Overview

The Yuzu team is looking for a skilled User Experience Designer with a broad range of experience to join a team of passionate and skilled professionals engaged in shaping the experience of a next-generation learning tool. We’re looking for someone creative and ambitious, an individual who is equally at home creating complex workflows for a variety of platforms or developing graphic design to apply to that workflow.

 

This is a full-time, on-site position located in our Mountain View offices.

 

About you:    

         

You are self-motivated, curious, and articulate. You understand the dependencies between teams involved in software development, and are engaged in helping your department fit into the overall structure and process of the organization.

 

You’ve been part of a team that has shipped software for a variety of platforms, including mobile (with a bonus of working in the education market). You have experience with using your design and user experience skills to make complex actions and concepts transparent to the user.

 

You have an eye for detail, and an appreciation for UX and graphic design as it fits into the ecosystem of collaborative software development.

Essential Job Functions:

• Responsible for designing, conducting, analyzing and reporting on user research and usability testing for existing and prospective Yuzu products and features
• Collaborate with Product Management and UX leadership to design work that meets user needs and that enhances the functionality—and indispensability—of the product
• Work with our User Experience Research team to develop the most appropriate and effective solutions possible
• Work with our Engineering team to integrate design solutions with engineering solutions and workflow
• Develop user flows, wireframes, low and high fidelity mockups and prototypes
• Develop graphic solutions for user experience needs that span a variety of devices: touch, keyboard/mouse, mobile and traditional
• Work to develop and maintain product graphic standards
• Work effectively on a number of projects at any given time

Skills and Abilities:

• Highly developed people skills—the ability to collaborate across groups with diverse specialties, and the ability to connect and work with users in a one on one environment
• End to end knowledge of the software development process
• Understanding and experience with integrating user research design into the software development process
• Excellent writing, communication, and reporting skills
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement functional, intuitive, and elegant interfaces and features
• Ability to solicit and implement constructive feedback from team members and internal customers

Minimum Requirements:

• 2 Years Experience working knowledge of APIs for Payment Gateway technology and Credit Card Processing Services.
• A good story about collaborating across different disciplines and groups to create a great result
• 6+ years experience in user experience and graphic design for software products, 3+ years designing mobile products
• Experience designing for the iOS, Android, and/or Windows 8 platforms
• Experience with standard prototyping and design tools
• A portfolio demonstrating the above skills, showing a breadth of experience, problem-solving skills, and an understanding of project-appropriate aesthetics

Good to have:

• Experience in HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript
• Education field experience