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Senior Visual Designer (Req#: 52954), Intuit
Nov 09 04
Source: Direct Submission
Reply to: nancy_falkenburg@intuit.com
Company: Intuit
Location: Mountain View, CA
Position Title: Senior Visual Designer (Req#: 52954)
Duration: Full-time
About the Company:
Intuit Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including QuickBooks(r), Quicken(r) and TurboTax(r) software, simplify small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing.
Intuit isn't just another place to work. It's a company made up of smart, motivated people with a passion for what they do. We take pride in our dedication to the customers who use our products and services every day. Intuit offers some of the best rewards in the industry. We don't think you'll find another employer more dedicated to its employees' success.
Job Description:
Intuit is looking for a talented, motivated Senior User Interface Designer to help shape the User Interface for Quicken and Quicken.com. This designer will work with product management and the product development team to design and build innovative, industry-leading interface designs. They will work with Usability specialists and other team members to research and analyze target audience for products and develop creative design solutions. This designer will drive the interaction design process from product/feature conceptualization through implementation and usability review. The ideal candidate will be passionate about the end-user experience, the technology behind Quicken and Quicken.com, and will be able to work on both simple and challenging design problems.
Responsibilities:
* Driving interaction designs from conceptualization through prototyping
to implementation.
* Developing high level, and/or detailed storyboards, mockups and
prototypes to effectively communicate designs and validate usability
studies.
* Assist product management in authoring functional user requirements
documents for the interfaces.
* Develop product conceptual models from functional specifications,
marketing requirements, and various types of user analysis.
* Conceive, set, and implement user interface guidelines and standards.
* Help drive the user-centered design process.
* Prioritize design tasks and deliver projects on time.
Qualifications:
Candidates should be able to:
* Apply market research, usability data, software technology and human
factors to UI design processes and solutions.
* Work comfortably in a multi-discipline team to deliver designs that
meet customer needs, product goals, and schedules.
* Participate in design review sessions with project team members.
Required:
* Strong communication skills.
* In depth knowledge of User Interface Design principals, Human Factors,
User Centered Design Processes, Interaction Design guidelines,
Usability Methodologies, industry standards and trends, platform standards,
and software development process.
* Proficiency with various design tools (Adobe PhotoShop and Illustrator,
web prototyping/design
* Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Industrial
Design, or related field, or equivalent experience.
* 5-7 years of direct UI design experience.
* Demonstrated experience in designing usable interfaces for large, complex
systems.
* Able to work on multiple projects.
* Graphic design skills including screen layout, icon development and other
visual design elements a plus.
* This designer should be an innovative, creative problem solver with an
eye for detail and accuracy. They must possess portfolio of original
user interface design work.
Contact Information:
Please reply to nancy_falkenburg@intuit.com