Hi folks, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m looking for rockstar designers to join me at Citrix in Santa Clara :-)<\/p>\n
I recently joined as a principal designer to help our VP of Design (who came from Salesforce) create design excellence in the enterprise. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a mandate from the CEO to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153simplify, unify, and consumerize\u00e2\u20ac\u009d our geeky IT apps into products that are cool, sleek, and reinventing how people work. This means apps for iPad & Android, as well as Mac\/Win using Flex or Silverlight, and in-browser for thin client\/net PCs, for users in business, education, and healthcare. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153virtual and cloud computing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d stuff that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hot now! A great time to invent what this software can be with good design.<\/p>\n
We need design talent with stunning visual skills<\/strong> and sharp analytical abilities<\/strong> who love to dig into complex products, to arrive at elegant smart solutions. Passion, imagination, camaraderie, and adaptability are key<\/strong>. And of course many of you know I come from the Andrei Herasimchuk school of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153design making\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a> and the Buchanan\/CMU school of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153design thinking\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a>, which I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m advocating to shape a robust design culture. Want to be a part of it? Enabling this is a small but thriving team of designers & researchers from PayPal, Adobe, and Ebay. Lots of experience and enthusiasm!<\/p>\n So forget about crummy old dinosaur enterprise UI<\/a>. This is a bold pursuit of world-class design quality that competes at the level of Apple, Dyson, Virgin, and Nike. Are you up for the challenge? Read on…<\/p>\n Visual Designers:<\/strong> Superbly skilled in typography, color, grids, icons, etc. Imaginative sense of ideating\/creating the whole interface, not just production of buttons\/icons. Armed with an amazing sense of style, always exploring what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s next. Can create gorgeous, pixel-perfect comps and crisply detailed assets. Craftsmanship is an absolute must! Mastery of standard Adobe toolset. Prototyping is a big plus! Grasps the rigors of product development, UI freeze, perforce\/SVN, and can handle all that equally well when deadlines get hot. Also key: clearly articulating the rationale for emotive aspects of visuals to executives.<\/p>\n Interaction Designers: <\/strong> Keen analysis of the user\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journey, from macro-level flow and architecture to micro-level UI mechanics & states & edge cases. Able to drive an eco-system POV as well as apply\/invent patterns for UI elements. Able to quickly iterate and persuasively explain holistic flow diagrams, meaningful wireframes\/storyboards, and gritty spec details. Collaborative brainstorming is key. Prototyping is a big plus! Always challenging assumptions about behavior, flow, and value to the user. Mindful of business goals and tech constraints. Knows how to balance PMs and Devs\/engineers. Knows when to do research studies versus tapping your reservoir of past judgment. Must have total product design experience (not just making websites).<\/p>\n And if you are one of those rare hybrids who does pixel-perfect visuals AND interaction design, even better!<\/em> No silos on the Citrix Product Design team. We all want to make great products and have fun while doing it!<\/p>\n If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got the chops, please contact me directly, uday.gajendar@citrix.com, with a link to your amazing online portfolio and resume. Thanks! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi folks, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m looking for rockstar designers to join me at Citrix in Santa Clara :-) I recently joined as a principal designer to help our VP of Design (who came from Salesforce) create design excellence in the enterprise. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a mandate from the CEO to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153simplify, unify, and consumerize\u00e2\u20ac\u009d our geeky IT apps … Continue reading “Looking for rockstars!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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![crummy old dinosaur enterprise UI<\/a>. This is a bold pursuit of world-class design quality that competes at the level of Apple, Dyson, Virgin, and Nike. Are you up for the challenge? Read on…<\/p>\n\nVisual Designers:<\/strong> Superbly skilled in typography, color, grids, icons, etc. Imaginative sense of ideating\/creating the whole interface, not just production of buttons\/icons. Armed with an amazing sense of style, always exploring what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s next. Can create gorgeous, pixel-perfect comps and crisply detailed assets. Craftsmanship is an absolute must! Mastery of standard Adobe toolset. Prototyping is a big plus! Grasps the rigors of product development, UI freeze, perforce\/SVN, and can handle all that equally well when deadlines get hot. Also key: clearly articulating the rationale for emotive aspects of visuals to executives.<\/p>\nInteraction Designers: <\/strong> Keen analysis of the user\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journey, from macro-level flow and architecture to micro-level UI mechanics & states & edge cases. Able to drive an eco-system POV as well as apply\/invent patterns for UI elements. Able to quickly iterate and persuasively explain holistic flow diagrams, meaningful wireframes\/storyboards, and gritty spec details. Collaborative brainstorming is key. Prototyping is a big plus! Always challenging assumptions about behavior, flow, and value to the user. Mindful of business goals and tech constraints. Knows how to balance PMs and Devs\/engineers. Knows when to do research studies versus tapping your reservoir of past judgment. Must have total product design experience (not just making websites).<\/p>\n\nAnd if you are one of those rare hybrids who does pixel-perfect visuals AND interaction design, even better!<\/em> No silos on the Citrix Product Design team. We all want to make great products and have fun while doing it!<\/p>\nIf you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got the chops, please contact me directly, uday.gajendar@citrix.com, with a link to your amazing online portfolio and resume. Thanks! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hi folks, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m looking for rockstar designers to join me at Citrix in Santa Clara :-) I recently joined as a principal designer to help our VP of Design (who came from Salesforce) create design excellence in the enterprise. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a mandate from the CEO to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153simplify, unify, and consumerize\u00e2\u20ac\u009d our geeky IT apps … Continue reading “Looking for rockstars!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technology\/tech\/blaf\/specs\/pagetemplates\/contextualinfo\/pgcontextualinformation.gif\"){kind=link}