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• We’re hiring: Web designer change agent (UI designer and front-end developer)

  May 03, 2011

  Do you love creating beautiful user friendly interfaces for web apps? Do you enjoy the challenge of creating efficient front-end code? Are you excited about being on a team of change agents helping people improve how they work in a sustainable way? Yes? Then we’d love to talk with you!

  FMYI [for my innovation] is a private collaboration site where you store and share information securely with your team. It combines a social networking site look and feel with tools to achieve your goals. You can create pages to manage projects, track contacts, share files, and more. Our company was founded in 2004 as the pioneer in social collaboration software. We’re headquartered in Portland and FMYI is the 13th fastest growing private company in Oregon. FMYI is a proven and tested platform that has been used by Nike, Aflac, HBO, Hyatt, Sony, Target, Office Depot, Fox, Scholastic, Macy’s, Martha Stewart, Disney, and over 10,000 other companies, government agencies, universities, and nonprofits in countries across the globe. We’re also a certified B Corporation with a commitment to the triple bottom line (people, planet, and profit). Here’s a three minute video about FMYI’s culture.

  Job summary
  What will you do at FMYI? You’ll be responsible for user experience design, visual design, and HTML/CSS. Products you’ll work on include our Ajax/JavaScript social collaboration web app, web apps optimized for mobile browsers, and our corporate marketing site. In addition to web stuff, you’ll work on future mobile applications (iPhone, iPad, Android, etc). You’ll collaborate with product managers, engineers, and marketing to develop innovative and user-friendly products and marketing sites that users love. And help us imagine the next big thing coming from our team!

  Minimum qualifications
  • At least three years experience designing user interfaces for web
  • At least three years experience with front-end web development, specifically HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AJAX
  • Demonstrated experience in designing outstanding Ajax/JavaScript web apps as a key member of a design team
  • Experience in designing early stage/new products, as well as new versions and/or feature enhancements of existing products
  • Strong, clean visual design sense
  • A solid understanding of user-centered design principles
  • Fluency in standards-based HTML and CSS
  • Demonstrated ability to follow interface guidelines and best practices when designing for new platforms (e.g., iPhone, Android)
  • Fanatical attention to detail down to the pixel
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Self-motivated, self-starter

  Preferred qualifications
  • Design experience in mobile or desktop software
  • Academic background in human-computer interaction (HCI) or related field
  • JavaScript experience for rapid prototyping
  • Experience leveraging HTML5 and JQuery
  • Experience targeting mobile devices
  • A passion for being a change agent with social collaboration
  • A passion for being a change agent with sustainability

  Company benefits
  • Medical and dental plan
  • 401k retirement plan
  • Paid vacation days
  • Collaborative and casual work environment
  • TriMet mass transit pass
  • Sustainability training
  • Brewery in the basement

  Company info
  • One minute overview
  • Three minute brand brand video
  • Media reviews
  • Team
  • People, planet, and profit
  • Ranked 13th fastest growing private company in Oregon by the Portland Business Journal, Oregon Entrepreneurs Network “Development Stage Company of the Year” semifinalist
  • Certified B Corporation, City of Portland Climate Champion, Sustainable Business Oregon “Innovation in Sustainability” award winner, Metro Recycle at Work member, Zipcar “Wheels of Change” finalist

  We are open to contract, full time, and telecommuting relationships. and include the following:

  1. A little bit about yourself.
  2. The name of a web app you think has awesome UI/UX, and what makes it so awesome.
  3. Your portfolio (links to Ajax/JavaScript web apps where you were a key member of the design team - please describe your role).
  4. Your resume.

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