Position:Senior Interaction Designer

Location: Seattle, WA

Summary

Building on over 10 years of pioneering work in the mobile device market, HTC's Innovation group has assembled a crack team of product design experts from around the world with the goal of charting a course for the future of mobile devices and HTC. The Innovation group works with executives to provide design strategy for all of HTC, and collaborates directly with product teams in Taipei and Carriers around the world to bring new designs to market.

Our process relies on the collaboration of exceptionally talented individuals within integrated cross-disciplinary teams to create products that offer functional benefits and emotional resonance to our target audience.

Located in Seattle, WA, HTC's Innovation group is looking for an Interaction Designer with 4-8 years experience, who is driven by the desire to work as a team player, shows a talent for creating unique, yet relevant design solutions, and is committed to HTC's success in the mobile device market.

As a member of HTC Innovation group's software user experience team, you will be expected to:

	Participate in user and market research to understand the needs and desires of our target audience
	Work directly with wireless carriers to understand their users and product requirements
	Develop scenarios and storyboards to communicate design concepts to team members, product groups, executives, and carrier customers
	Design, build, and test interactive prototypes to iterate and evolve your design concepts
	Deliver detailed information architecture, interaction and visual design specifications to product teams
	Manage design process, project schedule, and relationships with HTC's wireless carrier customers, HTC's Innovation group, and engineering and marketing groups in Taipei
	Contribute to an evolving design culture and process at HTC's Innovation group and throughout HTC's design organizations in Taipei and Seattle.

Qualifications

Before you apply, ensure that you:
	Have 4 or more years of interaction design experience including significant non-Web design work (desktop software design experience is a must).
	Are experienced in designing both hardware and software user interfaces (mobile device interaction design experience is a major plus).
	Have the visual design skills to produce professional-quality interaction design concepts and specifications. You need not be a graphic designer per se, but the quality of the design of your deliverables must be commensurate with the high caliber of the content.
	Have a BA/BS in Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Computer-related Design, HCI, Human Factors, or closely-related field (Master's degree is a plus).
	Are an expert in the major graphics tools (Illustrator, Photoshop, and Visio/Omnigraffle) and at least one prototyping tool (Director or Flash).
	Are a team player and possess strong project management and communications skills.

	Think that the opportunity to design an integrated mobile hardware/software system from the ground up is too good to pass up.
	Are thrilled by the chance to ship new products of your own design to millions of passionate HTC users.
	Live for cross-disciplinary user-centered design, but would rather design products than discuss process.
	Obsess about creating design solutions that offer both functional and emotional benefits.
	Admire the work of Charles & Ray Eames, Doug Engelbart, and Richard Saul Wurman.
	See design as both a cultural and strategic activity.
	Are happy to travel quarterly to Taipei, Taiwan to collaborate with product groups.

Free agents with both corporate and consulting backgrounds are highly appreciated.

To apply please submit your resume referencing the desired position title to careers_innovation@htc.com