Senior User Experience (UX) Designer

At Normal Modes, we believe good business is a good user experience. We help businesses increase revenues and reduce costs by creating user-centered websites that are straightforward and easy-to use for customers. We specialize in high-profile, data-driven websites.

Normal Modes is a small startup, but we’re profitable and growing quickly. Our clients include a couple of Fortune 500 companies, but are primarily mid-sized companies (or VC-backed startups) that need to improve their user experience to become more profitable.

We are currently looking for a Senior User Experience (UX) Designer to help us with our crush of projects. We are looking for someone who is comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and organized, and require minimal supervision. This position is contract-to-hire and you can work from anywhere you want, whenever you want, as long as you can attend client conference calls (U.S.-based) and the work gets done.

Responsibilities:

• Design and prototype exceptional user experiences, including detailed wireframes and visual designs, for client websites.
• Conduct usability reviews (eye-tracking, heuristic evaluations, etc.) of client websites and present findings to clients.
• Communicate progress regularly to clients and the rest of the project team.
• Work closely with the project manager, graphic designers, and programmers to ensure a successful project.
• Contribute to the Normal Modes blog about trends in usability and UX design.

Qualifications:

• 5-7 years experience designing large, transactional and process-oriented, user-centered websites.
• A portfolio that demonstrates creativity, an eye for detail, aesthetic taste, logical processes, and user-centered design.
• Expert in Photoshop, at least one wireframing tool, and other design-related software.
• Superior communication skills and professional demeanor.
• Solid experience with HTML/CSS, AJAX, Javascript, XML, PHP, and ASP.NET is a plus.
• Candidates with additional core competencies in project management, graphic design, computer programming, copy writing, or video production will be given priority.

Interested candidates may send their resume with a portfolio and salary requirements to jobs [AT] normalmodes [DOT] com.

Please, no recruiters.

(Also, posted over at the 37Signals Job Board.)