SportsJunkie
14 Apr 2011, 01:36 PM
Citizen Sports (part of Yahoo!) is hiring a designer to build sports-based social web apps (think fantasy football, soccer, baseball).
More info here:
http://careers.yahoo.com/jdescription.php?frm=search_results&oid=35824&qs=submit=1__jcat=13
Youll be working with a former start-up team based in San Francisco responsible for driving innovation in mobile and social products, primarily for Yahoo! Sports. You will have the ability to make important product design decisions without much oversight in a fast-paced work environment. You will be involved in every aspect of the product development process and will be surrounded by people who are passionate about creating amazing user experiences.
Responsibilities:
Produce innovative design experiences that are simple and elegant.
Turn broad concepts into useful, meaningful product designs.
Contribute to high-level product strategy decisions.
Rapidly develop user flows, wireframes, superior visual mock-ups, final design assets and documenting functional specs.
Work closely with the product, engineering and QA teams and support UI implementation efforts.
Requirements:
3-5 years of experience designing digital products for the Web Strong portfolio including self-started personal projects
Experiencedesigning interactive web products
Exceptional product, interaction, and visual design talent
Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate intentions and design reasoning
Expert-level proficiency in Photoshop
Knowledge with a wide range of client-side and related technologies including Json, HTML, DHTML CSS is a big plus.
Bonus: mobile or social product design experience, sports fan
BFA, BA or BS in any field.
More info here:
http://careers.yahoo.com/jdescription.php?frm=search_results&oid=35824&qs=submit=1__jcat=13
Youll be working with a former start-up team based in San Francisco responsible for driving innovation in mobile and social products, primarily for Yahoo! Sports. You will have the ability to make important product design decisions without much oversight in a fast-paced work environment. You will be involved in every aspect of the product development process and will be surrounded by people who are passionate about creating amazing user experiences.
Responsibilities:
Produce innovative design experiences that are simple and elegant.
Turn broad concepts into useful, meaningful product designs.
Contribute to high-level product strategy decisions.
Rapidly develop user flows, wireframes, superior visual mock-ups, final design assets and documenting functional specs.
Work closely with the product, engineering and QA teams and support UI implementation efforts.
Requirements:
3-5 years of experience designing digital products for the Web Strong portfolio including self-started personal projects
Experiencedesigning interactive web products
Exceptional product, interaction, and visual design talent
Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate intentions and design reasoning
Expert-level proficiency in Photoshop
Knowledge with a wide range of client-side and related technologies including Json, HTML, DHTML CSS is a big plus.
Bonus: mobile or social product design experience, sports fan
BFA, BA or BS in any field.