ABOUT US
Quirky is a social product development™ company that brings consumer product ideas from sketch to store every week, and rewards the thousands of contributors to these products with a share of the revenue generated by their sale. We make invention accessible and are revolutionizing the way consumer products are made. Our products are regularly featured on blogs such as TechCrunch, Gizmodo and Engadget, and we have also been profiled by a number of publications ranging from the New York Times to Parade Magazine. We have several retail partnerships including Bed Bath and Beyond and the Home Shopping Network, where we have a regularly scheduled show to sell our products and tell our unique story. We also have our own reality TV series currently airing on The Sundance Channel (http://www.sundancechannel.com/quirky/). Quirky is a well-funded startup with offices around the world and over 50 employees in our New York Headquarters.

ABOUT THE ROLE
Quirky is seeking a talented UI/Interaction Designer that knows the web inside and out and is passionate about user experience. When you look at Quirky, you have a ton of ideas for design optimizations, simplifications and additions to create the ultimate experience for making invention accessible. Your work is clean, elegant and inspiring to others. Our business is growing at an insane pace and we want to build the best possible user experience for our community as they help us change the game on how to make consumer products. If this sounds like fun, please read on.

RESPONSIBILITIES
As a UI / Interaction Designer at Quirky, you will be responsible for:

• Working with designers and the technology team to translate requirements into concepts and elegant user experiences
• Create interaction models and user flows that are incredibly simple, elegant and address consumer needs
• Develop and maintain storyboards and mockups to express your design ideas
• Managing and executing design concepts through to completion
• Collaborating closely with product managers to integrate business goals and objectives into consumer-focused solutions
• Analyzing usability of products and features

REQUIREMENTS

• 3 + years of experience, ideally in the consumer web space
• Expert understanding of web and interactive design fundamentals
• Experience organizing and managing user testing sessions- excellent communication, problem-solving and presentation skills
• Must have a strong portfolio, containing examples of professional design work with an emphasis on web and software design
• Passionate and self motivated

BONUS POINTS

• Associates or bachelors degree in human computer interaction, interaction design, information architecture, or a related field
• Mobile user experience design
• Strong HTML, CSS and JS skills for prototyping
• Startup experience and working in an Agile development environment