User experience designer
Montreal, QC
SmartHippo is seeking a talented, passionate senior user experience designer to help take us to the next level.
Responsibilities:
- Create user-centered designs by considering market analysis, customer feedback, and usability findings
- Use business requirements and market research to assist in developing use cases, high-level requirements
- Design the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new web and software applications
- Art direct or design the visual design of the web and software applications
- Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, and prototypes
- Develop and maintain detailed user-interface specifications
- Use A/B and multivariate testing tools to optimize for business goals
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar role
- A portfolio or samples of work demonstrating experience creating great user-centered design solutions
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs
- Fluency in best practices for web-based information architecture and design, as well as strong knowledge of usability principles and techniques
- Familiarity with the technical considerations needed when designing for the web
- Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience
- Proficiency in a variety of design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Visio, and Dreamweaver
Assets
- Ability to prototype in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, or Flash
- Visual design expertise demonstrated through mockups and style guides
- Prior experience with Web 2.0 sites a definate plus
- Experience working on transactional (ecommerce or lead generation) web sites
Tags: deigner, design, graphic design, hci, User Experience, user interface, ux, web




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