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user experience designer position available in MacBU

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I mentioned in an earlier post that we're hiring a UX designer. The job requisition should be available on the Microsoft careers website soon; in the interim, I'll post it here. If this sounds like something that you're interested in, email me with your resume and portfolio. And if you're not a designer but are interested in working for MacBU in another capacity (developer, testers, program manager), we've got a few openings listed on the aforementioned MS career website.

The Microsoft Mac Business Unit is looking for a User Experience Designer. This is a unique opportunity to drive User Experience Design for our market-leading Macintosh products, including the powerful Office for Macintosh productivity suite and Microsoft Messenger for Mac. Come help us build great experiences for the passionate Mac audience, have impact on the way millions of Mac users around the world work, and be a part of the largest dedicated Macintosh development team outside of Apple.

As User Experience Designer, you will design and prototype product experiences and you will drive your work through the software development process, working as part of a multi-disciplinary product development team of User Experience Research, Product Planning, Program Management, Development and Test.

Responsibilities include:

  • Balancing long-term strategic issues regarding branding, visual identity, and interaction design with day-to-day tactical issues; spanning oversight to hands-on design
  • Contributing to the delivery of an innovative and definitive Mac user experience
  • Advocating for an integrated, consistent UI through collaboration with the product development team

Work products may include:

  • User-centered product experiences that incorporate product strategy, business objectives and technology advancements
  • User task-flow analyses, storyboards, concept sketches, wireframes, interaction designs, high and low fidelity prototypes

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in product design, interaction design or related field. Advanced degree preferred
  • Four years industry experience in visual and interaction design
  • Demonstrated proficiency with industry-standard visualization and prototyping tools
  • Design experience with the Mac OS X environment

Qualifications:

  • Detail-oriented with a passion for pixel perfection, self-motivated, highly organized, able to work in a team environment that is fast-paced with multiple projects
  • Excellent visual and verbal communication skills
  • Flexibility to travel between MacBU sites in Redmond, WA and Mountain View, CA

About MacBU: MacBU is a highly independent team at Microsoft; we build and maintain end-to-end ownership of Office for Mac, driving essential productivity experiences on the Mac platform that are used by millions of people. We offer the feel of a small, independent business with a strong team culture of innovation, creativity, and having fun.

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  • Anonymous
    June 23, 2008
    MacBU is launching its largest-ever hiring initiative -- come join us!