Motivation. It?s the key driver for taking an action. What motivates a person to change careers? What motivates a hiring manager to select one job candidate over another? If finding the underlying drivers for customers? motivations motivates you, then listen up.
TheLadders.com is in the business of connecting jobseekers, recruiters, hiring managers and organizations with the stated mission of finding ?the right person for the right job.? We need motivated people to dig deep into the emotional and business drivers of our customers and help them make these meaningful connections.
As a User Experience Designer here you will lead efforts to create, concept and design new ways for our community of $100k+ jobseekers and recruiters to interact in meaningful and productive ways.
We work quickly, nimbly and collaboratively. Bring your top-notch interaction design chops and your opinion. But most importantly, bring your passion.
Responsibilities
? Develop a deep, empathetic understanding of our customers
? Create iterative, lightweight prototypes to concept solutions
? Lead cross-functional teams to solve business problems
? Design elegant, efficient and sophisticated solutions
? Prototype (and then, prototype some more)
? Be able to defend your design decisions with well-structured arguments
? Thrive in an environment of constant change
Requirements
? 5+ years experience as an information architect, interaction designer, user experience designer
? Thorough understanding of web technologies ? their power and limitations
? No fear of speaking with customers (we do that a lot)
? Love of data. We have tons of it. Use it wisely.
? Proof (we?ll ask you to demo it) of taking an idea from concept to implementation
? Embrace change. It?s our only constant (cliché? Yes but, it?s true.)
? Be able to speak to your work clearly and succinctly (we value brevity)
**Note: This is not a graphic design role nor a front-end coding role but should you bring those skills along with IxD chops, that?s just more of you to love.**
TheLadders.com is the world's largest online service catering exclusively to the $100k+ career marketplace. Located in New York and London, we make the global search for senior talent and senior positions quick and effective. We give professionals the most senior-level job leads in one place and empower them for successful job searches. Through TheLadders.com and our UK site, TheLadders.co.uk, we give our members the tools they need to take their next career step. Top recruiters value the ability to quickly and easily connect with qualified talent. Founded in 2003, TheLadders.com has grown into the largest specialty employment website with over 3,500,000 members and thousands of recruiters. To learn more about TheLadders.com, please visit www.theladders.com or www.theladders.co.uk.
We are a dynamic, fast-paced, high-growth internet company that rewards meritorious performance. We work hard and have big fun. We are a results oriented, goals driven team with a strong commitment to excellence. We hire the best and the brightest individuals without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, citizenship status, alienage, mental or physical disability, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, on the basis of knowledge or belief that the employee or applicant has tested positive for AIDS, AIDS-related complex or HIV, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TheLadders.com is an equal opportunity employer.![]()
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