Senior UX Designer

SR. UX DESIGNER NEEDED. Join a team focused on building solutions to enable B2B customers to research, discover and buy business, industrial and scientific products in large catalogs; across multiple devices, marketplaces and regions. Our customers include individual professionals, businesses and institutions that buy in either high frequency or in bulk quantities. Our customers have different needs than the traditional customer base. Your responsibilities will cover all aspects of the customer experience and you will help redefine normal for this segment of the market.

The ideal Sr. UX Designer candidate will exhibit a strong passion for building top-notch web and mobile experiences, and a well-rounded set of design skills.
OVERVIEW:

- Participate in and contribute to the planning process for new features and projects
- Produce world-class design and present to engineers, managers, peer designers, and senior executives
- Refine your designs by considering live customer data, market research, and usability studies
- Assist in the development and evaluation of personas, user stories, and usability studies
- Develop and contribute to wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes
- Work with a top-notch engineering and business teams to understand and respond to their design needs
- Co-develop a reusable, adaptable UX pattern library for use across extensive websites

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

- At least 5 years of experience as a User Experience Designer, Interaction Designer, or similar role
- Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience
- Proficiency with tools such as Visio, Axure, Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, InDesign and Dreamweaver
- Skills in visual, user-centric, and web-based design with expertise in design process and execution
- Relentless customer advocacy and innate ability to translate customer needs into scalable, effective UI design and a propensity towards simplification
- Fluency in best practices for information architecture and design, as well as strong knowledge of usability principles and techniques
- Ability to prototype in HTML, JavaScript, JQuery or equivalent, and CSS
- Online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating experience creating user-centered design solutions is a requirement for application (personal projects okay)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Visual design expertise demonstrated through work samples
- B2B, Retail and E-commerce design experience
- Familiarity with the technical considerations required when designing for multiple devices
- Demonstrated knowledge of HTML5, progressive enhancement, and responsive design principles
- A hobby others find "extreme" such as rocketry, robotics, machining... bonus points if you've got a "lab"