Sr. User Experience Designer/Experience Lead

HUGE is a strategic design organization that develops commercially successful websites, software and branding solutions for some of the smartest and most demanding companies in the world. Since its founding in 1999, HUGE has developed a methodology and culture that combine the most relevant aspects of research, design and technology to grow client businesses. Clients include IKEA, JetBlue Airways, Adult Swim, Amnesty International, and Scholastic. The company is headquartered in New York with offices in Los Angeles and Sweden.

Experience Leads play a critical role at HUGE. They are the nerve center of our development methodology and take a large share of responsibility for the success of the product or website. The Experience Lead’s mission is to deliver both power and pleasure to end users. This involves taking a leadership role in key stages of research, product definition, and design. In addition, Experience Leads mentor Interaction Designers and other team members, helping to evolve the HUGE way of working over time.

The HUGE process ( http://www.hugeinc.com/process/) starts with development of the product’s conceptual model--understanding exactly who the users are and describing and ranking their goals and behaviors. Every project at HUGE includes substantial time for research and experimentation, phases that are conducted mainly by interaction designers.

SPECIFIC CHALLENGES FOR HUGE EXPERIENCE LEADS:

* Select research processes and other tools, and participate in user testing or fieldwork as needed
* Partner with Senior Clients to determine product's mandate, feature set, and measures of success
* Develop user personas, scenarios of use, task analysis, interaction models, and experience briefs
* Oversee creation of mock ups, functional prototypes, and other artifacts
* Collaborate with HUGE teammates and HUGE clients to ensure that your great ideas survive the development process
* Be a part of an award-winning team, contribute to our process and shared knowledge
* Humanize everything you touch: help users experience the joy of discovery


BASIC INGREDIENTS:

* 5+ years experience creating interfaces, large scale websites, or appliances
* Desire to prove you can lead a team producing the best work in the industry
* Full understanding of how to apply the methodologies of interaction design and user research to website and product development
* Tendency to lose sleep over how to remove the need for annoying "Cancel" buttons
* Proven client management skills
* Solid writing and visual communication skills
* Familiarity with usability heuristics and relevant HCI literature
* Knowledge of Visio or other tools for generating wireframes and behavior specifications
* Ability to play nicely with other highly talented types
* The precision of an artist and the passion of a scientist.

To Apply:
Qualified applicants interested in applying to this position, please send a nice note along with your resume and some sample artifacts to Caitlin Lillie to work@hugeinc.com with the subject header “ID LEAD-NY”