Careers: Senior Interaction/UX Designer

Causata, Inc. is recruiting a London-based Senior Interaction/UX Designer to join our venture-backed startup. This challenging role involves creating a web-based user interface for a product that is used to visualize massive amounts of complex data. You'll be working with the latest technologies and on a ground-breaking product.

We know that a great user experience is at the heart of any successful product. As our Senior Interaction Designer we want you to be a driving force in gathering insight into our users' needs, behaviors and intentions. You'll be translating this into innovative interface designs for state-of-the-art software that enables our users to explore and interact with huge amounts of data. You will be responsible for the UX and the UI working closely with (and managing) a visual designer, engineers and the product team throughout all stages of the product cycle.

Responsibilities:
• Taking part in requirements gathering and user research.
• Defining the user and interaction model.
• Creating a detailed user interface design for all our products.
• Developing high level and/or detailed storyboards, mockups and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
• Championing user needs and the overall user experience.

Requirements:
• Solid academic background, Masters degree or equivalent experience, specializing in design, human-computer interaction, ergonomics, computer science or cognitive psychology.
• At least five years experience in application design, online interaction design or information architecture.
• Outstanding conceptual design skills and familiarity with high-level deliverables (scenarios, personas, flow diagrams, etc.) as well as low-level interaction design best practice.
• Skilled in at least one method of UI prototyping (Axure, Flash Catalyst, Flex, Fireworks, Illustrator, JavaScript frameworks etc.)
• Contribute to the creation of our product roadmap.
• Rationalize design decisions to stakeholders and peers.
• Create detailed specifications as needed.
• Enthusiasm for IxD, UX, and IA with a broad knowledge of current practice.
• Excellent leadership, communication and teamwork skills.
• Experience or interest in data visualisation and statistical analysis tools would be highly beneficial.

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