Sr Human Interface Designer, Pro Apps

Apple’s Professional Applications Design Group is seeking a passionate senior human Interface designer who also understands the intricacies of non-linear video editing. This person must possess a relentless attention to detail, a gifted eye for aesthetics and the ability to quickly grasp and distill highly complex matters.

The candidate will work closely with all designers, producers and engineers to design the future of Pro Apps; high-visibility applications that are used daily by creative professionals working in post-production (examples include Final Cut Pro, Motion and Soundtrack Pro).

The designer will be responsible for researching, designing and prototyping new user experiences and features, creating design mockups, producing visual assets and writing behavioral documentation (required for proper design implementation).

The candidate must be a natural collaborator who prefers developing designs in a team environment, a passionate user advocate and be capable of designing simple solutions to design complex problems.

Qualifications:

Minimum 5 years of experience creating innovative and visually stunning user experiences for software, games, DVDs, video, or the web.

Degree in interaction design, human factor and/or visual design (or equivalent).

Experienced in one or more of the following: video editing, sound design/production, motion graphics, photography, and/or videography.

An outstanding body of work demonstrated as a design portfolio or reel (film, TV, web examples) demonstrating the successful delivery of innovative design solutions and/or compelling video.

Deep understanding of Apple’s human interface design language and the ability to translate it into future designs of Apple’s professional applications.

Exceptional understanding of fundamental design disciplines (typography, composition, information architecture, color and animation) and principals (affordance, clustering, consistency, usability, etc.)

The ideal candidate is not afraid of a blank white board.

Ability to create final graphic assets for flawless design implementation.

Software Skills:

Expert-level knowledge of graphic design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Omnigraffle, etc.

Highly versed in editing, motion graphics, and finishing suites like FCP, Avid, Smoke, Luster, etc.

Complete mastery of the Mac OS X platform.

Advanced knowledge of interaction prototyping tools such as Flash, Director and/or AfterEffects is a big plus.

If interested, please e-mail your cover letter (be very specific why you think you’re a great fit), resume (PDF only and file size under 1 MB), and a link to your online portfolio.

Please submit a cover letter, resume and a link to your portfolio to www.apple.com/jobs (reference req # 4085888).