Visual Design and User Experience Lead

Description

Based in Palo Alto, CA, imo is a small startup founded and funded by one of the first ten employees at Google. Our current team consists of top TopCoders, ACM ICPC World Finalists, and medalists of the International Olympiads in Informatics. We work on challenging projects that we choose from the ground up that have direct impact on our users. Our web-based service allows users to hold text, voice, and video chats on multiple instant messaging protocols. Currently supported protocols include AIM, Facebook Chat, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN, MySpace, Skype, and Yahoo Messenger. The service is free and requires no user-registration or sign-up. Currently, we have over one million unique accounts active on imo.im over a 30 day period.

We are looking for a savvy designer to help us create products that will make our users happy. As our most important (and only) designer, you would be creating a graceful balance between beauty and efficiency. We would like our site to be more aesthetically pleasing and intuitive without sacrificing speed. You will be working closely with our engineers through all stages of our product cycles; you not only need to understand the principles and elements of design, but you should be able to easily communicate these concepts to our team and our users.

Responsibilities:
Collaborate with engineering team on concepts and designs
Communicate design ideas through pencil sketches, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes
Design well thought-out solutions for usability challenges across different web and mobile platforms
Create conceptual models, user requirements, and usability objectives aligned with user centered design goals and tasks

Compensation:
Competitive salary and stock options
Health, dental, and vision benefits
Snacks and weekly lunches
Gym membership
Conference stipend
$500/month housing stipend for living in close proximity to our office

Relocation and work onsite is required; salary is negotiable for the perfect candidate.