user experience and general product ease of use.
The ideal candidate will also possess a portfolio of web sites and graphic design work demonstrating their experience in building “Best of Breed” web 2.0 interfaces, as well as, a terrific work ethic.
Requirements:
- Experience with, and understanding of, the Human Interface Guidelines set forth by both Apple and Microsoft
- Create GUIs for Windows and Mac desktop software, and mobile applications for various mobile OSS
- Create mock-up and final User Interface Screens, visual assets including iconography, color palettes font styles, and other graphical elements..
- Direct look and feel of all graphic design including branding and execution of web, print and other marketing expressions
- Hands on development of creative design, wireframing, information architecture and front-end coding.
- Meets Works well with a cross-functional team of IT technical and business professionals in conducting functional requirements analysis, documenting user requirements, and developing detailed functional specifications.
- Responsible for performing system gap analysis to assist in the development of technical specifications.
- Create detailed use case and test case materials for quality assurance.
- Identifies, gathers, develops and manages diverse content (project assets like images, textual manuscripts, audio, video, scripting) along with technical requirements and site architecture diagrams, to produce accessible, standards-compliant web sites on schedule and budget.
- Uses both a WYSIWYG editor and hand-coding HTML to develop web templates and pages.
- Documents and otherwise ensures knowledge transfer of all creative web solutions.
Ideal Candidate will possess the following basic qualifications:
- BA/BS in graphic design, digital design, fine arts, human-computer interaction, computer science or related field.
- 5+ years professional visual design experience, focused on UI design for websites (intranets, extranets and public), custom desktop or multimedia applications required
- 5+ years building professional complex work-flow based commercial applications for a web company or interactive agency.
- 3+ years producing table-less, XHTML, standards compliant cross-browser, and gracefully degrading web user interfaces.
- Superior knowledge of user interface design process and methodology as applied to web-based applications
- Demonstrated expertise current web-design trends and techniques, a strong online portfolio displaying user-centered design.
- Advanced knowledge of XHTML, JavaScript, dynamic HTML, CSS, DOM AJAX and as well as of digital imaging and illustration.
- Demonstrated experience with cross-browser and cross-platform issues (IE, Firefox, Safari, etc.)
- Understanding of WYSIWYG editors or blogging tools.
- Knowledge of best practices in the fields of information architecture, user experience and interaction design.
- Strong analytical ability and critical thinking.
- Must be able to adapt quickly to new technologies.
- Experience designing web applications that have been successfully deployed for major Enterprise customer(s).
- Proficient in advanced web development technologies - AJAX, DOM scripting, XSLT, and Flash
- Experience designing and/or developing mobile applications for iPhone, Blackberry.
- Experience designing and/or developing 3rd party social network applications.
- Location: Sorrento Valley
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