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Blue State Digital, Inc.: Lead UX Designer/Developer
Location: Boston, MA
URL: http://www.bluestatedigital.com/
Blue State Digital (BSD), a strategic consulting and
technology firm, seeks a full-time User Experience Designer/Developer for our
technology office located in Boston. The Lead User Experience Designer/Developer position
is a hands-on role responsible for designing, prototyping, and assisting in the
implementation of the UI layer of the BSDTools.
technology firm, seeks a full-time User Experience Designer/Developer for our
technology office located in Boston. The Lead User Experience Designer/Developer position
is a hands-on role responsible for designing, prototyping, and assisting in the
implementation of the UI layer of the BSDTools.
Company Background
Blue State Digital, founded in 2004, provides communications
strategy and technology services to political, non-profit advocacy and responsible
corporate clients. Current clients include the Democratic National Committee,
Organizing for America, the American Red Cross, Change Congress, SEIU, the UK
Labour Party, AT&T, and many other national and local campaigns,
organizations and causes.
strategy and technology services to political, non-profit advocacy and responsible
corporate clients. Current clients include the Democratic National Committee,
Organizing for America, the American Red Cross, Change Congress, SEIU, the UK
Labour Party, AT&T, and many other national and local campaigns,
organizations and causes.
We are committed to crafting and implementing custom
Internet strategies that produce results – online and off. We have first-hand experience
delivering innovative solutions — creating new communication channels, shattering
fundraising records, and organizing people in new ways.
Internet strategies that produce results – online and off. We have first-hand experience
delivering innovative solutions — creating new communication channels, shattering
fundraising records, and organizing people in new ways.
BSD currently has offices in Washington DC, Boston, MA, New
York, NY, and London, UK. BSD has
recently joined the WPP Digital group of companies through a direct aquisition.
York, NY, and London, UK. BSD has
recently joined the WPP Digital group of companies through a direct aquisition.
Job Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will exhibit the following skills:
- Provide
thought leadership in architecting a near and long term design vision for
customer experience - Create
sitemaps, wireframes, process flows, interaction design, interactive
prototypes and other related deliverables and specifications for the
creative team and technical teams - Balance
multiple projects, timelines, quick deadlines, and communicate effectively
with all involved - Discuss
strategy direction for online projects and act as the glue between
cross-functional teams - Evaluate
functionality, usability, accessibility, and overall User Experience for
existing and proposed systems and sites - Define
patterns and advocate for consistency, without repressing inspiration or
inhibiting innovation - Educate
and partner with other groups in the company to communicate the value of
User Experience and how it can help our clients and the company - Provide
production-quality markup, CSS, and javascript when projects move beyond
the prototype stage - Act as an advocate
for the user, conduct user research, ad-hoc usability analysis, create
user personas, evaluate existing designs and suggest areas for improvement
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree
- At least four years professional experience as a
front-end designer/developer. - An intermediate understanding of javascript and
an advanced understanding of HTML and CSS techniques with a focus on
standards-oriented design. - PHP/mySQL development experience a plus
- Direct experience working on a political
campaign, for a non-profit organization, or with fundraising/constituent
management software. - Very strong communication skills with the
ability to interact with all of the following: technology workers, business
stakeholders, clients. - Must be able to travel 20% of the time.
- The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced
(sometimes chaotic environment) while maintaining a sense of perspective. - A strong work ethic.
- Flexibility, curiosity, enthusiasm, passion.
Compensation
Salary will be commensurate with experience and
qualifications. Blue State Digital offers a competitive benefits plan. Blue
State Digital is an equal opportunity employer.
qualifications. Blue State Digital offers a competitive benefits plan. Blue
State Digital is an equal opportunity employer.
To apply: Please send a resume and cover letter explaining your interest in this position to tech-jobs@bluestatedigital.com with the subject line "Lead UX Designer/Developer".
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