[linuxjobs] UX Engineer at Assanka Ltd

[Tom O'Connor]

Join Assanka as a user experience engineer to make our websites and
web applications intuitively easy to use.
Our sites have previously won three Webby awards, and most recently
we’re scored a best mobile site award from the Association of Online
Publishers.
You’ll be working with designers and developers to create interfaces
and layouts that minimise user effort, avoid confusion, and look great
at the same time.

You will have control over the design decisions that make a difference
to the usability of the final product, and will be skilled at
implementing them in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

This page describes the UX engineer role specifically.
For general recruitment information and a guide to what working at
Assanka is like, or for details of our other jobs, please see our main
jobs page (http://assanka.net/content/who/jobs/)


*Responsibilities*
Layout of controls and content, wireframing of key interfaces
Review and overhaul of existing applications to improve user experience
Implementation of UI interaction behaviours in JavaScript
Working with outsourcers to quality control the production of HTML
markup and CSS from design mocks
Working with designers to ensure creative choices are compatible with
user experience goals

*Required skills*
JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5
Experience with JQuery
Usability and user experience layout design
Information architecture
Interaction design
Prototyping / wireframing

*Desirable skills*
Some knowledge of PHP and SQL
Experience with mobile device web development challenges

*Salary*
We offer salaries of £25,000 – £50,000 for user experience engineer roles

*Application*
Application for UX engineer roles is via our online skills assessment
at http://assanka.net/iwantajob

And please mention my name (Tom O'Connor) when you apply.

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Tom O'Connor

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tom at twinhelix.org
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