Senior User Interface Designer

Senior User Interface Designer

SoftCo develop Storage, Document & Business Process Automation solutions that reduce costs, streamline and improve key business processes, protect critical content over its entire lifecycle and enable organisations to meet compliance obligations. With over 900 customers across multiple industry sectors including logistics, financial services, healthcare, legal, and government, SoftCo is a global organisation with offices in Dublin, New York, London and Copenhagen.

SoftCo are currently recruiting an experienced Senior User Interface Designer to join our Product Development Group. Based in our headquarters in Dublin (South), the successful candidate will report to the Director of Software Development and work within a team whose primary responsibility is the development of new applications and components in the SoftCo product suite.

Responsibilities:

• Design conceptual storyboards and interface demos to communicate interaction and design ideas.
• Translate Business and Marketing requirements into compelling and usable interfaces.
• Analyse and evaluate design specifications from a technical perspective.
• Develop new creative directions and user experiences.
• Apply user interaction principles, demonstrating an accomplished understanding or usability best practice.
• Deliver UI specifications for new products and new features.
• Report regularly on project progress to key team members

Your profile:

• Relevant Degree or Diploma from a recognised University or Technical College.
• Significant experience with graphic design tools incl. PhotoShop, Microsoft Expression suite.
• Strong understanding of best practice for creating user interface experiences in commercial software products.
• Superior design skills with an enthusiasm for new and emerging technologies.
• Working knowledge of Web technologies such as HTML, HTTP, RSS and AJAX and Web Services technologies incl. XML, SOAP & WSDL.
• Experience with Silverlight, XAML, Flash or Flex would be highly desirable.
• Familiarity with .NET and C#, .NET – preferably Framework 2.0, 3.0 or 3.5.
• Excellent innovative, critical thinking and problem solving abilities.
• Display a detail- and process-oriented approach.
• Capability to work under pressure and deliver within tight deadlines.
• Good understanding of SDLC.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

www.softco.com

This is an exciting opportunity to join an experienced team of developers working on state of the art projects and technology. There is an excellent package on offer to the successful candidate.

Applicants will be required to submit examples of previous work (online portfolios, graphics, websites etc) as part of the recruitment process.
SoftCo is an Equal Opportunities employer.