User Interface (UI) Designer - Startup B2B eCommerce
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merQbiz® is seeking a User Interface Designer with a passion for eCommerce and creating a world-class user experience.
Headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California, merQbiz® is an industrial marketplace for recovered paper that is transforming the way products are bought and sold by placing the control of pricing, product quality and delivery directly into the hands of buyers and sellers. This is driven by three key concepts: an open and transparent marketplace, emphasis on quality, and ease of doing business. We invite you to join us on the adventure and innovate the customer experience.
merQbiz® is a joint venture between Voith and BCG Digital Ventures. Voith is an international corporation with 150 years of experience and expertise in the paper-making industry. BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate innovation, incubation and investment arm of The Boston Consulting Group. Please see our recent press release for additional details: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/03/prweb14140026.htm
As a User Interface Designer, you will use your skills to:- Implement a cross-discipline perspective that considers multiple aspects of the brand/business/experience and creates a way for businesses to align with design to solve problems.
- Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to problem-solve, create, and implement innovative and industry related solutions for the user experience.
- Consider the moments of engagement / touch-points between people and the brand, as well as the ideas and emotions these moments create.
- Execute user interface design stages from concept to final hand-off to Engineering utilizing UI best practices, trends, and interactions.
- Develop initial interface designs and assets to create prototypes for testing.
- Produce interface iterations based on feedback from internal reviews and user testing.
- In collaboration with the Senior Designer and Product team, participate in producing wireframes, product assets, and other design-related activities.
- Collaborate with the Marketing team to evolve brand direction, producing any brand or marketing-related materials.
- Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices, and standards.
- Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to the Product team, Engineering tam, and key stakeholders. Articulate logic behind design decisions-the benefits and tradeoffs.
- BA in Graphic Design with emphasis on UI/UX design, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of professional experience working within both Waterfall and Agile/SCRUM methodologies.
- Experience creating User Interfaces for desktop and mobile platforms, including strong knowledge in responsive design practices and execution.
- Up-to-date with the latest UI and UX trends, techniques, best practices, and technologies.
- Familiarity with user-centered design, usability principles and techniques.
- Experience in translating user research and usability test findings into iterative product solutions.
- Expertise in building interactive prototypes to illustrate your design for web sites and mobile apps using modern technologies, including quick prototyping tools.
- Fluency with Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
- Knowledge of prototyping tools and process tools for design deliverable hand-offs such as Invision, Zeplin, etc.
- Knowledge of iOS and android processes, standards and technologies. Understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript technologies is a plus.
- Knowledge of Microsoft applications.
- Experience working within multidisciplinary teams of Product Managers, Marketing, Engineers, and Management-level stakeholders to implement and present designs.
- The ability to both lead and execute visual design efforts.
- Organized, self-motivated, resourceful, detail-oriented—while being able to look at the big picture, and a desire to learn with the ability to solve problems creatively and effectively.
- Pragmatic and passionate outlook on the things people use everyday.
- The ability to deal with pressure within a fast paced environment.
- An excellent communicator (verbally and written).
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