Company Name: Microsoft Live Labs
Company URL: labs.live.com
Job Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Job Title: Senior User Experience Designer
Job Description:

The Microsoft Live Labs user experience team is seeking a seasoned UX designer to champion the continuing development of Photosynth, Live Labs’ online photo experience (see http://labs.live.com/Photosynth). Candidates for this role must demonstrate applied experience in designing for online communities and elegant end-to-end experiences that involve multiple technologies and/or software components.

Microsoft Live Labs is a team of world class scientists, engineers and designers who are taking the lead in exploring the intersection of science and technology to conceive and deliver new internet product concepts and experiences in the areas of; search, advertising, social networking and multimedia. Our work surfaces rapidly and is shaped through dialog with the online community, iteration and refinement.

Our goal is to thoughtfully explore new ideas and concepts in a public forum with a clear roadmap to a final product. Microsoft Live Labs has locations in downtown Bellevue and Seattle.

This is a unique opportunity to advance the breadth of functionality and enhanced user experience of technologies Live Labs has previously revealed. Candidates are expected to demonstrate applied experience in designing compelling solutions for rich client or web applications.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience in designing consumer-oriented experiences that have directly contributed to the growth of healthy online communities.

Specific responsibilities of this role include;

• champion the user experience through design and development phases with effective communication and buy-in of; goals, scenarios, features, deliverables, milestones and progress,
• develop a information architecture that can ensure a consistent end-to-end experience for complex system that incorporates multiple technologies and software components,
• express ideas and concepts through storyboards, illustrations, presentations and prototypes,
• closely collaborate with scientists, engineers and fellow designers to evaluate and iterate on ideas and designs,
• detailing final designs to facilitate implementation or hand-off, addressing all user experience-related issues blocking implementation,
• manage multiple projects, prioritize and plan all deliverables,

A four year degree in Industrial-, Visual-, Interaction- or Interactive-Media Design, or related field is expected. 5-7 years of industry experience developing consumer-oriented client or web applications is expected. Solid communications and presentations skills are expected. Expert level knowledge of design, illustration and prototyping tools is expected. JavaScript, DHTML, AJAX or C# development is an asset.

Contact Information:

Send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume and a link to your portfolio to Leslie Corneto (lescor@microsoft.com). Please include the position for which you are applying in the subject field.