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Lead UX Designer
at TripIt in San Francisco
2011 Webby Award winner TripIt®, the leading mobile trip management service from Concur, (Nasdaq: CNQR), helps people organize and share their travel plans no matter where they book. Travelers simply forward their travel confirmation emails from over 3,000 sites to plans@tripit.com. TripIt automatically creates a master itinerary that combines all their travel plans plus maps, directions and more. With TripIt, it’s easy to share and collaborate on trips with friends and colleagues using social networks or TripIt Groups. TripIt itineraries can be accessed online, via mobile device using its popular iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry apps, or m.tripit.com. TripIt is an open itinerary platform that works with a growing eco-system of travel and mobile partners. TripIt Pro premium service for frequent travelers automatically monitors travel itineraries, providing mobile alerts, alternate flight options, frequent traveler point tracking, flight refund tracking and notification, and automated trip sharing. For more, please visit at www.tripit.com and follow TripIt on twitter at: www.twitter.com/tripit.
Overview:
TripIt drags traveling kicking and screaming into the 21st century. TripIt turns all your flight, hotel and rental car confirmation emails into an awesome itinerary just by hitting forward. That itinerary can be accessed from anywhere—on your laptop sitting on the couch or in your hand running through the airport. And that’s just the start—we can help you share plans with friends, find you a refund, watch your point balances, and alert you when your flights change.
We’re looking for a passionate, experienced designer to take a pivotal role leading projects for one of our key platforms. This position will report directly to the Principal Designer and work alongside TripIt's product managers and engineers. This is a great opportunity to have a big impact on products users really love.
Responsibilities:
•Leading design on projects from initial explorations to final design deliverables.
•Working with product managers to evaluate and develop product ideas for a platform.
•Communicating design strategy and rationale to key stakeholders.
•Collaborating with engineers to produce a highly polished final product.
•Contributing to a culture of innovation and teamwork.
Qualifications:
•Strong visual and UX design skills. Fanatical attention to detail. Great portfolio.
•Solid technical understanding of a key platform (HTML/CSS/JavaScript, iOS, or Android).
•Great communication skills and proven ability to work with cross-functional teams.
•Intimate knowledge of platform conventions, including when they can be bent or broken.
•At least five years experience as a key member of a UI/UX team through the product development cycle of several successfully launched applications (as opposed to layout and decorative design).
•Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Graphic Design, Digital Media Design, HCI or related field, or equivalent experience.
About TripIt:
TripIt's web and mobile apps—which recently won a Webby—are praised by travelers and industry notables, including TechCrunch, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and by thousands of bloggers worldwide. We’ve been called “absolutely awesome”, “addictive”, and “a seriously powerful travel tool”. Just search Google or Twitter for TripIt and see for yourself.
We’re located in spacious offices in the sunny Mission District in San Francisco, close to BART and several MUNI lines. Our refrigerator is stocked with drinks and we’ve got a great courtyard for BBQs too. We’re a hard-working team of 45 people (and growing) that maintains an unusually healthy work-life balance. We value creativity, collaborative thinking, new ideas and open communication.
TripIt is a business unit of Concur®, the leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions for companies of all sizes. Concur’s easy-to-use web-based and mobile solutions help companies and their employees control costs and save time. Learn more at www.concur.com.
Value Competencies:
•Displays passion for & responsibility to the customer
•Hires, develops & rewards great people
•Displays leadership through innovation in everything you do
•Displays a passion for what you do and a drive to improve
•Displays a relentless commitment to win
•Displays personal & corporate integrity
EEO:
Concur is an Equal Opportunity Employer and applies this policy to all applicants and employees. We are committed to hiring and valuing a global diverse work team. (M/F/D/V)
Concur is a dynamic, growing and fast-paced organization. As such, successful employees are able to work in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities often times under tight deadlines. This typically requires working a 40+ hour work week to accomplish performance objectives. With that, Concur offers flexibility as to the specific working hours that may be required or available depending on your role.
Concur is a SaaS company. Employees must be technically savvy with the ability to use the computer/keyboard and telephone to conduct business. The ability to creatively problem solve to our core value of ‘Leadership through innovation in everything we do’. Many positions within Concur are customer facing so written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills are required for a majority of opportunities with Concur.
