Location: Harrisburg, PA
URL: www.redprivet.com
We are looking for a seasoned manager and designer to lead a
large, long-term client engagement with multiple, simultaneous design projects (including mobile),
mentor the on-site design teams, and manage day-to-day productivity and product
quality.
At Red Privet, we use smart
processes and creative thinking to design great experiences. We consider
ourselves product designers. We don?t think about what we design as a page or a
screen or a site or an application, it is a product. It is a product that real
people use. We want people to be able to think less about how it works and more
about what they?re doing. We want every aspect of the product to be obvious,
simple, and empowering. We want to make every use, a great experience.
If you like the way we
think about design, want to be part of a start-up design firm, and are looking
to learn, teach, design and have fun?keep reading.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 2 years design leadership and management experience.
- Experience interacting with clients, providing status reporting, and diplomatically resolving issues. Consulting experience preferred.
- Experience manage design teams on projects including account management and project management skills. MS-Project a plus.
- Minimum 5 years interactive design experience.
- Hands-on ability to solve complex user (cognitive) problems through visual design, interaction design, and usability expertise.
- Strong aesthetic judgment. (You don?t need to be a visual designer, but must understand visual design dimensions and be able to direct visual designers).
- Demonstrated skill applying user-centered design practices, e.g., using ethnography data, user needs analysis, participatory design, end-user observation data, and usability testing data to influence design decisions.
- Can perform various HCI/IA tasks including personas and use case scenarios, prototyping, flow diagrams, wireframes, card sorting, labeling schemes.
- Ability to rapidly sketch out user-flows with pencil and paper, whiteboards, or post-it notes.
- Ability to develop interactive prototypes and documentation to aid evaluation of designs for complex applications.
- Have a strong design foundation including adept use of grids, typography, color harmony, etc.
- Can design for accessibility, Section 508-compliance.
- Excellent visual, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage and convey ideas to technical and business teams with passion and diplomacy.
- Experience working with use-cases and RUP-like processes a plus.
- Product Management experience a plus.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Willingness to submit to drug screening and background check (client requirement).
- Associate?s Degree required, Bachelor?s or Master?s Degree preferred.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as account lead and design manager client design engagements, including design team management, scheduling, and status reporting.
- Manage multiple designers on several simultaneous projects at a large, long-term client engagement.
- Mentor the on-site design team and manage day-to-day productivity and product quality.
- Collaborate and consult with clients, team members, and other stakeholders to translate rough ideas and opportunities into clear concept models, tangible prototypes, and elegant screen designs.
- Be a champion for users' needs from requirements gathering through solution definition, with wireframe mockups and detailed visual design mockups.
- Elicit requirements and fully document design work products.
- Participate in the full design and development cycle to ensure that creative innovations in user-centered design are faithfully delivered to our clients.
- Contribute to the continual refinement of the Red Privet design and development process.
- Contribute to the thought-leadership of the Red Privet brand through occasional-but-regular blogging and speaking.
Sound Good?
If you are interested in an opportunity where:
·
you have direct
influence on the company?s direction;
·
you get to work with leading
clients;
·
you get tough design
challenges;
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quality is in everything
you do;
·
having fun is expected,
and;
·
the customer?s success
is put first;
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Meet Red Privet.
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Health Benefits
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401K with Company Match
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Competitive Salaries
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Relocation Assistance Available
To apply: Send your resume and portfolio to: careers@redprivet.com No phone calls please. No telecommuting.
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