Overview

Fell Swoop, a Seattle based user experience design studio, is seeking a UX designer for an immediate contract-to-permanent position. As a UX designer at Fell Swoop, you will work closely with senior designers on client projects including web applications, e-commerce web sites, and mobile web sites and applications.

Responsibilities:

• Identify client business goals and user needs.
• Determine business requirements and feature sets.
• Collaborate in defining user experience strategies for client projects.
• Participate in conducting user research.
• Develop user personas, scenarios, and use cases.
• Create wireframes.
• Create low fidelity paper and interactive prototypes for usability studies.
• Plan and conduct usability studies to evaluate designs with real end users.
• Collaborate with visual designers and developers to ensure designs are fully realized.
• Present work in client meetings.

Compensation & Career Opportunities:

• Fell Swoop has a generous profit sharing model for all employees.
• Fell Swoop has a partner track system, so there is room to grow and take a greater share in the responsibilities and profits over time.

Requirements & Qualifications:

• A portfolio demonstrating intelligent problem solving with the ability to execute detailed wireframes or design schematics.
• A degree in a related field such as interaction design, HCI, visual design, communication design, software engineering, etc.
• At least five years experience designing e-commerce web sites and or complex web applications.
• A strong understanding of web design best practices, usability heuristics, and technical capabilities and limitations.
• Ability to work quickly in a fast paced client services driven environment.
• You must be a motivated self-starter and able to efficiently manage your time.
• Advanced knowledge of Visio, OmniGraffle, InDesign or equivalent tools for creating wireframes and design comps.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Understanding of basic visual design principals and practices.
• Plus: Experience designing mobile websites and applications.
• Plus: Ability to develop functional prototypes in HTML/CSS, Flash, or Axure.
• Plus: Experience working at a client services firm is preferred.
• Plus: Experience designing for mobile and/or touch-screen devices.