Principal Visual Designer ReputationDefender

We are looking for a talented Principal Visual Designer to join our growing team at Reputation We need visual design leadership - but we won't put you in a box. If you are also a world class interaction designer or developer - we have a spot for you As a member of our multi-disciplinary design team you will be responsible for crafting the future of our user experience and developing the visual language of our products. Our team is user-centered, collaborative and T-shaped.


User-centered

We seek candidates who can tell us about how they solve user-centered problems. Candidates with some familiarity in both up front needs finding design research in addition to usability lab experience are greatly preferred. It is important that "business requirements" are not the ONLY input to kick-off the design process. We want to hear about the user problem you had to solve.


Collaborative

We are building a team. Ability to collaborate effectively within the design disciplines (research, interaction and visual) as well as across disciplines (engineering, product management, marketing, QA, R&D and sales) is critical.


T-shaped

T-shaped people are people who have a depth of experience in one area, but a broad awareness and appreciation of other design disciplines. We have a strong preference for people with formal design education related to their focus area. You must be a master of the tools, techniques and principles appropriate to your area of focus.


The Principal Visual Designer will take the lead in developing a UI design language for our products as well as seeing individual components through to completion. This role is a player/coach role. Candidates for this role must have experience guiding a team or be ready to step up to that role.


Necessary skills and experience:

Mastery of the elements of graphic design - typography, color, composition, and design grids.
Expert eye for detail and pixel perfection; no detail is too small or insignificant.
Ability to create concrete visualizations of abstract concepts
Able to develop visual designs that connote a sense of security, trust and reliability.
Extensive expertise designing beautiful, engaging user experiences for web.
Ability to participate in product definition and interaction design development.
Strong communication skills and ability to constructively manage feedback from product managers, business owners, interaction designers, and engineers.
Understanding of implementation technologies such as CSS, XHTML, Javascript/DHTML.
Self-motivated with the ability to work independently.
Excellent collaboration skills.

Nice to have:

I'm also a world class interaction designer - don't put me in a box
Ability to build HTML prototypes to demonstrate and iterate new visual concepts.
Mobile experience (Android, iPhone / iPad, etc.) a huge plus.
Ability to design clear, simple and beautiful icons.

Location:	2694 Middlefield Road Building A Redwood City, CA 94063 United States