Confidentiality and our core value ‘Personal and corporate integrity’ are critical components being that Concur is a publicly traded company and working towards building a great, enduring company.
To be considered for this position, please apply at: http://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_concur/external/gateway.do?functionName=viewFromLink&jobPostId=4059&localeCode=en-us&sourceType=PREMIUM_POST_SITE&source=Just UX Jobs
Overview:
TripIt drags traveling kicking and screaming into the 21st century. TripIt turns all your flight, hotel and rental car confirmation emails into an awesome itinerary just by hitting forward. That itinerary can be accessed from anywhere—on your laptop sitting on the couch or in your hand running through the airport. And that’s just the start—we can help you share plans with friends, find you a refund, watch your point balances, and alert you when your flights change.
We’re looking for a passionate, experienced designer to take a pivotal role leading projects for one of our key platforms. This position will report directly to the Principal Designer and work alongside TripIt's product managers and engineers. This is a great opportunity to have a big impact on products users really love.
Responsibilities:
•Leading design on projects from initial explorations to final design deliverables.
•Working with product managers to evaluate and develop product ideas for a platform.
•Communicating design strategy and rationale to key stakeholders.
•Collaborating with engineers to produce a highly polished final product.
•Contributing to a culture of innovation and teamwork.
Qualifications:
•Strong visual and UX design skills. Fanatical attention to detail. Great portfolio.
•Solid technical understanding of a key platform (HTML/CSS/JavaScript, iOS, or Android).
•Great communication skills and proven ability to work with cross-functional teams.
•Intimate knowledge of platform conventions, including when they can be bent or broken.
•At least five years experience as a key member of a UI/UX team through the product development cycle of several successfully launched applications (as opposed to layout and decorative design).
•Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Graphic Design, Digital Media Design, HCI or related field, or equivalent experience.
About TripIt:
TripIt's web and mobile apps—which recently won a Webby—are praised by travelers and industry notables, including TechCrunch, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and by thousands of bloggers worldwide. We’ve been called “absolutely awesome”, “addictive”, and “a seriously powerful travel tool”. Just search Google or Twitter for TripIt and see for yourself.
We’re located in spacious offices in the sunny Mission District in San Francisco, close to BART and several MUNI lines. Our refrigerator is stocked with drinks and we’ve got a great courtyard for BBQs too. We’re a hard-working team of 45 people (and growing) that maintains an unusually healthy work-life balance. We value creativity, collaborative thinking, new ideas and open communication.
TripIt is a business unit of Concur®, the leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions for companies of all sizes. Concur’s easy-to-use web-based and mobile solutions help companies and their employees control costs and save time. Learn more at www.concur.com.
Value Competencies:
•Displays passion for & responsibility to the customer
•Hires, develops & rewards great people
•Displays leadership through innovation in everything you do
•Displays a passion for what you do and a drive to improve
•Displays a relentless commitment to win
•Displays personal & corporate integrity
EEO:
Concur is an Equal Opportunity Employer and applies this policy to all applicants and employees. We are committed to hiring and valuing a global diverse work team. (M/F/D/V)
Concur is a dynamic, growing and fast-paced organization. As such, successful employees are able to work in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities often times under tight deadlines. This typically requires working a 40+ hour work week to accomplish performance objectives. With that, Concur offers flexibility as to the specific working hours that may be required or available depending on your role.
Concur is a SaaS company. Employees must be technically savvy with the ability to use the computer/keyboard and telephone to conduct business. The ability to creatively problem solve to our core value of ‘Leadership through innovation in everything we do’. Many positions within Concur are customer facing so written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills are required for a majority of opportunities with Concur.
Confidentiality and our core value ‘Personal and corporate integrity’ are critical components being that Concur is a publicly traded company and working towards building a great, enduring company.
To be considered for this position, please apply at: http://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_concur/external/gateway.do?functionName=viewFromLink&jobPostId=4059&localeCode=en-us&sourceType=PREMIUM_POST_SITE&source=Just UX Jobs
Published on 10-08-2011