Blackbaud http://www.blackbaud.com A great reputation is a result of great products. Great products are a result of innovative thinking. Our leading-edge Product Development team is a big reason why Blackbaud is the world-leading provider of software solutions for nonprofit organizations. The User Interface Designer/Developer will essentially own the web interface for some of Blackbaud's most high-profile products and provide design guidance for other key initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced designer or an individual with a strong visual design and web development background who is ready to move fully into interface and interaction design and development. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in interface development with a focus on web-based products, but an outstanding portfolio of web design combined with web development, information architecture, or related disciplines will be considered. The ideal candidate will also have an enthusiastic team-oriented attitude, a strong design and usability ethic, and proven experience delivering creative and elegant solutions. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Work with interaction designers, developers, product managers, usability engineers, and design lead to create visually appealing, highly usable, and intuitive web interfaces in an Agile environment (Scrum). Work with interaction designers to translate business requirements into functional designs. Convey your solutions using Agile design artifacts such as light weight prototypes and wireframes. Candidate must also have the aptitude to implement designs by developing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript presentation code. Reinforce the Blackbaud brand by building consensus and continually evangelizing pattern standards. Experience maintaining UI standards/pattern libraries. Articulate the pros and cons of design decisions and offer clear rationale for decisions. Continually understand the balance of user experience, business case, and time-to-release, and make tradeoffs where appropriate. Diligently ensure that your design deliverables are completed on time. Ability to manage multiple priorities and initiatives while working very independently. Continually grow and expand knowledge of usability and interface concepts and principals. Also, continually contribute to Blackbaud's design culture by evangelizing best practices across other design teams and even entire product development group. Establish good relationships with multiple sprint teams and help foster an open, creative, and productive atmosphere. Required Experience: Outstanding portfolio of samples from previous projects is the most important requirement for position. Portfolio should demonstrate exceptional visual design aesthetics and the ability to develop solutions based on complex user and business requirements. Experience working collaboratively within an Agile environment of short, highly iterative development cycles. Excellent negotiation, teamwork, presentation, and problem solving skills Expert HTML and CSS required. Strong JavaScript, AJAX, and JQuery (or other interface library) experience required. Strong experience with design tools such as Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver. Exposure to MS Visual Studio and ASP.NET desired. Experience with content management systems needed. Experience with projects that include social software, email marketing, or other Web 2.0 offerings would be very helpful. A four year degree in interactive design, computer science, human computer interaction, human factors, industrial design or equivalent, combined experience. 755 <a href="http://blackbaud.submit4jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=75022.viewjobdetail&CID=75022&JID=71451&BUID=523" target="_new">Submit Your Resume With Us By Clicking Here</a> San Diego /jobs/755