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User Interface Designer, Intuit
Nov 09 04
Source: Direct Submission
Company: Intuit
Location: Mountain View, CA
Position Title: User Interface Designer
Duration: Full Time
Reply to: nancy_falkenburg@intuit.com
About the Company:
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 - developing, marketing and supporting products and services that transform the way people and small businesses around the world manage their finances. 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.
Intuit is committed to creating elegant, appealing, and extensible designs through user-centered design practices. These practices include gathering user needs, setting standards for design development, serving as user advocates on development teams, and performing usability testing for effective design iteration.
Responsibilities:
* Provide software application interface designs and/or design
consulting on product teams from concept development through
delivery.
* Define and design new products in new markets as well as
incremental re-work of current desktop and Internet-based
products.
* Aid in concept development through focus groups, user interviews,
surveys and observational studies.
* Work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team, including
members of the Engineering, Marketing, Product Support, QA, and
Documentation teams.
* Manage the design process, drive decisions, create schedules,
track issues.
* Deliver prototypes, mock-ups, and design specifications for your
designs.
* Perform design reviews and usability testing during various phases
of the product development to evaluate and iterate the designs.
* Collaborate with designers and product developers to maintain
consistent look and feel across the product lines.
Qualifications:
* Minimum BA/BS degree in Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology
or related field, or equivalent experience.
* 5+ years of application interface design experience.
* Strong knowledge of interface design processes and methodology
in creating web applications.
* Some direct Internet-related design experience including the
design and usability testing of web sites and web-based products.
* Familiarity with one or more prototyping tools.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Must have strong project and people management skills and be
able to function as project leader as well as individual contributor.
Desirable Skills:
* Proficiency with rapid prototyping tools such as PhotoShop,
Dreamweaver, Flash, PowerPoint, Visual Basic.
* Proficiency with HTML, DHTML, JavaScript.