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StickerYou – Web Design Director

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Toronto, ON

Company Background

StickerYou is an exciting upcoming web platform for consumers to create and order custom-made high quality stickers. It is a new innovative internet company that will inspire and impact millions of consumers with a launch in Fall 2009. It will be one of the most stimulating places on the Internet for users who want to express their unique lifestyle through the art of a sticker. We are a strategic, creative, and passionate group dedicated to creating the best platform in the world for online sticker creation and engagement.

Job Purpose

The Web Design Director will lead the design and execution for the website’s user interface, online marketing, community, and videos. The design will be intended to inspire users on the website to create and order stickers, as well as contribute to StickerYou’s community of art and sticker life. This person will be an integral member of the website’s brand and development team. They will strategically and creatively execute design that enhances the user experience, creates fans of, and strengthens the brand of StickerYou. This individual will work with the Development, Brand, and Art team to ensure the style fits with the marketing, experiential, art bank, and technical objectives of the website. They will be an integral part of the team that expands the website wireframes, inspires creation, and optimizes artistic solutions for the site’s user experience.

Responsibilities

  • Reporting to the President you will develop and/or compliment wireframes, design concepts, and implement the execution of both static graphic (CSS, HTML) and interactive elements (Flash/Flex) for the StickerYou website.
  • Following guidelines, provide a vision and high concept direction for web designs including developing drawings, concept images, mood boards and interactive elements
  • Design, outsource to third parties, and manage the implementation of website creative elements such as illustrations, 2D and 3D elements, audio, video, and photos.
  • Conceptualize, execute, and implement the design of on-line community, e-mail marketing, flash videos for the website
  • Research, analyze and identify website trends in the social, e-commerce, and customization markets

Professional Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in the industry of Web and Graphic Design – consumer based web experiences a plus
  • Superb ability and talent both as a graphic and flash designer
  • Experience working with top-tier brands – interactive advertising agency experience a plus
  • Understanding of website business requirements as it relates to branding design, interactivity, and user experience
  • Great taste, inspiring creative, and excellent knowledge of contemporary visual and interactive visual culture
  • Art direct and manage photo files, produce promotional and instructional videos
  • Conceptual development and understanding of what motivates consumer centric social expression
  • Excellent ability to work in teams, budget resource time, and maintain high quality of work under pressure and deadlines
  • Passionate about stickers
  • Easy-going attitude, ability to take directions well, as well as strong vision

Technical Qualifications

  • Superb knowledge of Adobe CS4 Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Flash 10
  • Superb knowledge of CSS, HTML, XHTML, W3C and best practices
  • Experience in web design optimization
  • Time management and multi-tasking
  • Knowledge of InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash After Effects, and Final Cut a great plus

Application

  • Cover letter (including what motivates you and why you’re the best candidate)
  • Resume
  • 15 images of web design work including 3 interactive elements designed using flash that best represent your abilities as an interactive graphic designer.

Deadline

Applications will be reviewed on a first-come first-serve basis.

Contact Information

careers@stickeryou.com, put “Web Design Director” in the subject headline

Netdexterity – UX Designer/Information Architect

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Toronto, ON

This position is for an experienced user experience designer and information architecture specialist. As part of our consulting organization, this role is responsible for working with customers to build cutting edge prototypes and user experience designs to meet their requirements. Our focus is on Microsoft technologies, so familiarity with Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Dynamics CRM are a definite recommendation.

Must have skills:

  • Ability to define web site goals, user goals and personas
  • Ability to capture requirements through a number of means including:
    • Stakeholder interviews
    • Group sessions
    • Benchmarking
  • Ability to write design briefs that capture the goals as well as the brand of the client
  • Ability to create an information architecture in the form of site maps, taxonomies and wire-frames
  • High fidelity wire-framing and interface prototyping for the purposes of client validation and usability testing (paper, Visio, Balsamiq, or use what works best for you)
  • Ability to conduct usability tests using different techniques ranging from paper prototypes to functional prototypes to finished websites
  • Ability to create of design mock-ups
  • Experience working with developers to build the final product. This includes
    • Slicing images
    • Writing HTML
    • Helping to implement Ajax/DHTML functionality
    • Basically everything required to build the final product

The candidate also would ideally…

  • Have experience working on-site with customers
  • Be confident presenting to customers/participating in meetings
  • Be familiar with business analysis/business process analysis as it relates to UI/IA/UX
  • Have public sector experience (many of our customers are in the public sector)
  • Have experience with Microsoft SharePoint (website content management, intranets, business applications)
  • Have experience with Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Our company:

  • Small, dynamic, successful
  • Multiple Gold certified Microsoft partner
  • Focused on business process and information management
  • Core strengths in MS Dynamics CRM, SharePoint, .NET and related technologies
  • Based in Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Current focus areas: public sector and healthcare
  • Builds and evolves repeatable solution frameworks to accelerate solution deployment and increase customer value
  • Performs only project-based consulting engagements.

