This major and reputable home appliance manufacturer is seeking the specialized skills of an Interaction Designer. In this role, you will work with a team of six to eight other Industrial and Graphic designers leading projects and reporting to the Director of Design. Ideal Candidates will have had training and education in Interaction design and employment experience in the computer/electronics industry. Within this extremely lean and fast paced environment, your dynamic, proactive and “hands-on” design methodologies will be valued and embraced.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree (preferred) in Interaction Design and a Bachelor Degree in Product or Graphic Design with at least 5 years of working experience as an Interaction Designer.
• 5 - 10 total years of Industrial Design work experience.
• A proven track record of excellent interaction design performance in previous positions.
• Willingness to travel and represent the Design Team in Multi-Functional meetings.

Specific Skills

Design Skills

• Excellent visualization skills.
• Ability to develop content navigation and interaction prototypes through process flowcharts, matrixes, diagrams and other documentation.
• Ability to create user scenarios, layouts and all other aspects of the user interface.
• Professional working experience in developing graphical user interfaces (GUIs), and knowledge and/or interest in embedded user interfaces and its technology.
• Sufficient level of graphic design skills needed for the development of GUIs.
• Developed computer design skills and specialization in 1 software (depending on office: Macromedia Flash (action scripts, animation), Freehand, Illustrator, Photoshop and other relevant design software), Microsoft PowerPoint, Rhinoceros.
• Aptitude for SW engineering, electronics development and market inputs.
• Ability to create user interfaces based on human factors and ergonomics principles, end-user needs perspective.