A2Z Keywording is currently looking to hire a Visual+Interaction Designer for work on a revamp of our main product. We are looking to enhance the user interaction experience while giving the program a more modern look that compliments the variety of software tools photographers use everyday.

As a UI Designer, you have a strong technical background and work closely with Engineers and Product Managers to design products that are simple but great for the user, focusing on interaction and visual design. Using your keen design aesthetic you design and conduct experiments with real users so that improvements to the user experience are based on real user behavior. Your job is to make sure that our products are intuitive, accessible and usable to our millions of users.

As a Visual Designer, you will design delightful, polished products that excite users. Your work will involve designing interfaces that solve complex interactions with elegance and simplicity. You’re ardent about technology and know how to work alongside engineers, researchers product managers and other designers throughout all stages of the product cycle. You can tell compelling stories about users and products to support your work.

Responsibilities:

• - Create a look consistent modern photography software – while pleasing our users.
• - Communicate effectively in a cross-functional product development team and present ideas and designs effectively.
• - Present the user interface visually so information is easy to read, easy to understand and easy to find.
• - Market and promote products and features so users understand what they’re getting and what the benefits are.
• - Help to define the user model and user interface for new and existing products and features. Develop high level and/or detailed storyboards, mockups, and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
• - Gauge the usability of new and existing products, and making constructive suggestions for change.

Minimum Qualifications:

• - BA/BS in Graphic Design or related field (In lieu of degree, 4 years relevant work experience).
• - 2 years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• - 3 years of experience designing outstanding web-based products for a consumer-oriented website.
• - Solid knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
• - Previous experience designing for Filemaker Pro based Databases and Applications.
• - Understanding of Stock Photography, Keywording, and Digital Asset Management
• - Proven ability to act as a leader in communicating conceptual ideas and design rationale, all within a user-centered design process.
• - Must be self-motivated to prioritize and manage work load and meet critical project milestones and deadlines.
• - Must be an effective problem solver.
• - Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build good working relationships.

If you are interested in the position, please send a brief cover letter, links to or images of work samples, and a copy of your resume to studio@dansteinphoto.com, and CC: alex@a2zkeywording.com .  If you succeed in sending the email to both of us, that will win you some points in the technical ability category.

Organizing Visual Databases for More than a Decade

A2Z Keywording has created keywording databases for stock photography houses and publishing companies for over a decade. Whether tagging photos of products or projects, detailing complex conceptual shots, or converting editorial captions into searchable keyword matrixes, A2Z Keywording can transform all your images into language.

Our keywording is tailored to your needs, and we pride ourselves on creating customized easy-to-use keywording databases. Publishers, stock photography houses, and media companies employ our services to organize and better utilize their visual archives.

As technologies have changed and evolved, so has A2Z Keywording. Two decades ago, we indexed books and catalogues; now we create intricate keyword matrixes for both web sites and digital image archives. Our clients include:

• Meredith Publishing
• Reader’s Digest
• Images.com
• Direct Stock
• Hemera Inc.
• American Showcase
• Solus Images
• Corbis
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Chelsea House Publishers