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Design Communicator/Evangelist, Yahoo!
Jul 27 05
Source: direct submission
COMPANY: Yahoo!
URL: http://yahoo.com
LOCATION: Sunnyvale, CA
POSITION TITLE: Design Communicator/Evangelist
DURATION: Full Time
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Yahoo! Inc. is looking for a Design Communicator/Evangelist to join the Platform Services group within the User Experience & Design (UED) team. In this position you are expected to foster and support a collaborative, innovative culture, working closely with visual designers, user experience researchers, and technologists across all the various UED teams. This position reports to the manager of Design Communications.
This position will be responsible for creating partnerships across all UED product teams and evangelize the core Yahoo! Design Standards and pattern language. The dc/evangelist is responsible for authoring best practices and guidelines and should have solid experience and understanding of interaction design as well as branding and visual design. The dc/evangelist will also be responsible for educating product teams, engineering teams and other teams across Yahoo! about the goals of creating and practicing use of standards.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Author best practices and guidelines derived from research and
design exploration done across multiple product teams
* Work with user experience researchers to understand research
results and translate into usable best practices and guidelines
* Develop and lead a standards review group of cross discipline
leaders
* Communicate across multiple types of organizations, must be able to
speak to non-designers, designers and engineers and foster
collaboration and excitement about following and developing standards
QUALIFICATIONS:
* Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Graphic Design, Interaction
Design, Human Factors, HCI, industrial design, Technical Writing,
Communications or related area
* Ideally 5+ years experience as a key member of an experience design
or UI team participating in the complete product development
lifecycle of several successfully launched web and/or software
applications
* Must be process driven and have a solid understanding of user
centered design principles. Demonstrating strong interaction design
skills a plus.
* Strong writing and documentation skills a must
* Be an avid practitioner of consistency, minimalism and have a keen
design sensitivity
* Strong communication skills; must communicate clearly and
effectively to varying audiences; must be comfortable presenting
ideas to large and small audiences; have strong analytical skills;
have excellent interpersonal skills; able to collaborate actively
with others in a cross-functional team with the ability to build
consensus
* Organized and able to act independently
* Works well under pressure and able to meet aggressive deadlines
* Familiarity with the Windows and Macintosh Human Interface
Guidelines a plus
* Passion for and understanding of design patterns and standards
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Send your resume and portfolio link to
RX1000006747 in the subject heading of your email.