Front End Visual Design Integrator

Are you the sort of person who likes to roll up your sleeves and make things happen? Are you passionate about consumer electronics? Are you a digital craftsperson who knows firsthand what it takes to bring great designs to life in software? Are you primed to make an impact on millions of consumers? If so, we'd like to talk to you!

Our hugely popular client is looking for a Front End Visual Design Integrator to help with exciting consumer products. You must be able implement Android styles and themes quickly and precisely, while maintaining the highest level of quality. You must be technically strong, but also "get" designers. You must insist on the highest visual standards for your work and be able to work collaboratively with both design and dev to make it happen.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The candidate with be responsible implementing visual designs via the android theming engine. The candidate will also work in very close collaboration with dev to ensure that all coding is done to the highest standards, and with design to guarantee that all shipping code is highly polished, pixel perfect and millisecond precise.

SOME EXPECTED TASKS:

- Construction, optimization and refinement of android styles and themes across a variety of different projects
- Writing Java code to support visual designs in collaboration with other developers
- Communication of pipeline process changes and updates regularly to visual design and development teams

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

- Demonstrable experience implementing complex visual designs in software on consumer devices
- Experience working in a design studio setting
- Experience working closely and collaboratively with visual, motion and interaction designers on shipping consumer products
- Knowledge of Front End development best practices
- Must be comfortable with visual pattern matching, troubleshooting, optimization and contributing in a very meaningful way with highly visible deliverables that can ship with daily builds

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Knowledge of Android SDK
- Experience with Android Theming and Styling
- Must be able to excel in a fast-paced collaborative studio environment
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills
- Innovation and self-direction

This contract position is expected to be 3 months in duration.