Extensibility Designer
(Ref #D2LED)
General Description:
Do you debate with fiends the user experience impact of the black bar at the top of Google pages? Do you have an opinion on the jquery vs mootools debate? Is your favourite part of Chrome the webkit tools so you can check out "how they did that"? If you answered yes to any of these questions you might be the designer we are looking for. We are a small team inside Desire2Learn and we are looking for a candidate with graphics design experience and product design aspirations while still being hands on. In this role you will be working on a many elements of the process: you are going to imagine it, then re-envision it with the team, then work with that team to provide the graphics assets and finally, make sure we have all hit the mark with users. If you are passionate about design check out the details below.
Division/Department: Professional Services
Type of Position: Full-time
Location: Kitchener, Ontario
Main Duties:
- Visual Prototyping
- Graphics Design extending to User Experience Design and Product Design
- Graphics asset creation
- UI element creation (CSS, basic javascript)
- Solution Validation (Testing, managing beta feedback)
Work Experience and Qualifications:
- Superior and proven visual and graphics skills (portfolio preferred)
- Demonstrated technical communication skills oral and written
- Demonstrated analytical skills
- Experience with professional graphics design tools essential (Illustrator, Photoshop, or others)
Education Recommendations:
- New or recent grad from visual or design program
We thank all applicants in advance for their interest. To make the best use of your time and ours, only those applicants whose profiles closely match our requirements will be contacted directly.
