The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience designing easy to use consumer web products. This person should be able to establish user centric best-of-breed design practices in an organization.
Responsibilities include:
• Work closely with product managers and developers to define UI requirements, site maps, workflows and wireframes to create intuitive and easy to use designs for consumer products.
• Experience leading usability testing and user research related to interface design.
• Must be comfortable working in a quick iteration design process informed by user feedback and usage data.
• Ability to manage multiple interaction design projects at a time from product definition to launch
• Experience helping to define and socialize project design goals early in the project definition.
• Comfortable working closely with a cross functional team and making time-to-market and business trade-offs early in the design process.
• Experience working on products for the small business (SMB) market is a plus.
Minimum Job Qualifications:
- At least 4 years experience as a member of a Design/Product team participating in the complete product development lifecycle.
- Must be process driven, demonstrate strong interaction design skills, careful attention to details and have a solid understanding of user centered design principles
- Hands-on skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, Visio, Omnigraffle and/or Fireworks and will have a working knowledge of web technologies.
Please be prepared to show examples of your work.
MerchantCircle is the largest network of local business owners in the nation, combining social networking features with a customizable Web listing that allows local merchants to attract new customers quickly, easily and cost effectively. Currently, more than 1.2 million small local merchants on our network upload pictures, blog, create coupons and newsletters, and connect with other merchants and local consumers. In addition to our free services, MerchantCircle offers a portfolio of online advertising services including search engine marketing, Web site directory submission, Web content creation, instant Web site development and business verification services. Referred to as the "Myspace for Businesses," by BusinessWeek, MerchantCircle is one of the fastest growing companies on the web. We have been featured in Entrepreneur, The New York Times, and local business journals all over the nation. The financially secure 23 person company is located in Mountain View, California.
Interested? Please send resumes to jobs@merchantcircle.com and include the position title in the subject line.
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