Senior Interaction Designer

Job ID: 52071

Department Description: Consumer Experience Design (CXD) is an organization within Motorola?s Mobile Devices (MD) business unit. We employ a user-centered design approach in order to optimize business strategies, build our brand, ensure usability and develop rich experiences. Our group is responsible for defining the physical and digital experience of Motorola?s mobile devices. Our activities include industrial design, interaction design, screen and information design, design research, color, material and finish specifications, product graphic design, task flow specifications, lighting and visual media design, sound design and animation.
The Interaction Design Team collaborates closely with global telecom service providers and internal work partners to create compelling, usable and innovative mobile experiences for over 100 million worldwide users. We create seamless solutions that include multimedia (music and video streaming, mp3, TV, video telephony), calling (IM, VoIP, push-to-talk), connectivity (Bluetooth, voice recognition, WiFi), messaging (SMS, MMS, email), and productivity (calendar, phonebook) applications.

Responsibilities/Expectations: ? Senior Interaction Designer: The User Interface Designer is responsible for leading and actively participating in the planning, design, documentation and development of the user interfaces and user experience concepts. In addition, the user interface designer will champion the end-user and promote user-centered design methodologies throughout Mobile Devices. In addition to fulfilling the responsibilities of a UI Designer, the Senior UI Designer is responsible for designing large-scale features, mentoring designers, and leading projects.

?Familiarity with concept development, design and process methodology, scenario planning, user interface modeling, and information design

Knowledge Skills: Ability to resolve and document detailed design and implementation issues
?Creative problem solving skills
?Ability to work independently as well as with a team
?Self-motivated with a high level of responsibility and professionalism
?Exceptional communication skills (writing, listening, presenting)
?English proficiency required; Other languages a plus (particularly Mandarin)
?Attention to detail (What?s wrong with the sentence above?)
?A Bachelor?s or Master?s degree in a related field
?Experience with usability testing or ethnographic research
?Experience developing and documenting use cases, task flows, screen and interaction design
?Familiarity with information architecture and cognitive psychology principles
?Practical knowledge of Visio, Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Office applications and Microsoft Project
?Sustained attention to detail from concept to implementation
?Experience working directly with implementation teams as peer partners
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