Manager User Interface Engineer - CSS, HTML, Javascript, photoshop, Flash

World Avenue USA, LLC

Job DescriptionWorld Avenue is a leading provider of performance-based interactive marketing solutions, and lead generation services. Clients include such leading firms as Blockbuster, Discover, BMG/Columbia House and more. Headquartered in South Florida, our rapidly expanding company has been profitable since our inception in 2002 and is generating attractive profit margin.

SUMMARY

Responsible for providing leadership to a team of User Interface Engineers in delivering the most elegant, powerful, useful, and intuitive interfaces possible to our customers by performing the following duties.

 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.

-  Provides leadership and direction in the development of short and long range User Interface plans.

-  Translates static design layouts into dynamic web interfaces.

-  Creates single use and template-based web pages.

-  Develops clear and complete project plans, reports and documents.

-  Works closely with designers, information architects and technologists to define and refine requirements.

-  Works with both the creative services and technology teams as a leader to the User Interface Team in producing and delivering clean code

-  Focuses on (but not be limited to) image optimization and coding of GUIs for websites and web-based applications.

-  Other duties that are within education and experience may be assigned for the betterment of the company.

 

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

-  Thorough understanding of user-centered design and the ability to turn prototypes into functional designs

-  Working knowledge of image file manipulation (including photoshop PSD, .gif, .jpg, .bmp) and html integration

-  Thorough knowledge of CSS, HTML, DHTML, Javascript, XML and related software

-  Understanding of and experience in user-centered design methodology.

-  Ability to plan, schedule and guide Junior and Mid-Level User Interface Engineers to meet project deadlines.

-  Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team

-  Excellent writing and presentation skills

-  Demonstrated ability to contribute to concept development and requirements specifications

-  Superb attention to detail

-  In addition, a knowledge of Flash, MySQL, PHP and XML would be a plus.

 


EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, User Centered Design, Visual Communication, Iterative Design or Related field from four-year college or university; and minimum 5+ years experience in web-based feature/site development.

 
DISCLAIMER

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, behavior and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.