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Senior ID Job, Yahoo!
Mar 16 04
Source: CHI-Jobs
Description:
Unique opportunity for an experienced Interaction Designer with a passion for creating compelling and satisfying user experiences to join the Yahoo!
Search User Experience Design team. The Interaction Designer will lead design efforts on a variety of projects in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. You will work closely with product managers, engineers, other designers, web developers and usability researchers to envision and develop next-generation web search experiences and to improve existing ones.
Primary responsibilities include:
* Identifying requirements and facilitating the development of conceptual design and product direction based on field research and functional requirements.
* Working closely with product managers and developers to define and design the user experience.
* Designing the user interaction model, workflow and information architecture
* Helping create interactive prototypes for user and market research
* Working with usability researchers to design and observe usability studies, translating usability research findings into design improvements
* Working with visual designers to improve and refine product design and consistency
Education and experience:
* Degree in Human Factors, HCI, industrial design, or related area and/or
4 years experience in a product development organization or large website.
* Must have solid understanding of Web site design, and working familiarity with HTML.
* Experience with shipping products a must.
* Must be able to demonstrate strong interaction design process and skills.
* Familiarity with usability engineering methodologies.
* Must communicate clearly and effectively.
* Strong analytical and oral communication skills.
* Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
* Able to collaborate actively with others in a cross-functional team.
* Must be organized, able to act independently, and able to switch rapidly between different projects in a fast-paced and exciting environment.
* Must be able to develop new approaches to complex design problems and to meet aggressive deadlines.
* Must have an eye for detail and be able to put ideas into a tangible form.
* Knowledge of search technologies and information retrieval systems strongly desired.
Position is in Sunnyvale, CA. Contact George Olsen, george.olsen at pobox.com if interested.