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User Experience (UX) Designer
at Volt Technical & Creative Communication in Redmond, WA
Volt's Client, The Largest Software Maker headquartered in Redmond, WA is seeking a User Experience Designer.
If you thrive in understanding complex scenarios in order to build creative and relevant information architecture and interaction patterns and you are interested in defining the next generation of online productivity experiences for businesses, this job could be your next challenge!
A Cloud-based Business Productivity Suite, is looking for an experienced UX Designer who is passionate about User-centered design approaches, interaction design excellence, transforming customer data into elegant and usable solutions and bringing your own and other's designs to life through prototyping.
In this role, you'll be called upon to work closely with Researchers, Writers, Project Managers and other Designers to create world-class UX designs as well as prototypes. Your ability to partner with other Designers on the team to produce rich interactive prototypes that help drive toward the best solution will be important!
This is a 3-12 month Contingent/Temporary position in Redmond, WA, through Volt Technical & Creative Communication, which is headquartered in Redmond, WA. We are among the largest IT staffing companies in the US for contingent/temporary and direct hire placements and support most of the top-rated IT companies in the Pacific Northwest.
You must have excellent interpersonal skills to work within a highly dynamic and collaborative team. The ideal candidate will be an End-User Advocate, driving User needs and goals into both creative and pragmatic design solutions. They will also be experienced in the application of User-centered philosophies, interaction design Best Practices as well as the latest in Web Technology (HTML/CSS/Jquery). Qualified candidates must demonstrate the ability to execute work with a high standard for quality within time and technical constraints amid competing priorities and ambiguous situations.
User Experience Designer Qualifications:
• Education: BA/BS or higher degree in Interaction Design or related discipline (Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Visual Design) preferred - experience can substitute for degree.
• 4 years of professional experience in interactive design experience.
• Strong Visual Design/layout/typography skillset is preferred.
• Mastery of Photoshop and Illustrator.
• High level of comfort Prototyping with Web-based technologies, CSS, HTML, JQuery, AJAX etc.
• Ability to document User Experience and Interactivity through wireframes, flowcharts, screenshots, design specifications and demos.
• Ability to rapidly prototype and iterate Designs.
• Strong problem solving, creative, communication and negotiation skills.
• Experience working with other User Experience disciplines (User Research, Visual Design, and User Assistance), Technical disciplines (PM, Dev, Test), as well as Business and Marketing.
Instructions to begin the process: Due to the file size of most portfolios, please do not email samples along with your resume - instead, please include a link to your Portfolio and LinkedIn Profile or any other online Profiles you would like to share with us. Thank You.
How to Apply: Please email your resume to Volt at: rstevens@volt.com and please reference the following job number and job title in your subject line to ensure it gets auto-routed to the correct Recruiter to readily discuss this job with you: 309988JUXJ - User Experience (UX) Designer and include the website name where you saw this posting listed.
Our Recruiter will initiate a phone call to you and give you immediate consideration should your resume meet the job requirements. Please rest assured that if your resume matches what is reflected in this job posting, you should receive a phone call from a Volt Recruiter to discuss this position with you.
To help Volt stay in touch with you and other great Designers and Creative people in the Northwest, Volt has created a specialized portal for you at: http://www.volt.com/nwcreativejobs/ You can also follow us on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/designthruVolt
Start here to see much more: http://volt.com/social
Volt has over 60 years of staffing experience. We work with many of the Fortune 500 and 1000 companies to provide workforce solutions. We offer many direct hire full-time positions as well as many contingent/temporary positions. We offer our Workers competitive pay and benefits, as well as educational programs and re-deployment assistance.
Volt is a publicly owned Corporation with shares trading on the over-the-counter market: http://www.otcmarkets.com under the trading symbol "VISI". To learn more about Volt, please visit: http://www.volt.com and to see more of our job postings, please visit: http://jobs.volt.com
Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
If you thrive in understanding complex scenarios in order to build creative and relevant information architecture and interaction patterns and you are interested in defining the next generation of online productivity experiences for businesses, this job could be your next challenge!
A Cloud-based Business Productivity Suite, is looking for an experienced UX Designer who is passionate about User-centered design approaches, interaction design excellence, transforming customer data into elegant and usable solutions and bringing your own and other's designs to life through prototyping.
In this role, you'll be called upon to work closely with Researchers, Writers, Project Managers and other Designers to create world-class UX designs as well as prototypes. Your ability to partner with other Designers on the team to produce rich interactive prototypes that help drive toward the best solution will be important!
This is a 3-12 month Contingent/Temporary position in Redmond, WA, through Volt Technical & Creative Communication, which is headquartered in Redmond, WA. We are among the largest IT staffing companies in the US for contingent/temporary and direct hire placements and support most of the top-rated IT companies in the Pacific Northwest.
You must have excellent interpersonal skills to work within a highly dynamic and collaborative team. The ideal candidate will be an End-User Advocate, driving User needs and goals into both creative and pragmatic design solutions. They will also be experienced in the application of User-centered philosophies, interaction design Best Practices as well as the latest in Web Technology (HTML/CSS/Jquery). Qualified candidates must demonstrate the ability to execute work with a high standard for quality within time and technical constraints amid competing priorities and ambiguous situations.
User Experience Designer Qualifications:
• Education: BA/BS or higher degree in Interaction Design or related discipline (Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Visual Design) preferred - experience can substitute for degree.
• 4 years of professional experience in interactive design experience.
• Strong Visual Design/layout/typography skillset is preferred.
• Mastery of Photoshop and Illustrator.
• High level of comfort Prototyping with Web-based technologies, CSS, HTML, JQuery, AJAX etc.
• Ability to document User Experience and Interactivity through wireframes, flowcharts, screenshots, design specifications and demos.
• Ability to rapidly prototype and iterate Designs.
• Strong problem solving, creative, communication and negotiation skills.
• Experience working with other User Experience disciplines (User Research, Visual Design, and User Assistance), Technical disciplines (PM, Dev, Test), as well as Business and Marketing.
Instructions to begin the process: Due to the file size of most portfolios, please do not email samples along with your resume - instead, please include a link to your Portfolio and LinkedIn Profile or any other online Profiles you would like to share with us. Thank You.
How to Apply: Please email your resume to Volt at: rstevens@volt.com and please reference the following job number and job title in your subject line to ensure it gets auto-routed to the correct Recruiter to readily discuss this job with you: 309988JUXJ - User Experience (UX) Designer and include the website name where you saw this posting listed.
Our Recruiter will initiate a phone call to you and give you immediate consideration should your resume meet the job requirements. Please rest assured that if your resume matches what is reflected in this job posting, you should receive a phone call from a Volt Recruiter to discuss this position with you.
To help Volt stay in touch with you and other great Designers and Creative people in the Northwest, Volt has created a specialized portal for you at: http://www.volt.com/nwcreativejobs/ You can also follow us on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/designthruVolt
Start here to see much more: http://volt.com/social
Volt has over 60 years of staffing experience. We work with many of the Fortune 500 and 1000 companies to provide workforce solutions. We offer many direct hire full-time positions as well as many contingent/temporary positions. We offer our Workers competitive pay and benefits, as well as educational programs and re-deployment assistance.
Volt is a publicly owned Corporation with shares trading on the over-the-counter market: http://www.otcmarkets.com under the trading symbol "VISI". To learn more about Volt, please visit: http://www.volt.com and to see more of our job postings, please visit: http://jobs.volt.com
Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Published on 04-10-2012