Pips à la Carte is looking for an energetic and talented User Interface/User Experience designer to join its team.

This person will provide interface and visual design support on all of Pips à la Carte properties, applications, and internal tools.

We’re not looking for a specialist. You must be comfortable with both interaction and visual design. We’re looking for someone who is gifted in multiple design-related skillsets, from wireframes to visual design to usability tests to squeaky clean silky smooth HTML/CSS coding.

This position focuses heavily on interaction design and rapidly prototyping interfaces – you need to be able to design both how an app will function and how it will look.

This person will not only help to improve and optimize existing core features, but also have the opportunity to help design the next generation of features, across all our sites. If this person is you, then it’s your time to shine!

We are looking for an experienced designer who has the ability to be creative and take ideas from concept to execution. You must have proven design experience working on UI, and work well work well individually and within a team environment. A sense of humor is a must. Strongly desired is the ability to code HTML/CSS. An artistic ability in both illustration and sketching would be a plus. Super bonus points if you’ve dabbled in the financial markets and can beat Call of Duty in Veteran mode blindfolded with both hands tied behind your back while standing on one foot.

This opportunity is well suited for a highly talented and motivated designer with a rich portfolio of past projects. You will work closely with our DDT (Dope Development Team) and be the DLD (Dope Lead Designer) at pips à la carte.

You have some prior work which you’re very proud to show us and a deep understanding of web application usability, combined with a strong graphic flair, and an eye for visual consistency.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for interaction design, prototyping, and visual design of pips à la carte’s sites in collaboration with our DDT.
• Prototype low and high fidelity interfaces quickly
• Assess current site features and usage patterns
• Initiate, suggest, and spearhead major UI refactorings for a cleaner and more intuitive user experience, and coordinate with FFDs (fantastic front-end developers) and BBDs (badass back-end developers).
• Maintain an awareness of current trends in technology, design, and usability (sustain design dopeness)

Requirements

• You can show us an online portfolio. Like taking off your shoes to pass airport security, this is mandatory.
• You possess problem solving wizardry and are Web-obsessed. You’re a Web-obsessed problem-solving warlock or witch.
• You have visual design skillz for the Web (for web apps, not just brochureware).
• You have excellent visualization skills. You can articulate concepts and ideas through low and high fidelity prototypes.
• You’re proficient with wireframing and user flow design for web interfaces.
• You can code HTML & CSS and display an intermediate to expert level knowledge of standards based markup .
• You have a good understanding of type, color, and space and can design ridiculously well for the Web.
• You understand that design is beyond just making things look pretty.
• You care as much about the visual aesthetics as you do about the usability. You make design decisions with the user in mind.
• You take pride in doing great pixel-perfect work. You care about the details.
• You can design elegantly simple user interfaces and create graphics and icons that are pleasing and appropriate.
• You’re fluent in Na'vi , Illustrator, Photoshop, and vector images.
• You’re a gung-ho self-starter and strong communicator.
• You can tell a joke.
• You were able to read this long list without getting annoyed.

Our offer:

Work that is inspiring, challenging, and fun.

This is a telecommute / offsite position, so you can work from anywhere. We’re global yo! We have team members working full-time everywhere in the world from the US, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Philippines, Hogwarts, and it works well for us.

This is a contract-to-hire position. If we like each other, we’ll hire you full-time. Simple as pie.