Senior Interaction Designer San Francisco, CA

Department: User Experience Design
Position Title: Senior Interaction Designer

Description:

About hi5

hi5 is one of the world's leading social networks. Our company is ranked as the #1 social network in 26 nations across Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa.

* Over 80 million registered members
* Over 44 million unique monthly visitors
* Currently available in over 23 languages
* One of the top 20 most trafficked websites worldwide
* Founding adopter of Open Social

Our offices are located in the financial district of downtown San Francisco, near the Montgomery Street Bart and Muni stations.

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As an Interaction Designer at hi5, you will be responsible for driving the design process and working closely with a talented team of engineers to launch intuitive, and scalable applications.

Responsibilities:

· Help to define the user model and user interface for new and existing hi5 products features.
· Develop high level and/or detailed storyboards, mockups and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
· Gauge the usability of new and existing products, and make constructive suggestions for change.

Requirements:

· Background in human-computer interaction or related field (BS or MS in Computer Science or related field a big plus.
· Experience with Web 2.0 technologies and online communities
· Demonstrated experience in designing usable web-based interfaces.
· Expert HTML, AJAX, CSS skills.
· Excellent knowledge of JavaScript for rapid prototyping purposes.
· Strong, clean visual design sense.
· Excellent leadership, communication and teamwork skills.

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Launched in late 2003, hi5 is one of the largest social networks in the world. We're a founding adopter of OpenSocial, a community-driven specification for building social applications across the Web, and we're also a founding member of the OpenSocial Foundation, a new non-profit being formed to ensure the longevity and neutrality of OpenSocial. Each day, millions of people use hi5 to stay connected and share information with friends and family around the world, meet new people, express their identity, and discover linkages.

hi5 offers an upbeat work atmosphere and the opportunity to influence the way people connect to the world. You will be working with an exceptional team and receive a competitive salary with benefits. A privately-held company, hi5 reached profitability within its first year, and raised $20 million from MDV- Mohr Davidow Ventures in July 2007. For more information, you can visit www.hi5.com or www.hi5networks.com.

If interested, please contact:

Kevin Kanarek
Technical Search & Recruiting
hi5 Networks Inc.
55 2nd St. Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94105