Mobile Designer at Heyzap in San Francisco, CA

We are seeking a smart, motivated, and outgoing Mobile Designer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a personal interest in mobile and social applications, a passion for the consumer-products, and a deep understanding of user interface and UX design planning and management. Excellent communication skills and the ability to effectively work cross-functionally are a must. And most importantly, the Mobile Designer must have a passion for user experience principles and enjoy working in fast-paced, start-up environment.

About Us:

• Heyzap is the largest mobile gaming community on Android and iPhone, helping millions of people discover mobile games and connect with friends or fellow gamers.
• Located in the heart of San Francisco, we are funded by top tier investors (Y Combinator and Union Square Ventures) and we have a super fast growing user base.
• In just 6 months, millions of users have downloaded our app and we are growing by over 50% every month.
• Heyzap powers millions of game discoveries every month for our users, with over hundreds of thousands of check-ins per day.
• Heyzap connects millions of game players together every month.
• We are a small, agile team and release code to production continuously. We use kick-ass modern technologies like node.js, MongoDB and Redis, or whatever the appropriate tool is to help us get shit done™.
• We work with the biggest game developers in the industry such as Digital Chocolate (Millionaire City), Pocket Gems (Tap Zoo), Zynga and Get Set Games (Megajump).

• Leading the Mobile Design for our hugely successful and growing Android and iOS app.
• Translating user feedback or business requirements into visual user interfaces.
• Implementing UI mobile components, using Fireworks, Flash or other interaction comps.
• User experience, user interface and interaction design planning and management.
• Ensuring the consistent visual presentation and UI design through UX principles.
• Work closely with the founders, lead UX/UI designer and team to take our mobile product to the next level.  

• 3-4 years experience in the following:
  • Expert Skills: Adobe CS5, Omnigraffle (or equivalent wireframing application).
• 1-2 years professional mobile/web development experience as a member of a team participating in the complete lifecycle of several successfully delivered mobile and/or web applications.
• Solid understanding of mobile/web standards, mobile graphics techniques, and site/mobile production practices.
• Strong creative and visual skills.
• Ability to explain your thinking; strong interpersonal skills; an ability to work independently and with a group.
• Demonstrated ability to develop new approaches to complex design problems and convey ideas into tangible form.

• Experience developing high quality consumer mobile applications
• HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery.
• Bachelor’s Degree in HCI or Interface Design

• Stock Options
• Whatever hardware you need, powerful box and screen setup with comfy aeron chair
• Medical and dental insurance.
• Unlimited Xbox, Wii, NES, Coke, Juices, Coffee, Tea, Snacks and Foosball.
• Book budget and large existing library
• An exciting and challenging work environment.
• Commuter benefits
• Free lunches (there is such a thing at Heyzap)
• Fun team events
• Unlimited whiteboard access