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Senior UX Designer - HP Helion

Greater Seattle Area, US - Computer Software

HP has been a consistent leader in defining next-generation computing platforms, and we are doing this again with #HPHelion and the next-generation open source computing platform. More than 2,000 enterprise customers and 37% of the Fortune 100 use our cloud solutions today and serve as the foundation for HP Helion. HP is the #1 private cloud provider in the world. We are a leader in OpenStack and Cloud Foundry foundations and communities. HP is committed to investing billions of dollars in HP Helion products, services, technologies and programs, and the global reach of HP Helion, over the next three years.

We are in search of a passionate Senior User Experience Designer to join our growing HP Helion Cloud UX team. This is a crucial role in which you will lead the user-centered design process to create meaningful experience concepts, and to execute on those concepts. Strategic thinking, innovative vision, modern design aesthetics, and ability to work across the organization and build consensus are critical for success in this role. Ultimately, driving complexity to ground and making it elegant, intuitive, and powerful for end users is your goal.



KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

This role will drive the user experience design process from discovery through implementation. In this position, you will work with a team of UX designers who are responsible for collaborating across Engineering and Product Management to produce a unified experience for HP Helion’s public, private, and hybrid cloud product offerings.



This is not a position for UI development, web page design, or graphic art. This is interaction design for the enterprise IT community.



Working closely with the Director of User Experience, you will be responsible for:

• DESIGN:

• Performing qualitative and quantitative research to uncover user needs, perceptions, and preferences

• Developing workflows and wireframes to effectively communicate interaction and design concepts

• Assessing and optimizing the performance of new and existing features by actively participating in usability testing/user research and interpreting analytics data

• Developing and maintaining user-interface specifications and design patterns

• Driving the end to end user interaction design process

• COLLABORATION:

• Designing world class experiences in collaboration with members of the User Experience, Engineering, and Product Management teams

• Presenting an defending your designs to multiple stakeholders

• DELIVERY:

• Presenting design concepts and deliverables to stakeholders and product team members

• Delivering innovative, engaging prototypes using the latest in front-end technologies

• Supporting front-end engineers with final development of HP Cloud products and ensuring flawless design delivery

• Fulfilling several project requests simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines

• Being a tireless advocate for the user

Qualifications
DESIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

You will have many of the following skills and attributes:

• Portfolio of past work including completed designs, concepts and wireframes, design specifications, and final deliverables that clearly demonstrate both thought process and design skills


• Bachelor's degree in Human-Centered Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Digital Design, Psychology, Information Architecture, or related field


• User Experience and Design:
  
  
  
  • 5+ years’ of experience in an Experience Design role, preferably solving complex, enterprise, and B2B design problems
  
  
  • 5+ years’ experience performing user research and usability validation
  
  
  • 5+ years’ experience in building user and task flows using products such as Omnigraffle or Visio
  
  
  • 5+ years’ experience creating wireframes and prototypes using tools such as Omingraffe, Axure, UXPin, Balsamiq, or native code
  
  
  • 3+ years’ experience using the Adobe Creative Suite
  
  
  • 3+ years’ experience with enterprise user experience design
  
  
  
  


• Strong understanding and demonstration of user centered design principles and techniques


• Strong understanding of the kinds of experiences made possible by current digital technologies.


• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with development teams to understand the problem domain and design solutions that meet user needs


• Ability to interact with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders


• Excellent leadership, communication, project management, and organizational skills.


• Demonstrated self-direction, ability to lead other creatives, and manage priorities.


• Grace under pressure. Comfort in ambiguity. Humor in the face of adversity.

Brownie points if you have:

• Master's Degree in HCD, HCI, Digital Design, IA or similar


• Cloud Portal design experience


• Experience in Cloud, OpenStack, open source solutions and communities


• Solid knowledge in design and prototyping tools, and knowledge of the latest web technologies such as HTML5, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript•

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