Our sites are host to millions of daily visitors and our warehouses are run by hundreds of autonomous robots. We sell and ship more stuff before breakfast than most e-commerce sites do all year.
Needless to say, our customers are crazy about us, and the feeling is mutual. Our entire operation, from our websites and apps to our fulfillment centers to our customer care center, is rabidly focused on creating a marvelous end-to-end customer experience.
Job Description
This position is for a senior product designer looking to design and deliver impressive mobile experiences across iOS, Android and mobile web.
Growing mobile engagement is a core strategic goal for the company and mobile is our fastest growing channel. You will be part of the small but dangerous Quidsi mobile team, owners of all of Quidsi’s iPhone, iPad, and Android apps. We also manage the mobile-optimized versions of our main sites.
About You
- You are passionate about the pursuit of the perfect user experience.
- You can design for any platform, but you have a passion for mobile.
- You shop on your phone and know how it could be done better.
- You always read the release notes.
- You challenge yourself and others to constantly come up with better solutions.
- You can conceive of an idea, sketch it, photoshop it to pixel perfection, code it in elegant HTML/CSS/Javascript, design and observe a usability test and analyze results of an A/B test.
- You know that page load times and performance are UX and obsess over them accordingly.
- You are looking for projects that wow.
Responsibilities
- Design new apps and new features for Quidsi’s mobile solutions.
- Work closely with software developers and product managers to deliver Quidsi site experiences to smart phones and tablets.
- Propose, prototype, and evaluate areas of optimization for our e-commerce applications and mobile-optimized sites.
- Contribute to the visualization of innovative product concepts through whiteboarding, diagrams, and high-level interaction flows.
- Own the end-to-end design process and deliverable set (including information architecture, wireframes, high-fidelity screen mockups and GUI elements and HTML/CSS/JS) with frequent iteration and evolution of design solutions.
- Collaborate effectively with an agile, multi-disciplinary team to evaluate the feasibility of proposed designs and champion great UX in the face of technical constraints.
- Develop and maintain design specifications and mobile design patterns as appropriate.
Basic Qualifications:
- 5 years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, product designer or similar role designing mobile, web, and/or other on-device applications
Degree in Graphic Design, HCI, Web Design or related field
Preffered Qualifications
- Experience with front-end development - HTML/CSS/Javascript
- Experience interacting on a collaborative team and working directly with developers to implement designs
- Experience with design tools including Adobe CS Suite (Photoshop, Fireworks, etc.), Proto.io and other tools as they relate to documenting IA, interaction flows and high-fidelity screen level design
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills and ability to gracefully defend your design decisions
- Ability to be nimble and have a bias for action in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environment
- Ability to drive the design review cycle and close on design requirements independently
- Ability to synthesize feedback while maintaining ownership of design process
- Passion for defining, articulating, integrating the role of design within an organization
Quidsi Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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