Data Dreaming

chicago, full time, interaction design

Professional Tinkerer at Clarity Consulting, Inc.

Company: Clarity Consulting, Inc.

Location: Chicago, USA Category: Interaction Designer Type: Full-Time

Description

Professional Tinkerer-Artist/Developer

“ .psd, .ai, .indd, .sln, .xaml, .svg, .cs, .js Use these often? If so, we might have an awesome job for you…”

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

At Clarity we’re passionate about emerging technologies’ ability to uncover social and psychological insights aimed at improving day-to-day life. And we’re looking for people to join our creative team. Find an outlet for the things that keep you up at night:

Trend Watching – See EVERYTHING. Stay up-to-date on all the latest technology, design, psychology, social, environmental, and industry trends. Get inspired about what’s happening in the world and apply a unique lens to it. Research & Planning – Uncover insights and behaviors that will drive the direction of a project. Planning out the tactics for capturing the RIGHT data during the elaboration phases of a project.

Prototyping – Innovation is hard. Quickly proving out an idea can be invaluable for getting people on board. Regularly proposing strategies and approaches for mashing up various hardware and software is a core competency.

Integration – Collaborating with a small team to produce the project on time and on budget. Touch screens, websites, mobile apps, interactive installations…the best that front-end development has to offer Required Skills:

• A strong, unique design sense. • Attention to detail. • Understanding the relationship between visual design and software development. • Ability to participate in group collaboration. • Strong sense of pride in your work.

Knowledge or expertise of the following platforms and tools:

• Illustrator, • InDesign, • Html/Html5, • CSS, • OpenFrameworks, • Processing, • Arduino, • C#, • C++, • Visual Studio, • Photoshop, • Flash, • Silverlight, • Actionscript, • iOS • Mango

Clarity Environment:

We are a passionate, forward-thinking, diverse bunch! We are competent & confident technologists who solve real business problems. We are intellectually curious and value the diverse background and skills that each of our colleagues possess. As far as results, we push the envelope every chance we get. We deliver! Every Time! On Time! Here you have the opportunity to make a real difference, affect the bottom line. Besides technology, we blog about cool stuff, publish tech books & articles, lead industry conferences. We have great office space on the 34th floor, with modern conference rooms, library, kitchen overlooking Willis Tower, with a fully-stocked fridge & a game room with Ping-Pong table, Xbox 360, Foosball table. Did I mention we have great coffee?

Recent Awards & Accolades:

• 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For (2009, 2010, 2011) – National Assoc. of Business Resources • America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies, (2008. 2009, 2010) – Inc. 5000 • American Design Awards, Rewarding Innovative Design, 2010

All candidates must have legal authorisation to permanently live and work in the United States without visa or employer sponsorship. No recruiters or third parties please. We welcome candidates from out of state and will accommodate relocation