Healthgrades is looking for an exceptionally talented senior designer to be a part of our creative team producing intuitive, simple and delightful experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Own the design and user experience vision from project inception to delivery
• Lead, participate and thrive in project ideation with other designers and product owners
• Create wonderfully beautiful and desirable experiences for consumers
• Design engaging user interfaces using participatory and iterative design techniques
• Produce design artifacts including user requirements specifications, personas, storyboards, wireframes, high-fidelity comps, design prototypes, and design specifications
• Work with the creative lead to integrate technology and clients' business requirements into design strategies while balancing UI, marketing, and aesthetic interests
• Participate as a contributor in an interdisciplinary team that includes other designers, project managers, business and brand strategists, and software developers
• Work closely with development teams to ensure design integrity

Qualifications:

• At least five years of UX, user interface and visual design experience

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate confidently and effectively about your designs with others across the organization, including senior executives
• A keen understanding of user behavior as it relates to design
• Outstanding visual design skills with an ability to solve complex user problems with a beautifully intuitive interface
• Self-motivation, excellent communication, an open mind and the ability to thrive in multidisciplinary teams
• The skills and savvy to balance great design with short deadlines
• A passion for collaboration and learning
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
• In depth knowledge of user interface design processes and methodology, particularly as applied to Web-based applications and consumer electronics.
• Exhibit stylistic breadth, attention to detail, and a balance of beauty, innovation and usability in your designs
• Substantial understanding of user interface issues and information architecture
• Experience with user-centered research, such as usability testing, contextual inquiry, and field interviews
• Familiarity with technical issues around web development and ability to work constructively and collaboratively with development teams
• Experience designing for tablets and smartphones is a must-have
• An online portfolio demonstrating strong user experience and visual design skills for large-scale projects

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design, Graphic Design or related discipline is a plus