Job Description

Senior UX Designer

Gallagher & Associates is seeking a Senior UX Designer to join their New York based team.  The Senior UX Designer will work with G&A’s design team to create interactive media for museums, public spaces and online experiences. The Senior UX Designer will work collaboratively with the G&A creative, technical and content teams, as well as clients from the concept phase through production delivery. The position entails working on a variety of projects across multiple mediums – interactive, multi-user media installations and theatrical presentations. G&A has a diverse client base including world-class museums, corporations, cultural and government institutions. We are looking for a highly motivated and talented individual with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a multi-office studio environment.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborative designer with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate (both written and verbal) both internally and externally.
  • Work on multiple projects and assume responsibility for all documentation produced by the User Experience team. Set up and conduct user research and work with research partners to fill research and usability testing.
  • Innovate and improve processes and deliverables to set new standards.
  • Pursues opportunities to improve the firm’s User Experience strategy to better address client and user objectives.
  • Take personal accountability for on-time deliverables.
  • Ability to create cohesive wireframes, user flows, feature sets, and scenarios for client approval and software development hand-off.
  • Ability to work with content and software developers to streamline the internal process and ensure projects are aligned with project scope and deliverables.

Gallagher and Associates (G&A) is a global award winning, full service museum exhibition design firm, specializing in design and development of interpretive 3D experiences and interactive media installations. We believe that the hallmark of any exhibit is storytelling and lies in its ability to capture a visitor’s imagination through sights, sounds and words. Constant collaboration between disciplines and with our clients is the foundation of our creative process. Gallagher & Associates’ collaborative working style facilitates the process that is required to develop a storyline that provides a rich, layered learning experience.

To Apply: Please submit a cover letter, resume, and references to MediaHR@gallagherdesign.com

Job Requirements

 

Qualifications / Experience

  • A minimum of 5 years experience in user experience, information architecture, or interaction design.
  • A solid academic background in human-computer interaction or related field (Advanced degrees are preferred).
  • A portfolio of work demonstrating experience creating the design of complex systems across multiple platforms, including mobile and touch-based interfaces.
  • Mastery of the user experience discipline and expert user experience skills.
  • Proven ability to collaborate and negotiate effectively with internal disciplines.
  • Proficiency with Omnigraffle, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Excel.
  • Experience preparing and conducting user research and usability tests.
  • Experience in a fast paced work environment
  • Experience working with software developers

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Contact Person: Media HR Phone: 301-656-7575
Email Address: MediaHR@gallagherdesign.com