Mindjet (www.mindjet.com) is looking for an Interaction Designer for our Design and User Experience Team to help build more world-class tools for visual collaboration. As Senior Interaction Designer, youll have primary responsibility for the design of specific products within Mindjets growing portfolio. Youll spend most of your time creating and documenting product designs based on requirements, use case analysis, user research, prototyping, internal and external review, and your own superb design sense. Youll use appropriate research and design tools, such as contextual inquiry, personas, usability testing, surveys, expert review, etc. Youll keep design documentation current to support implementation teams.
A qualified candidate would have strong experience with most of the following: Design for Web, Windows, & Mac, Agile product development, frequent release schedules, user research methodologies, interpretation of analytic data and localized products.
This is not a graphic art position. You will have support for graphics. This is not specifically a research or usability testing position, though youll spend a fair amount of time on those activities.
This role requires daily physical presence at Mindjets headquarters in San Francisco along the scenic Embarcadero waterfront, within Levi Plaza, a short walk from the Ferry Building and Coit Tower.
Responsibilities:
Contribute to product requirements definition via user research, prototyping, usability testing, usage analysis, and user feedback.
Translate requirements into design specifications for engineering, QA, and documentation teams.
Closely monitor implementation and continue design work as needed through release, and beyond.
Drive successful end-to-end user experiences and make creative well reasoned design decisions.
Help generate corporate design standards and processes as well as champion user-centered design.
Maintain relentless attention to detail while handling multiple projects and deadlines.
Maintain positive engagement grace under pressure.
Note that we are also looking for a Usability Specialist.
Skills:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Interaction Design or related field, or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 5 years in commercial product development, significantly in Agile environments and rapid release cycles.
Proven track record of delivering consistent results on tight schedules.
Major web technologies such as XML, HTML, Flash, AJAX.
Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
Familiarity with social networking and collaboration trends as applied to the corporate desktop.
Familiarity with Alfresco would be a big plus.
To Apply:
Please email chronological resume with compensation history and hourly compensation expectations to: nabil.khatib@mindjet.com
Company Description
Mindjet (www.mindjet.com) provides collaboration solutions that visually connect ideas, information and people to save time, improve business processes and drive innovation. Mindjet is the only company to combine a visual productivity application (mind mapping) with a comprehensive collaboration platform. So whether you are driving the sales process, managing a project, building a strategic plan, running a brainstorming session, conducting a meeting, or simply getting organized, Mindjet helps you succeed with almost any business or personal productivity challenge.
Used by more than 1.5 million professionals around the world in more than 85 percent of the companies listed in the Fortune 500, Mindjet solutions dramatically boost productivity and team effectiveness.
Mindjets software and web-based solutions include the worlds leading visual productivity application, document and file sharing, secure workspaces, web conferencing. Founded in 1997, Mindjet is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Additional Information
Local candidates only, no relocation (San Francisco Bay Area).
No third party applications.
Mindjet Is An Equal Opportunity Employer