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Sr. UI Designer, eBay
May 19 05
Source: CHI-Jobs
5683BR - Sr. UI Designer
This is a full-time position based in San Jose, CA. If interested, please email your resume to marchule@ebay.com and apply online at www.ebaycareers.com for position #5683BR.
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 135 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.)
Responsibilities:
• Defining long-term user experience strategies.
• Presenting new product ideas and strategies to the exec staff.
• Leading the design team to explore design options.
• Setting the design direction for major parts of the eBay user experience.
• Writing product specifications (IA, work flow, page functionality and layout, etc.).
• Working with Product Management to evaluate product success and next steps.
• Mentoring and guiding more junior designers.
• Identifying and leading process improvements that make the design group more efficient and effective.
• Contributing to a culture of innovation and teamwork.
• 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.