Permanent or contract. Based in Toronto. We cannot sponsor candidates for immigration into Canada.

Send resumes (ideally with examples of recent work) to info@netdexterity.com. Put “UX/IA Job” in the subject line.

August 2009

Logitech – User Experience Designer – 3 mo. contract

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Toronto, ON

This is a contract position that can lead to permanent Please email cover letter and resume to Harvey dot Kreiswirth at logitech dot com

The Position

The Interactive Services Team of Logitech’s “Harmony” remote control division has an exciting 3 month contract (with a possibility of becoming permanent) available for an experienced User Interface Designer!

Enjoy the fun and excitement of Harmony’s startup atmosphere while benefiting from the resources and experience of Logitech’s Fortune 500 status. You will be a key player on a team that is transforming the industry with world-class design and award-winning innovation. In less than two years, Logitech’s Harmony universal remote controls have become the best-selling remotes in North America. Our fresh approach to home-entertainment control has taken the industry by storm. To continue with this exceptional growth, we need an exceptional User Experience Designer to join our team!

User Experience Designer

We are seeking a User Experience Designer capable of designing software and websites using various technologies. The role encompasses understanding business and technical objectives, creating/modifying information architecture, developing interaction models, defining user interfaces, and possibly helping with the visual design.

We’re looking for someone who has a passion for consumer entertainment devices and online software; someone who pushes creative boundaries and can effectively communicate their ideas from simple paper drawings through compelling, high-fidelity prototypes. The ideal candidate will have experience with dynamic interfaces and animation tools, and possess an enthusiasm for creating breakthrough UI.

Responsibilities include working with product management and engineering to conceive, develop, and prototype the software user interaction model and visual appearance, and then continuing the process to finalize designs, clearly document the solutions, and monitor their implementation. Experience building commercial web software and understanding the constraints of the software development environment is preferred. You must be a solid team player with excellent communication, presentation and problem solving skills.

Qualifications

  • BA/BS or equivalent experience in Interaction Design or related discipline (Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Communication Arts, etc.) or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years experience designing in the software technology industry
  • A portfolio demonstrating breadth and creativity in successful user experience and visual design
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively with technical and as business disciplines/colleagues
  • Knowledge of information architecture, task-flow models, storyboarding, wire framing, visual design specifications and guidelines, asset production
  • Experience executing interaction prototypes using a range of prototyping methods such as paper, screenshot click-throughs, HTML/ CSS, Flash, Silverlight, Expression Blend, etc.
  • Proficiency with standard design applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc…)
  • Ability to work under tight and changing timeframes and priorities (startup atmosphere)

Apply

This position is located in Toronto, Canada This is a contract position that can lead to permanent Please email cover letter and resume to Harvey dot Kreiswirth at logitech dot com

Teehan+Lax – Senior UI Designer

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Toronto, ON

Teehan+Lax is currently reviewing portfolios of qualified Senior UI Designers who will research, architect, and design interactive experiences for web, software and device-based interfaces. We are looking for someone who is passionate about creating experiences that delight end-users and drive business goals: someone who shares our belief that designing great user experiences is as much about evoking an emotional response as it is about providing users with a means to an end. Candidates must be able to show examples of how they solved complicated problems without burdening users with complexity.

Qualifications

  • At least 5 years professional interactive design experience.
  • College or University Graduate in a related discipline (interaction or information design, HCI, computer science, behavioural sciences, etc.)
  • Strong knowledge and experience in Information Architecture.
  • Ability to perform visual design a bonus
  • Strong leadership and people management skills.
  • Proven ability to mentor and develop skills in all levels of designers.
  • Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in small and large groups at all levels of a client organization.
  • Must live, or be willing to commute to Toronto.

Creative

  • Responsible for the developing of underlying content and functional architecture, navigation systems, interface elements, information design, and screen layouts for Web sites and other interactive applications.
  • Able to perform systematic analysis (i.e. task flow, workflow, technological and organizational implications) and validation (prototyping, user and A/B/multivariate testing).
  • Able to explore and document design decisions in a variety of modes, from high-level sketches to boxes-and-arrows flow diagrams to detailed wireframes.
  • Proficiency with drawing and graphing applications, HTML, interactive prototyping tools.

