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January 12th, 2010
Senior Interaction Designer at Kakai in Santa Clara, CA
Kakai is in search of a talented Senior Interaction Designer to join the User Experience group at a super hot, stealth start-up. Kakai is working on the leading edge of touch/gestural interfaces for connected and disconnected devices, and we are designing a suite of gestural applications from scratch. Kakai was founded by Babur Habib (Ph.D) and Osman Rashid (founder of Chegg.com and recently named 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS131536+17-Jun-2009+PRN20090617). The company has recently closed a $7.5 million Series B round led by Marc Andreessen’s fund Andreessen Horowitz (see http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/23/kakai-funding/).
The Sr. Interaction Designer will work with our other interaction designers, product marketing and engineering team. The Interaction Designer will be responsible for discovery, user needs analysis, concepts, wireframes, and specifications. Some research and/or prototyping may also be part of the role, depending on the candidate’s skill set. As a senior member the team, the designer will take a very visible, senior role within the company as an advocate for User Experience.
This is one of the most compelling interaction design jobs available in the valley right now. The current UE team is staffed with leading designers with experience at companies like TiVo, Shutterfly, Apple, Palm, and Dash GPS (now part of RIM).
In addition to excellent user interaction design skills, strong candidates should have experience thinking in terms of end-to-end UI design, applying strategic thinking and business goals to designs, focusing on user feedback, and understanding the relation of visual design to the interaction. The Senior UI Designer will be responsible for delivering all aspects of interaction design: initial concepts, wireframes, working with product managers, working with visual designers and usability researchers, creating functional specifications, and working with engineering on implementation.
Responsibilities:
• Participate in the discovery and requirements process with the Product Manager, Engineering Manager and User Research. Drive the clarification of the user tasks and objectives.
• Develop user interface design concepts and wireframes, usage scenarios, task analysis, specifications, navigation maps, style guidelines, and other UI design documents.
• Develop expert-level knowledge of competitive and complementary products and bring new ideas to the team.
• Work with usability researchers to ensure that the designs meet the needs of our target customers.
• Coordinate with visual designer to ensure that visual design mockups meet the objectives of the user experience, fit with the overall brand, are consistent, etc.
Qualifications
• 7+ years as an interaction designer, creating excellent interfaces that delight the customer. Experience with touch-based, mobile or handheld applications a plus, but not required. Experience designing the initial framework of an application or website is also a strong plus. Strong, proven experience with retail and/or consumer based designs is required.
• High degree of creativity and problem solving.
• Exceptional understanding of fundamental design principals.
• Strong conceptual, visual and analytical skills.
• Exceptional, proven leadership, organizational and communication skills.
• Relentless attention to detail and to consistency.
• Ability to collaborate with the larger team.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Design, or related field.
We offer the following:
• Medical (Blue Shield PPO or Kaiser)
• Dental (Blue Shield)
• Vision/VSP
• Holiday pay
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life Insurance, Long-term & Short-term disability
• Subsidized Gym membership
• Breakfast, lunch, dinner and fresh baked cookies
• Daily rocket finger fights
Contact Information
Send your resume to jobs@kakai.com.
An online portfolio is not required; but by all means if you do have one online, send us the link. A portfolio review is a part of the interview process, and can be done either with physical materials that you bring in, or online.
To apply
"jobs@kakai.com":mailto:jobs@kakai.com
The Sr. Interaction Designer will work with our other interaction designers, product marketing and engineering team. The Interaction Designer will be responsible for discovery, user needs analysis, concepts, wireframes, and specifications. Some research and/or prototyping may also be part of the role, depending on the candidate’s skill set. As a senior member the team, the designer will take a very visible, senior role within the company as an advocate for User Experience.
This is one of the most compelling interaction design jobs available in the valley right now. The current UE team is staffed with leading designers with experience at companies like TiVo, Shutterfly, Apple, Palm, and Dash GPS (now part of RIM).
In addition to excellent user interaction design skills, strong candidates should have experience thinking in terms of end-to-end UI design, applying strategic thinking and business goals to designs, focusing on user feedback, and understanding the relation of visual design to the interaction. The Senior UI Designer will be responsible for delivering all aspects of interaction design: initial concepts, wireframes, working with product managers, working with visual designers and usability researchers, creating functional specifications, and working with engineering on implementation.
Responsibilities:
• Participate in the discovery and requirements process with the Product Manager, Engineering Manager and User Research. Drive the clarification of the user tasks and objectives.
• Develop user interface design concepts and wireframes, usage scenarios, task analysis, specifications, navigation maps, style guidelines, and other UI design documents.
• Develop expert-level knowledge of competitive and complementary products and bring new ideas to the team.
• Work with usability researchers to ensure that the designs meet the needs of our target customers.
• Coordinate with visual designer to ensure that visual design mockups meet the objectives of the user experience, fit with the overall brand, are consistent, etc.
Qualifications
• 7+ years as an interaction designer, creating excellent interfaces that delight the customer. Experience with touch-based, mobile or handheld applications a plus, but not required. Experience designing the initial framework of an application or website is also a strong plus. Strong, proven experience with retail and/or consumer based designs is required.
• High degree of creativity and problem solving.
• Exceptional understanding of fundamental design principals.
• Strong conceptual, visual and analytical skills.
• Exceptional, proven leadership, organizational and communication skills.
• Relentless attention to detail and to consistency.
• Ability to collaborate with the larger team.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Design, or related field.
We offer the following:
• Medical (Blue Shield PPO or Kaiser)
• Dental (Blue Shield)
• Vision/VSP
• Holiday pay
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life Insurance, Long-term & Short-term disability
• Subsidized Gym membership
• Breakfast, lunch, dinner and fresh baked cookies
• Daily rocket finger fights
Contact Information
Send your resume to jobs@kakai.com.
An online portfolio is not required; but by all means if you do have one online, send us the link. A portfolio review is a part of the interview process, and can be done either with physical materials that you bring in, or online.
To apply
"jobs@kakai.com":mailto:jobs@kakai.com
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