Career Mondays: UI Designer — San Diego, California

Certona Corporation is the creator of ResonanceR, a real-time  personalization and revenue optimization platform for multi-channel  retailers. Resonance automates a company’s ability to provide relevant,  individualized experience and product recommendations in real-time,  increasing average order value and revenue per visit. With seven patents  pending, the “self-optimizing” system is powered by sophisticated neural  networks and a portfolio of algorithms to deliver real-time product,  content, and promotional offers through multiple channels – web, email, call  center, point-of-sale, and mobile. Clients are typically up and running in  less than a month, and include some of the most recognized online and  multi-channel retail brands across all popular verticals. For more  information, visit www.certona.com.

Position Description

Certona Corporation is looking for an experienced UI Designer to create the  next generation of analytics and merchandising tools for Certona’s  ResonanceR personalization platform. The successful candidate will have  experience with the full software development lifecycle, starting with  gathering requirements from internal and external customers, graphical  design, GUI development, and testing. Understanding of software usability,  SaaS applications, e-commerce, enterprise dashboards, business intelligence,  predictive analytics, and e-mail automation is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Work with Product Management to ensure understanding of business  requirement and use cases
  • Establish design patterns working with common interface components
  • to promote consistency and reuse across applications
  • May need to assist in the development of UML diagrams and wireframes
  • May need to provide UI prototypes for usability evaluations
  • Develop presentation layer for web-based applications in  XHTML/CSS/JS/.Net
  • Ensure that presentation layer code is semantically correct, liquid,  well-formed, and valid
  • Ensure that the presentation layer architecture supports  localization and internationalization  Create UI specification for Development and QA

Qualifications

  • BS in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science or related  field
  • Five years UI design and UCD experience with web-based  applications
  • Expertise with XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript is mandatory
  • Familiar with semantic, liquid layout design is a must
  • Familiar with localization and internationalization standards for  web-based applications
  • Familiar with chart and other data presentation controls for the  web
  • Proven communication skills and ability to excel in a  team-oriented environment
  • Self-motivated and attentive to detail

Please send your resume and cover letter to careers@certona.com.

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