Management

  • Provide leadership throughout project discovery, Information Architecture, visual concept development and front-end development.
  • Help manage day-to-day operations, including setting priorities, assigning resources and ensuring project goals are achieved.
  • Oversee simultaneous projects from inception to completion, reviewing project plans, designs and deliverables.
  • Identify and implement process improvements to meet project and team needs.

Client

  • Work with Partners and Associates to ensure they are reacting appropriately to the strategic, logistic and creative needs of the client.
  • Participate in the creative role of new business pitches, proposal development and project initiation.
  • Work closely with clients through a consultative, participatory approach. Establish and nurture good client working relationships.

Team

  • Oversee the creative output of your team.
  • Monitor and drive an ideal balance in the available skills and personality of the team towards the needs of our customers.
  • Monitor and drive the team to utilize the best and latest methods and tools to be competitive.
  • Help develop the culture and mindset of the team to ensure they are healthy, happy, inventive, curious, and open.
  • Mentor the careers of your direct reports.
  • Promote a culture of innovation and teamwork.

What’s different about working at Teehan+Lax

We focus exclusively on front end user experience design for the digital channel. There are no back-end build teams, no offline divisions. Everyone you’ll be working with desires to create best in breed user experiences. In fact, 90% of the staff here hold creative positions. That means no Account Managers, no Managing Directors, no Business Analysts. We maintain very little hierarchy. There are two roles at Teehan+Lax: Partners and Associates. The people with the right skills are put on the right projects. We’re small and nimble. There are no pitch teams, no “B” teams. All of our staff work directly with our clients, so if a client has a question that relates to IA they’ll speak to the Associate or Partner who worked on it – not an account manager.

How to apply

If you’re talented, smart, hard-working and dedicated, we’ll enable you to do the best work of your career. Send us a resume and portfolio of your work to “jobs [at] teehanlax [dot] com”. Suitable candidates will be contacted promptly. Please no phone calls.

TAXI Inc. – Interaction Designer

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Toronto, ON

TAXI Canada Inc. is a company with core expertise in Strategic Planning, Advertising, Design, Interactive, Relationship Marketing and Content.

Qualifications

  • Fluency in the principles of user-centered design methods, information architecture, usability best practices, interface and interaction design
  • A minimum of 4 years relevant experience, preferably at a creative agency
  • Track record of producing unique and innovative interaction models and selling them through design approval processes
  • Relevant post secondary education
  • Well versed in interaction design thinking and execution
  • Experience in architecting the interaction on websites that utilize a variety of technologies
  • Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
  • Knowledge of architecture-related software (OmniGraffle, Illustrator, Visio, Photoshop, MS Office, Acrobat)

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deliver logical information models, user flows, wireframes, sitemaps, nomenclature documents, content mapping, and navigation schemes
  • Contribute to the overall creative development of online initiatives
  • Concept generation and modeling
  • Assist in translating complex business requirements, user requirements and specifications into interaction designs
  • Work collaboratively with other members of the technical team and creative department to create compelling user experiences

Apply

Please send applications to scott.mcneill@taxi.ca

Fotolia – UX/UI Designer

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Calgary, AB

Industry: Microstock
Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

  • Analysis of the current site to improve design, UX and flow. This is crucial to your role at Fotolia – what we need to see are some really great ideas.
  • Propose, execute, and implement new pages on an ongoing basis – if you keep creating really cool stuff, everyone wins!
  • Implement recommendations made by SEO/SEM Analysts.
  • Develop new pages for business development and marketing purposes.
  • Occasionally design print collateral, we know this may not be your chosen forte, but it’s always a good idea to have some really cool print materials for trade shows and such. Just think – a whole booth designed by you!
  • Working with our technical team in France, the business team in Calgary and the CEO in Switzerland (sorry, you likely won’t get to travel to Europe monthly!)

Skills & Experience

  • Minimum 2 years experience in a similar role
  • Strong ability to develop pages from concept to server push
  • Experience at a web 2.0/e-commerce/web design company
  • Experience in a start-up tech environment
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
  • Detail oriented, able to grasp the subtleties of Web interface problems
  • Strong ability to think in terms of the user’s experience
  • Applicable degree, HCI degree an asset

Location

This job is located in Calgary.

Apply

Are we talking about you? Send your resume to jobs@fotolia.com.
Bonus points if you send a sample(s) of your work.