Songbird is looking for an Interaction Designer

Hello, My name is Jack Leidlein and I'm the Director of Operations at
Songbird. I'm taking a personal approach to recruiting key people at
this early stage. I hope you'll take a few minutes to take a look!

WHO WE ARE:

Songbird, http://www.songbirdnest.com

Pioneers of the Inevitable, Inc. is a top-tier venture-funded San
Francisco Internet/digital media start-up that develops and nurtures
Songbird, a mash-up of a desktop media player and a Web browser.
Digital media cool hunters, developers, service providers and device
makers are adopting Songbird because it connects the music and video
from any Internet service to a user's desktop library and devices.
Songbird's final 1.0 release promises a burgeoning "Media Web" of
accessible, interoperable media stores, subscription services and
social networks.

Digital media pundits and developers are already chirping about
Songbird's 500k+ installs, recognition in BoingBoing, TechCrunch,
Slashdot, Digg and volunteer translations to 40+ languages. Like
Firefox, Songbird is Mozilla-based desktop software, cross-platform,
open source, supports extensions and even enables Internet services to
invoke media player and media device features from a Web page.

Songbird's team is a successful clutch of developers, entrepreneurs
and executives, most recently leading digital media strategy at
Yahoo!, Nullsoft (Winamp), AOL,  Netscape and Philips. The company is
financed by Sequoia Capital, the original investors of Intel, Apple,
Yahoo!, Google and YouTube.

"Songbird promises to be the Firefox of media players."
   - Aaron Boodman,
   Greasemonkey author

Songbird 1.0 launches in late 2007.

THE JOB:

Create the user experiences that define Songbird and Songbirdnest.com.
Work with product management and design to implement natural,
intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces.

THE IDEAL PROFILE:

You are an experienced user-centered designer focused first on
interaction design, with a talent for visual design and information
architecture. You are always thinking of ways to make sites and
applications easier and more meaningful for the people who use them.
You have a talent for understanding users and identifying the key
interactions that truly drive the best user experience, and you are
able to focus the user interface design on them.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

·	Apply user-centered design principles to provide the conceptual
framework and specific interactions that define the behavior of
Songbird and Songbirdnest.com.
·	Work closely with product management to define product direction,
user scenarios / personas, and user interface requirements.
·	Design interaction models, workflows, information architectures, and
user interfaces.
·	Work closely with visual design to create natural, intuitive and
visually appealing user interfaces.
·	Draft design specifications in the form of documentation, wire-
frames and mock-ups, and interactive prototypes.
·	Design and coordinate usability tests and other user experience
research.
·	Iterate on designs based on the results of usability testing and
feedback from engineering.
·	Contribute to a culture of innovation and teamwork.

QUALIFICATIONS:

·	5+ years user experience design on Web and desktop applications
·	Educated in design, HCI and usability (or ability to display formal
understanding of theory and practices)
·	Demonstrated mastery of user experience design principles and solid
interaction design skills
·	Prototyping skills using paper, Flash, etc.
·	Proven ability to define problems and solutions individually and
with teams
·	Solid understanding of the Web and its capabilities / limitations
(including HTML and CSS). Familiarity with JavaScript, AJAX, and XUL a
plus.
·	Visual design skills a plus.
·	Experience conducting user testing highly desired

This position reports to the Vice President of Product.

Availability: Full-time.

Location: You are preferably located near San Francisco.

Compensation and Relocation: Pioneers of the Inevitable, Inc. has
created a competitive compensation and equity package. Relocation
assistance is designed on a per case basis. In short, we'll be
creative to get you here.

Contact: Send your email cover letter and resume with the subject
"Your name - Interaction Designer - via mozilla.jobs" to
[email protected]. PLEASE paste the resume in text form into the
body of the email, and attach a copy as well. Also, please include a
portfolio or URL's of sites/applications that you directly worked on.
All communication and correspondence is held in the strictest
confidence to ensure that you can connect and learn more without
exposure.