Who: INRIX
Position: Director of User Experience
Where: Kirkland
What: INRIX is seeking a visionary design leader to drive all concept, interaction, user experience and visual design for its products and build out a world-class consumer design team and discipline. This is a vital management position reporting to the Vice President of the Mobile division.
This role is a unique opportunity to join a successful, growing b2b company with incredible real-time data and predictive capabilities and lead the design of a wave of inspiring new consumer applications that will bring millions of people greater sanity, improved communication and better productivity every day. Today, commuting by car or public transportation can be slow, aggravating, and well. . . painful. In this position you’ll have the power to keep millions up to date and in control of their daily schedules and commutes, just for starters. This role owns the voice of the consumer which means tasks like user research are vital to solving these problems. You’ll also have the freedom to propose brand new consumer products and user scenarios in which INRIX provides value to millions of consumers multiple times a day. This is bigger than navigation — you will be at the intersection of Big Data and IoT, and there are whole new product categories to invent.
As the Director of Design, you will work in conjunction with product management, marketing, and the executive staff to envision the future benefits of real-time motion/location data sources in hundreds of millions of pockets and vehicles. You will also and work side by side with engineering to realize these benefits in working code and test the implementations with real end users.
Responsibilities:
– Create a radically improved look and feel and a greater degree of simplicity throughout the application experience.
– Deliver mobile-first digital experiences for a variety of screen sizes and form factors (smart phones, tablets, PCs, head units, dashboards, etc.)
– Generate end to end graphic designs (look and feel) for all consumer products.
– Drive concept design for future products and possibilities (storyboards, interactive demos, videos).
– Execute project plans to meet delivery commitments.
– Manage the day-to-day activities of the design team and hire great new talent to expand the design team’s capabilities.
– Develop consistent UX principles and UI guidelines spanning devices, applications, and form factors.
– Communicate new designs, design rationales, and design principles to all levels inside INRIX.
– Validate design work through cognitive walkthroughs, usability tests, and other qualitative techniques.
– React to user and market data on a regular basis, leading the design portion of application optimization efforts by building different design alternatives for performance comparison.
Requirements:
– A mind blowing portfolio of past work in the digital space
– A track record of released products and services and the production experience that accompanies it.
– Solid knowledge of industry, trends, competition, platforms and market.
– Significant design experience with phone and tablet devices.
– A history of managing design teams and leading them to greatness.
– Strong writing and communication skills.
– 7+ years’ experience in software design.
– Experience in all aspects of customer-driven development.
– A Passion for user experience, product quality, and attention to details.
– Comfort with rapid development cycles and tight schedules.
– Strong, proven experience with user testing and analytics
– Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Graphic or Industrial Design, Computer Science, HCI, Fine Arts, Architecture, Library Sciences or related areas; or equivalent experience.
– Undying love for music new and old.
– A quick, smart, and quirky sense of humor!
How: Apply Here
