User Interface Designer - (US-CA-San Jose - 95196)

Minimum Education: None
Jobcode: 59720964
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Help us evolve the product that revolutionized television! TiVo's product goal is to create a living room experience that is so easy, everyone in the household will love interacting with it. As we continue to innovate our TV DVR functionality as well as add home networking and mobility features, we need to heed our mantra of "Smart. Simple. Fun. Connected."

The User Experience department (UI Design, Visual Design & Prototyping, Research, Writing, and Field Trials) works closely with Customer Support, Product Management, and Engineering teams to gather information on our products. We have a collaborative, team-oriented, consensus building approach to design, and believe in taking input and feedback from a wide variety of sources.

We are looking for an energetic, multi-talented and motivated individual to join the team as a UI Designer for our DVR and related products.

It is critical for candidates to work well with other teams and to have a strong leadership presence. Candidates must be able to understand the balance of user experience, business case, and time-to-market, and make tradeoffs where appropriate.

Here's what you get to do:

Create and iterate UI designs of DVR applications, producing detailed written specifications for Engineering
Work with Visual Designers, Web Developers, and Prototypers to create mockups and functional prototypes of your designs
Partner with User Research to test and refine your designs
Plan with Product Management to define feature/product requirements
Work with Engineering to understand architecture and development issues; and make appropriate design tradeoffs
Team up with Customer Support to understand issues subscribers have with the current UI

This is what you'll need to be successful:

At least two years user interface design experience in a consumer application software development environment
Excellent design skills and a proven track record of designing consumer-targeted applications and writing detailed UI/functional specifications
"Big picture" design ideas
Extreme detail orientation and an obsession for consistency
Clear, organized writing, communication, and presentation skills
Logical, analytical thinking
Reasonable understanding of underlying technical issues
An affinity for entertainment in multiple media
Mobile application design experience a plus
Familiarity with prototyping tools a plus

TiVo is unique. We're successful because of diversity of thought, skill sets, and experience and pure talent.

San Jose, CA
Job Type: Full-Time
Requisition Number: 833