UI Developer

Responsibilities

• Discover new ways to improve the application/site user experience through customer research and testing.
• Create and implement usability testing for the design/UI.
• Produce effective plans to enhance app/site usability.
• Enhance the user experience as users navigate through mobile, tablet, and web platforms.
• Create prototypes, wireframes, comps, and page flow diagrams that support the project’s goals.
• Create project briefs to support UI design, marketing, and business objectives.
• Work with developers to integrate front‑end code and provide the information needed to complete a project.
• Collaborate, write, and communicate the UI technical and functional requirements to meet the objectives of the project.

• Expert knowledge in hand coding with HTML.
• Expert CSS skills.
• Strong knowledge of responsive/fluid design.
• Strong knowledge of interactive design.
• Strong creative, technical and analytical skills.
• Strong knowledge of layout, IU design principles/patterns, typography and UCD methodologies.
• Strong sense of design with visual appeal.
• Strong presentation and meeting skills to describe designs and interactions to both technical and business audiences.
• Intermediate hands‑on experience with jQuery.
• Familiarity with MVC frameworks such as Backbone.js and Angular.js.
• Familiarity with progressive enhancement and progressive disclosure theory and implementation.
• Flexible, adaptable and able to learn quickly across various lines of business.
• Ability to scope a project and determine both design and development needs.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously within timelines.
• Excellent communication skills, including proper grammar, spelling, context in written documents, and a respectful, collaborative tone.
• Continual learning of the latest trends and technologies in user experience and user interface design.
• Must have an online portfolio with URLs featuring aesthetically appealing design work, UI experience, and code examples.