UX Designer/Researcher

Animoto makes it easy to create professional-quality videos on your computer and mobile device. At our core, we believe that video is the most powerful way to communicate what you care most deeply about -- whether that’s your family, business, or a cause -- and that making videos shouldn’t be limited to only those with technical know-how and expensive production equipment.

**RESPONSIBILITIES** - Leading research and product validation with product managers, designers, and developers to articulate user needs, refine user stories, and translate those goals into ideas and designs - Leading new feature ideation and prototyping efforts through design sprints and usability studies - Advocating low-fidelity artifacts, prototyping, and other lean UX techniques able to rapidly and efficiently validate and refine product ideas and designs - Creation of wireframes, user flows, and prototypes - Collaborating with product designers to ensure that interaction design is consistent with Animoto’s visual language and pattern library - Presenting research and designs to internal stakeholders, and fellow team members - Managing your time wisely and keeping your team up-to-date - Communicating often and clearly with all members of the team

**REQUIREMENTS** - 5 years of professional work experience, at least 2 explicitly in UX - Must have an online portfolio - Must have taken part in or led research and user validation efforts - Web application development experience and native mobile experience, preferred - A bachelor’s degree in design, or a significant amount of demonstrable experience on the job - Familiarity with working in an Agile environment - Well-versed in web and device interactivity and usability principles - Significant prototyping experience, with examples you are able to walk through during an interview