Catalyst Group is seeking a Visual Designer to design Web and mobile sites and other digital applications for clients that include global brands, start-ups, not-for-profits, and many others. Working alongside Catalyst Group's Principal Creative Director and our team of visual and interaction designers, you'll develop original design concepts, execute designs based on design directions and style guides, create design specifications, and develop and deliver both internal and client-facing presentations.
Essential Functions
- Create original design concepts and design systems for Web, mobile sites, and applications at all stages of the design process, from conceptual to final design.
- Creates other design deliverables, including icons and logos.
- Applies visual designs and design systems to wireframes.
- Creates style guides and other production-ready design deliverables for use as specifications by designers and developers.
- Creates storyboards for time-based interactions.
- Develops and delivers internal and client-facing presentations.
- Participates in ongoing evaluations of our work to improve the quality and effectiveness of our services.
Education
Bachelor's degree or equivalent. Degree in visual communications, graphic design or a related field preferred.
Experience
Two or more years experience as a visual designer. Agency experience preferred.
Skills
- Understanding of visual design systems, hierarchy, typography, aesthetics, illustration, photography and composition.
- Knowledge of interaction design patterns, site architecture, user interfaces and navigation.
- Competent in the use of PhotoShop and Illustrator; experience with other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite (Fireworks, InDesign, Flash).
- Understanding of the capabilities and limitations of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Understanding of the physical, cognitive, cultural and social factors that affect design decisions.
- Ability to generate design ideas on the fly in a fast-paced, collaborative, and innovative environment, while balancing user experience, brand and business focuses.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and in teams across multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to collaborate in a creative, cooperative environment.
Portfolio
Exceptional portfolio of visual design work required.
Catalyst Group, a leading user experience strategy, research and design firm based in New York City, is seeking an experienced Director of UX Strategy to join our growing team of world-class user experience specialists. The ideal candidate is one who shares our passion for helping organizations create highly desirable, useful, and easy-to-use products and services and who will actively contribute to a culture of innovation, excellence and accountability.
As Director of UX Strategy you'll lead Catalyst Group's strategy practice, directing and contributing to a range of strategy activities and deliverables, defining, developing and advancing the organization's strategy practice, and training, mentoring and coaching team members in insight and strategy practices and techniques.
Essential Functions
- Direct all phases of strategy work from proposals to final deliverables
- Assume primary responsibility for the successful delivery of projects that involve significant client contact and the management of internal resources across various disciplines
- Develop and refine the UX strategy process and its associated activities and deliverables, informed by industry best practices, in order to expand and extend our ability to meet a range of client needs
- Develop and maintain materials that describe the value of our strategy processes and deliverables to clients
- Participate in the development of new business
- Mentor and coach team members, helping them understand and utilize research, insights, and analytical tools and techniques in their work
- Participate in the refinement of our design and research processes and deliverables to ensure that practice areas are aligned and to support client needs
Experience
- Five or more years planning and executing research, strategy, and insight activities using a variety of methods
- Agency experience preferred
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent. Master's degree preferred. Degree in user experience, interaction design or a related field desireable
Skills
- Ability to plan and conduct a range of primary and secondary research, insight, and ideation activities using a variety of techniques
- Ability to generate insights and develop concepts that yield compelling interactive strategies
- Experience converting client-articulated needs into a methodologically and strategically sound set of research activities
- Demonstrated thought-leadership in research, digital strategy and insights, including published work and public presentations
- Ability to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and risks through data analysis
- Web analytics and reporting experience
- Understanding of current trends in interaction design, site architecture, user interface design and navigation
- Understanding of the physical, cognitive, cultural and social factors that affect interactive design decisions
- Understanding of the technical capabilities and limitations of Web and application interface development languages
- Ability to make informative and engaging formal and informal presentations
- Ability to work independently and in teams across multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to collaborate in a creative, cooperative environment
Other Requirements
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills and presentation skills
- Capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Occasional overnight travel required
You should work here! Seriously! We offer a fun, entrepreneurial business casual work environment, with a team atmosphere and competitive compensation. Your benefits include health, vision, dental and life insurance. We offer company matched 401k and an incredible work environment with a cadre of the industry's top talent.
Catalyst Group, a leading user experience strategy, research and design firm based in New York City, is seeking an experienced Senior Usability Researcher to join our growing team of world-class user experience specialists. The ideal candidate is one who shares our passion for helping organizations create highly desirable, useful, and easy-to-use products and services and who will actively contribute to a culture of innovation, excellence and accountability.
The Senior Usability Researcher works with clients to develop and execute original usability and user research studies that enable clients to improve their products and services and that advance Catalyst Group's usability and research practice.
Essential Functions
- Work directly with clients to develop, plan and execute research studies of varying degrees of complexity.
- Build and support the organization's user research practice by being a practice leader in one or more specific research areas, techniques, or tools; e.g., quantitative research, online research, eye tracking.
- Moderate own and other researchers' studies; may occasional play a supporting role for another senior researcher.
- Create client-ready summary and detailed reports that provide original study observations and insightful recommendations; edit other researchers' studies and prepare final client deliverables.
- Create recruiting screeners and moderator guides.
- Mentors and coach team members.
- Attend meetings with current and prospective clients.
Education
Master's degree or equivalent in disciplines that include interaction design, human factors, computer human interaction, ethnography, and experimental or cognitive psychology.
Skills
- Exceptional verbal and written communication ability.
- Exceptional presentation and public speaking skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
- Experience with common usability research tools such as Morae.
- Familiarity with and comfort around a variety of technologies including personal computers, tablet computers, mobile devices, e-book readers and other types of current and emerging consumer and professional electronics, hardware, and software.
- Experience with eye tracking products such as Tobii Studio.
- Understanding of trends in interaction and interface design.
- Understanding of the physical, cognitive, cultural and social factors that affect interactive design decisions.
- Ability to make informative and engaging formal and informal presentations.
- Ability to work independently and in teams across multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to collaborate in a creative, cooperative environment.
Other Requirements
- Proven experience of converting client-articulated needs into a methodologically and strategically. sound proposed package of research activities.
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills.
- Demonstrated thought-leadership in user research, including published work.
Experience
Five or more years experience as usability researcher or the equivalent.
Hands-on experience with research techniques that include contextual inquiry, eye-tracking, one-on-one usability studies, on-site testing, collaborative design sessions, questionnaire design, and focus groups.
Body of prior research work. Published work in usability, user research, or a relevant post-graduate field a plus.