(San Luis Obispo, CA)
iFixit needs an exceptionally talented user interface designer who has successfully shipped web applications, wants to help us fix the world, and is a design ninja.
The designer we hire will have:
- A minimalist sensibility.
- The need for speed.
- An almost religious desire to impose good typography on their surroundings.
- Experience designing intuitive web applications.
- An abundance of strong opinions, weakly held.
- HTML and CSS skills so profound that Internet Explorer cowers in fear of their presence.
Our designers:
- Work closely with our engineers to design and implement our plans for world domination.
- Iterate toward perfection.
- Prototype rapidly, failing early and often — and succeeding even more.
- Set our creative direction, helping our team calibrate everything from UI and content to marketing and photography.
This position is a tremendous opportunity to make the world better through design. We believe that design strongly influences culture and that constraints inspire rather than limit creativity. The design of our software and repair manuals is the vanguard of a worldwide cultural backlash against consumerism and toward repair.
About iFixit
iFixit is a small company with a big goal: we want to show everyone how to fix every thing.
Our staff is the focal point of a global community of people showing people how to fix the things they own. We believe that we can make the world better by empowering people to take control of their hardware.
We are the foremost experts on Apple repair, and we've set the gold-standard for online repair documentation. We have already helped millions of people fix their own Apple devices, and we plan to help tens of millions more.
We are based in San Luis Obispo, one of the most amazing places in California. SLO is the heart of California's lovely central coast. We live here because we love the community, natural beauty, freedom from traffic, and huge variety of fun things to do. When we're not kayaking along the coast or basking outside in the sunshine, we buckle down and do things that make the world better. While we would prefer having someone on-site, telecommuting could work for the right person.
Job Perks: We have an incredible working environment, a world-class team, and a global vision. Our team loves having fun together. We have regular barbecues, enjoy a catered lunch together once a week, and have beer night at Spike's on Thursdays. We take the entire team to Maker Faire every year.
Apply: Familiarize yourself with us. Then, email a PDF of your resume, portfolio, and a cover letter to 6119@jobs.authenticjobs.com. In your cover letter, tell us why you are perfect for our team. If you contribute to an open source project, write a blog, or build things, let us know!
Source: Authentic Jobs