We are hiring an awesome UI Designer!

November 10, 2011 Leave a Comment

UI Designer

Full-time – Vancouver, BC

About SilkStart Technology Inc.

SilkStart is a rapidly growing technology company making industry-recognized SaaS (Software as a Service) software for membership organizations to grow and succeed – it combines the latest social networking technology for better member engagement and the simplest user interface for easier management.

Our team is fun, fast-paced, hard-working, and positively competitive. We are committed to exceed our clients’ expectations and we have built a supportive environment to do so.

About this job

Are you passionate about creating beautiful user interfaces? Do you know how it feels when people love using your products?

Here at SilkStart we believe that great designs can change the world! And great designs are not a privilege for consumer products only – they should live in enterprise software as well. We are on a mission to make the best association management software that is beautiful, intuitive, and elegant, and most importantly, it NEEDS to have personality!

Responsibilities

Design and deliver mock-ups that meet customer requirements and use cases
Be obsessed with the principle for user interaction design: Less is More.
Make (or use) extremely beautiful UI, graphics, and layouts to create LOVE!
Write front-end code in HTML/CSS

About You

You are obsessed with beautiful things
You are obsessed with animated feedback
You can’t stop talking about usability, information architect, and interaction designs
You can make ugly things beautiful, complicated things simple, and boring things fun
Most importantly, you believe that great designs can conquer the world!

Benefits & Perks

Really really big monitor!
Free beer, lunch, drinks, team events
Early employee stock option
Most importantly, your design can actually change the world and you can see the change immediately!

Desired Skills

Graphics design skills
Sufficient knowledge in HTML / CSS

How to Apply

Links to your blog, your work, your other social web profiles, and other artifacts that can demonstrate your creativity and perfectionism.
Links to 5 websites you visit daily and why
You can also submit your 1-page resume, but this is not preferred.

Send in your app to daniel@silkstart.com

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About Daniel Chu
“Success is to drive and continually shape the excellence in you and around you” – Daniel Chu Born in January 1st 1983 in Taipei Taiwan, Daniel Che Yi Chu moved to Ontario Canada by himself at the age of 14, seeking for better education. In 2007, Daniel obtained his Honor Bachelor of Science (with distinction) in Computer Science (Software Engineering) from the University of Toronto, St. George campus. Currently an IT Project Manager at TELUS, Daniel is leading teams with up to 15 members and managing budgets between $100K-$800K, facilitating a $900M deal with the Quebec government (http://bit.ly/17A6tu). Since graduation, Daniel joined TELUS’s Leadership Development Program (http://bit.ly/bLnKD), which gave him an opportunity to explore different professional roles, such as a Business Analyst, Developer, IT Project Manager, Human Resources Project Manager, and Strategic Advisor. Continued to grow, Daniel joined Toastmasters in 2008, and obtained both the Competent Leader and Competent Communicator designation in 2009. Also in 2009, Daniel was nominated and elected President of his Toastmasters Club (http://www.telespeakers.com). Daniel is a committed Christian who is also a committed volunteer at Big Brothers and the Crisis Center. He helps the Crisis Center deliver suicide prevention workshops at Vancouver’s high schools. Daniel enjoys various activities, such as swimming, playing basketball, and bowling. He also enjoys reading and writing.