Director of User Experience
Skyfire is changing the way people use their mobile phones. For the first time on the phone, you can experience Web browsing exactly like PC browsing. We’re the only mobile browser to support all major Web 2.0 standards – Ajax, Javascript, Flash 10, Silverlight – it just works.
We completed our successful beta with over 1M activations, and our installed base is rapidly growing in numbers and engagement. Skyfire runs on Windows Mobile and Nokia phones, and BlackBerry and other platforms are in the works.
Skyfire has been met with accolades in the media: USA Today calls Skyfire an "iPhone worthy browser." The New York Times hails Skyfire App of the Week for playing Flash video, something no other mobile browser can do. And, TechCrunch claims our 1.0 release is "quite near perfect."
The smartphone industry is growing and mobile browsing is exploding – check out how Skyfire is changing the game. Click here to see a demo, or visit www.skyfire.com to read more. Better yet, download Skyfire.
We are backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix Partners and Trinity Ventures and located in downtown Mountain View, walking distance from restaurants, bars, and train station.
Title: Director of User Experience
We are looking for our first Director of User Experience. This is a great opportunity for someone who is skilled at creating intuitive and engaging mobile and web applications. We are looking for someone ready to take on the challenge of extending our unique ability to deliver the PC web across multiple smartphone platforms, vertical applications and partner requirements. The UX Director position requires a deep understanding of strategy, usability, interaction and visual design.
Responsibilities:
- Define strategies aligned with business goals and market environment to create compelling, innovate user experiences
- Discover the needs of Skyfire users and find ways to enhance their experience
- Author the creation of personas, workflows, sitemaps, and wireframes to solidify directions, plans and visual design
- Create new user scenarios while maintaining consistency of UI framework and design patterns
- Create, prototype, design and measure the user experience for customer acquisition to retention
- Provide a compelling brand experience with a strong sense of aesthetics
- Work collaboratively across company functions including product management, business development and engineering
Qualifications:
The Director will have the proven ability to create supremely usable applications by incorporating great visual design and user experience with mobile and Web 2.0 technologies.
- 5+ years experience in web or mobile user experience design and information architecture with large-scale, high-volume consumer offerings
- Degree in information science, information design, human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, human factors, or related such as studio design
- Strategic thinker with extensive experience in simplifying complex workflows for mobile client applications and web applications
- Deep understanding of user objectives, user scenarios, key product strategy, point of differentiation, usability principles, web applications framework, and the development of a product road map
- Understand the complexity of designing user experiences for small screen devices, multiple phone operating systems, form factors, geographies and partners to create a comprehensive model
- Expert understanding of methods for designing easy-to-use interfaces, including user and task analysis, information architecture, interface design, heuristic evaluation, and usability testing
- Expertise in interaction design, visual design and understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator
- Ability to create interaction prototypes
- Strong communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills working within cross-functional teams
- Proven ability to balance multiple projects while meeting tight deadlines
- Strong passion for creating world-class mobile experiences
Contact:
Please send resumes to jobs@skyfire.com.
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Skyfire is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, gender, disability, medical condition, or status as a disabled or Vietnam-era veteran.