Skype enables the world's conversations. Millions of individuals and business worldwide use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages, and be together. Conversations are being re-invented with intelligent bots, immersive video experiences, and rich sharing. Join Skype and create magical experiences for hundreds of millions of people on Skype!
We're not only passionate on building the best product, but also the best environment that doesn't get bogged down by big-company-culture and can instead focus on the right customer experience, great design, and quick iterations to prove our ideas through data. We want our users to love our products and we are committed to providing them with the most engaging and natural experiences. It's still early but fast forward a few years and you will have a huge impact on everyday life for billions of people.
Primary Responsibilities Include
This role is to join our design team as a Visual Designer to help us reinvent communications, powered by the cloud, and available across multiple screens. You must have a clear understanding of each facet of the design process - information architecture + interaction design, research + usability, rapid prototyping, visual + motion design, brand integration, and content creation. You have demonstrated ability to effectively partner with product planners and managers, program managers and development and test team members to shepherd end to end experiences from concept to ship. You are a great creator, collaborator, and communicator.
Participate in and help facilitate design brainstorming and work sessions
Produce mood boards, storyboards, design briefs, sketching, visual language guidelines, motion studies, and other artifacts required to develop and evolve user experience designs
Work (primarily) with interaction, motion and integration (prototype) designers to ensure the visual design enhances the overall user experience
Work with brand designers to ensure the visual design is reflective of and additive to the brand strategy
Deliver visual assets to development counterparts on time and with quality
Work with user researchers to coordinate testing efforts, interpret test results, and incorporate results into design efforts
Effectively communicate with developers through implementation phase to realize design vision
Communicate, defend, and build consensus around visual + motion definition and design direction
Qualifications Include
Qualified candidates should have at least 5 years of product design experience
Extremely strong visual sensibilities, ability to use visual thinking, storyboards, sketching, and communication design to create breakthrough interaction design
Deep understanding of fundamental visual design disciplines (typography, iconography, composition, color, composition, layout, etc.)
Expertise creating a variety of visual design documents including mood boards, storyboards, creative briefs, motion studies, and visual style guidelines
Meticulous sense of detail and ability to seek out simple solutions to complex design challenges.
Always approach a project from multiple angles, and deliver a variety of solutions.
Familiarity with user scenarios, task flows, conceptual models, competitor analysis, and heuristic analysis
Experience in developing and conducting a variety of both qualitative and quantitative research including ethnographic research, contextual inquiries, guided explorations, and usability testing
Exposure to and understanding of variety of design, project management, and development processes and methodologies including agile development methods
Experience in delivering production assets to development counterpart on time and with quality
Fluency in current entertainment and social media trends
Demonstrable ability to work confidently with Program Management, Development, Product Planning, Brand, Marketing and Usability
Excellent communication, presentation and organizational skills
Understand the array of technical constraints, user goals and business requirements that shape current and future products
Proficiency with, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Sketch and all related business and design tools; minimally, familiarity with motion programs such as Maya and/or 3D Studio
Ability to quickly produce stunning and elegant visual treatments and/or motion studies
Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Strong organizational skills and an attention to detail
A minimum of a BA/BS degree in Graphic Design, Communication Design, Interface Design, Interaction Design, or equivalent experience
- Portfolio review required
