Do you dream big and want to boost your career with one of the fastest growing online travel companies? Do you believe in the principles of the sharing economy and want to have a positive impact on the way people travel? Ranked as one of the top travel websites in America by USA Today and featured recently in The New York Times, Forbes, CNN, NBC News, FOX News, Yahoo, among many others, Roomer (www.RoomerTravel.com) is taking center stage in the Travel Industry. Roomer’s vision, based on the principles of the sharing economy, is to make travel exchangeable and tradable, bringing together and benefiting travelers all over the world. Rather than losing money on a cancelled pre-paid hotel reservation, Roomer connects those with cancelled trips to travelers looking to score a travel deal, providing the seller with a return on the canceled reservation, and the buyer with the best-priced room. When you book a hotel room on Roomer, you’re not only getting the best price – you’re also helping someone out. Talk about good karma!
Art Director / Product Design Manager Responsibilities: · Roomer’s interaction and interface design for the entire product line (e.g. website, mobile app, mobile-web, 3rd party services, etc.) · Mastering Product Design Documentation to include KPI’s, user stories, design rules, pixel perfect mockups and animations that enable software developers to build a delightful user experience. · Conduct and lead user experience research and usability studies to support product strategy and design approach. · Review and measure design performance through data analysis to solve problems and achieve company business goals. · Be the expert on industry design standards and up to date best practices. · Manage the designers’ team
Required Qualifications: · 7 years of experience in various companies or agency with at least 5 years of experience in one fast growing company. · Strong design portfolio showcasing real world work exemplifying tradeoffs and consideration of business, content, market, and data into the design work; proven uplift in product KPI’s due to the design work. · Experience shipping digital consumer facing products in web and mobile environments. · Experience designing complex systems and services with multiple stakeholders. · Experience working in a high-paced delivery environment (agile and scrum are an advantage). · Natural draw to data and data analysis basic skills (Mixpanel, Kissmetrics, Google Analytics etc.). · Full mastery of the tools of the trade: Adobe Suite, Sketch, Acquaintance with Code (HTML, CSS, JS, Xcode, Swift). · Experience in branding and visual identity development or Art Direction. · Proven experience in managerial skills.