If interested, please reply directly to Philippe Piernot, <piernot@gmail.com>
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Position: Interaction Designer, Yahoo! Groups
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
How Big Can You Think?
Yahoo! User Experience Design is looking for a bright, motivated interaction
designer to join the Yahoo! Groups team. Yahoo! Groups empowers group leaders
to grow, customize, and participate in global online communities. As an
interaction designer you will collaborate with product management,
engineering, marketing, user research and visual design to produce innovative
designs that best meet customer needs.
Responsibilities Include:
* Setting product direction and UI requirements based on business, user and
brand needs
* Collaborating with product managers, engineers and research specialists to
define the user experience
* Designing user interaction models, workflows and user interfaces
* Working hand in hand with visual designers, web developers and engineers to
deliver the final product
* Pushing the boundaries of what's possible to create better experiences for
our users
Minimum Job Qualifications:
* 5+ years of experience as a key member of a UI team through the product
development cycle of several successfully launched web, mobile and/or software
applications
* Bachelor's or Master's degree in HCI, product design, human
factors/ergonomics or related field
* Although a business degree is not required, the candidate must have a strong
affinity with business and user metrics
Preferred Job Qualifications:
* Experience building pages using HTML, DHTML, CSS, Javascript etc.
* Ability to prototype in Flash, Director or other dynamic prototyping tools
* Past experience working in an Agile/SCRUM environment
Please respond with a resume and portfolio links if available.
Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to
search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com
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Position: Frontend Developer, Yahoo! Groups
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
How Big Can You Think?
The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in
the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half
billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering
news, entertainment, information and fun...each and every day. In order to
maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet
destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big
talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and
services they've come to expect from Yahoo!, We're looking for people like
you.
About Yahoo! Groups
Yahoo! Groups is the leading online community service, with millions of users
and groups. It allows users with common interests to exchange emails, to share
photos and files, to plan events together, and much more.
Job Responsibilities
Work closely with interaction designers, visual designers, backend engineers
and product managers to build new features or improve existing ones on the
Yahoo! Groups web frontend. Through the effective and creative use of CSS,
Javascript and HTML, implement a dynamic and vibrant experience for Yahoo!
Groups users.
Minimum Job Qualifications
* 3+ years of industry experience
* Computer Science degree or equivalent
* Strong command of web standards, CSS-driven/tableless HTML layouts, DHTML
(JavaScript 1.0-1.5 , CSS1 & CSS2, DOM Levels 0-2), AJAX, cross-browser
compatibility and browser degradation strategies
* Familiar with optimization techniques (both in file weight and
perceived/actual rendering speed), object-oriented design, unit testing &
debugging techniques, dynamic content retrieval, state management and
internationalization
* Understanding of PHP or other web programming languages
Preferred Job Qualifications
* Experience developing high-trafficked, consumer-centric websites
* Exposure to the Yahoo! User Interface libraries
* Experience with Agile development (especially SCRUM)
* Working knowledge of Unix
* Experience working with source control systems (CVS, Perforce, etc.)
* Familiarity with bug tracking tools (Bugzilla, etc.)
Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to
search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com
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