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Senior UI Designer, eBay
Oct 19 04
Source: CHI-Jobs
Company: eBay
Location: San Jose, CA
Position Title: Senior UI Designer
Duration: Full Time
eBay seeks a Senior UI Designer with a successful track record of web UI design and leadership experience.
Job Description
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior UI Designer to join eBay's User Experience & Design team You will:
* Create world-class designs that benefit eBay's 105 million users.
* Enable eBay buyers to find just the item they want out of the over 1 billion items available per year.
* Enable eBay sellers to run their business successfully and effectively. (In the US alone, over 400,000 people make their living selling on eBay.) Specific responsibilities include:
* Defining long-term user experience strategies.
* Presenting new product ideas and strategies to the exec staff.
* Presenting designs in progress to the exec staff and user community.
* Leading the design team to explore design options.
* Creating and applying design frameworks that consider the entire eBay site and user experience.
* Setting the design direction for your projects.
* Writing product specifications (IA, work flow, page functionality and layout, etc.), which engineering uses to build the product.
* Working with engineering to ensure the product is built according to spec.
* Working with Product Manager to evaluate product success and next steps.
* Mentoring and guiding more junior designers.
* Identifying and leading process improvements that make the UI Design group more efficient and effective.
* Contributing to a culture of innovation and teamwork with measurable positive results.
* Representing eBay in the broader design community through conferences talks, papers, networking, etc.
Qualifications:
* At least 7 years of professional design experience.
* Bachelor's or higher degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, or related field.
* Strong leadership skills.
* Excellent understanding of user experience design for the Web, demonstrable design skills, and ability to show relevant work.
Experience launching products for consumer web sites.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in small and large groups, to all levels of the organization, as well as outside of the organization.
* Proven ability to work and coordinate with multiple groups, including business owners, product managers, creative designers, usability engineers, software developers, and senior executives.
Contact Information:
Please send your resume to marchule@ebay.com and ui.jobs@ebay.com