Lime Company seeks an experienced USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER for its upcoming music service. Lime Company is currently developing a revolutionary new music service that will feature a desktop media player, mobile applications, and a web-based music experience for downloading and streaming. Launching in late 2010, it will create an unmatchable experience for digital music consumers. The User Experience Designer will follow a user-centered design process, understanding real users ? their goals, aptitudes, experiences, needs, and motivations. In this role you will approach design from a user-perspective and balance users' needs alongside business goals and technical capabilities. You will be working closely with product managers, software developers and web designers to determine necessary features and drive the design of products. The ideal candidate will have experience conducting user research, extracting requirements, designing an interaction framework, iterating on your framework, and presenting your ideas to development and management.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
? Working across product, development, and design teams
? Designing the layout and sequencing for a clear narrative
? Developing functional specifications
? Advocating for user needs
? Observing and measuring user behavior
? Developing creative interaction design idioms that are easy to learn
? Working with one of the development teams as a ?Product Owner?
REQUIREMENTS:
? Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Human Factors, CS, or related field
? 3+ years experience directly in UxD
? Experience developing innovative visual and temporal vocabularies of action
? Experience designing online systems using user/task/goal/functional analyses, story boards, paper prototyping, user testing, and an iterative design model
? Practical knowledge of user research methods, including lab-based usability studies, field studies, and usability inspections (heuristic evaluations or cognitive walkthroughs)
? Excellent analytical ability, especially with regard to observation of user behavior
? Self-motivated, critical thinker with strong technical background
? Curiosity, imagination, intuition
? Excellent communication and teamwork skills
? Experience designing for desktop and/or mobile applications a plus
? Knowledge of digital music services a plus
? Knowledge of Agile process a plus
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Lime Company delivers meaningful digital media experiences to consumers through products that make the digital world fun to explore.
In 1999 we created LimeWire, a peer-to-peer file-sharing program, that now more than 50 million people trust to discover new things. In 2008, we launched LimeWire Store, offering high-quality, DRM-free MP3 downloads for purchase. LimeWire Store?s digital music catalog includes over 4 million recordings by top independent artists.
Now we?re excited to be developing a new product ? a revolutionary service that will offer music fans boundless accessibility, portability, and compatibility.
Lime Company is run by a team of fun, smart people in New York City. We care deeply about creating the kinds of products and experiences that allow people to explore, share, and discover in the evolving digital landscape.
You can find out more about our team and open positions here: www.LimeCompany.com.![]()
Source: Boxes and Arrows