Monday, October 20, 2014

[KITlist-Tech] User Experience Designer (Redwood City, CA)

 

Please direct your responses to: flara@guardanthealth.com User Experience Designer


Guardant Health (GHI) is dedicated to helping bring personalized medicine into routine clinical practice by tracking cancer in real-time. Harnessing advanced technology, GHI develops clinical oncology tests and services that provide non-invasive genomic sequencing of tumors to help oncologists determine the right treatment at the right time for each patient. We are currently seeking a User Experience Designer to produce innovative designs for web, mobile, and portal projects targeted at oncologists and patients.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work on design projects either independently or within a team. Working directly with marketing, technical teams and information architects to create new and revise existing products.

• Participate in defining the design brief and setting up the design concept to answer the brief for new multi-platform projects.

• Liaise with marketing to ensure the design work consistently meets the user requirements and that the designs communicate the intended message and brand identity.

• Research and prepare material in support of new design concepts and create working drawings, storyboards and layouts to evaluate.

• Keep abreast of industry developments in new platforms and technology and be able to interpret how these would impact company services from a design perspective.

• Write up initial design briefs to determine the style, look, feel and functionality for new multi-platform projects.

• Work within a core team structure.

• Show enthusiasm and a strategic approach to your work.

• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in design or related field or equivalent experience

• Substantial and demonstrable experience in interaction design, complemented by knowledge of visual design, usability, accessibility, and information architecture.

• A portfolio of successfully delivered projects that demonstrate design expertise.

• A high level of proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. An understanding of Adobe After Effects, Flash, Premiere and Final Cut Pro is also an advantage.

• Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams of designers, producers, and software developers.

• Excellent organizational skills, with particular emphasis on assessing priorities when dealing with heavy workloads and tight deadlines.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present information concisely; and to influence others, and to negotiate, persuade and sell ideas whilst maintaining trust and confidence.

• Ability to excel in a start-up environment.

We offer a comprehensive and competitive total compensation and benefits package, and a collaborative work environment. Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All offers of employment with Guardant Health are contingent upon the successful completion of a background and reference check. We reserve the right to determine the suitability of an applicant for a position based on an evaluation of all available information.

The job description is representative of typical duties and responsibilities for the position and it is not all inclusive. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned by Guardant Health based on the Company's needs.

Guardant Health hires the best and compensates the best. If interested, please submit your resume: jobs@guardanthealth.com - https://www.guardanthealth.com/

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