Director, User Experience

at TheLadders.com

Location: New York, New York

TheLadders.com is looking for a Director, User Experience to guide the definition and design of simple, compelling user experiences across all of our products.

This individual will lead the strategy and execution of TheLadders' user experience and visual design. This team member will work closely with a team of Product Managers, Researchers, and Technologists to plan and implement the most effective product strategy for TheLadders.

The Director's responsibilities include planning, researching and executing customer-centric user experience and design solutions that deliver on our business goals, ensure site-wide consistency, provide a foundation for future enhancements and ensure our continued success. You will be responsible for managing a team of Information Architects and Designers and overseeing the execution of all user interaction and creative aspects across the site.

Responsibilities
• Establish a user experience and design vision and strategy that results in the best possible user experience and is in-line with and consistently supports our brand, marketing and revenue strategies
• Contribute subject matter expertise in the areas of information architecture, online user behavior, usability testing, and industry standard user experience best practices
• Create and enforce product interaction and design standards for each of the products
• Evolve and refine a product design process that produces high-quality results
• Manage a team of designers to sustain a collaborative and high-performance group

Requirements
• 7+ years of relevant experience, including information architecture, usability and design work for a heavily trafficked, consumer facing web site or equivalent
• 2+ years of experience managing a team of visual and interaction designers
• BA or BS degree from a top tier college or university
• Passion for building great products with elegant and powerful user experiences
• Ability to scope and manage multiple projects in a fast-moving market and environment
• Experience with techniques in formal and informal usability testing

TheLadders.com is the world's largest online service catering exclusively to the $100k+ career marketplace. Located in New York and London, we make the global search for senior talent and senior positions quick and effective. We give professionals the most senior-level job leads in one place and organize them by function for more efficient searching. Through TheLadders.com and our UK site, TheLadders.co.uk, we give our members the tools they need to take their next career step. Top recruiters value the ability to quickly and easily connect with qualified talent. Founded in 2003, TheLadders.com has grown into the largest specialty employment website with over 1,800,000 members and 35,000 recruiters. To learn more about TheLadders.com, please visit www.theladders.com or www.theladders.co.uk.

We are a dynamic, fast-paced, high-growth internet company that rewards meritorious performance. We work hard and have big fun. We are a results oriented, goals driven team with a strong commitment to excellence. We hire the best and the brightest individuals without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, citizenship status, alienage, mental or physical disability, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, on the basis of knowledge or belief that the employee or applicant has tested positive for AIDS, AIDS-related complex or HIV, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TheLadders.com is an equal opportunity employer.

Interested?

Please submit resume at careers@theladders.com