Microsoft's Developer Division is currently seeking a designer who loves to work on complex problems and to turn high density, complex functionality into beautiful designs. You will be joining a group of talented designers who focus on defining, designing and delivering a superior user experience for development teams. This area includes a broad spectrum of design challenges spanning web applications, multiple programming languages, database and web development.
Responsibilities involve collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams (program management, development, usability and external teams) to define the product space, user models and product/feature definitions; working with usability to understand user issues and exploring design solutions to meet those needs; leading design exercises, providing detailed design specifications and driving excellence in the final visual details of our products.
Key qualifications 2+ years' experience with visual and interaction design skills 2+ years' experience typography and visual systems Enthusiasm for an iterative design process Fluent in current design tools (i.e. Adobe CC, Sketch, Figma, etc.) Ability to generate and drive design ideas and to communicate those ideas effectively Ability to work both independently and in collaborative teams. Ability to synthetize design solutions from ambiguous concepts Education BS Degree in Visual Design, Graphic Arts, Interaction Design, HCI or equivalent industry experience