Interaction Designer

uShip is the world's first and largest shipping marketplace. Consumers and businesses can compare and book bids from hundreds of thousands of customer-reviewed transportation service providers, ranging from independent owner-operators to the largest freight carriers and brokers. Customers save money and service providers use their empty cargo space - everyone wins! We're an Internet company focused on solving a real-world problem and having loads (pun intended) of fun along the way.

Responsibilities

• Participate as a contributor to cross-functional teams that include creative leads, other designers, project management, product management, software developers, and QA.
• Participate in product and feature ideation and conceptual development.
• Produce user requirements specifications, conceptual models, personas, storyboards/scenarios, flow charts, conceptual sketches, wireframes, design prototypes, and design specifications.
• Design and specify user interfaces and information architecture using participatory and iterative design techniques, including observational studies, customer interviews, usability testing, and other forms of requirements discovery.
• Create wireframes that effectively communicate product function and intent, user interaction, and screen hierarchy.
• Effectively communicate research findings, conceptual ideas, detailed designs, and design rationale both verbally and visually to stakeholders and team members.
• Work closely with development teams to ensure that design specifications are implemented.

Job Requirements:

• 1-3 years of user interface design experience
• Bachelor's degree in Human Computer Interaction, graphics design, fine arts, or a related design or behavioral science discipline
• Excellent communication and organization skills with an eye for detail
• In-depth knowledge of user interface design processes and methodology, particularly as applied to modern web, responsive web, and mobile applications
• Strong and flexible skills in interaction design and visual design
• Ability to work both on a team as a collaborator and contributor as well as independently
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, in particular Illustrator and Photoshop
• Proficiency with other design and prototyping tools such as Keynote, Sketch, InVision, or Quartz Composer
• Knowledge of capabilities and limitations of web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, and CSS