About the Company:
Promptu Systems Corporation is at the tipping point of a mobile revolution fueled by Voice User Interface (VUI) applications—the most intuitive and natural way to interact with a phone.
Created for consumers, carriers, handset providers, and transportation companies, Promptu applications run on the company's fully automated Network Speech Recognition (NSR™) platform to insure privacy, security, scalability and speed.
Promptu applications are available in 40 languages and dialects, can be optimized for regional accents, and support real-time review and editing of transcribed text. Every day thousands of Promptu applications are downloaded worldwide.
Partnering with Promptu makes it easy to create new revenue streams for your business by offering your customers the voice-powered SMS applications they want. We can work with you to offer one of our proven products, or partner with you to create something new just for your customers. Promptu's speech recognition platform supports more than 40 different languages and dialects, and our integrated billing systems ensure a seamless experience for your customers.
The company is based in Menlo Park, California, and is led by a senior executive team with extensive backgrounds in voice recognition, mobile telecommunications, consumer products, and system integration. Promptu's major equity holders include Steelpoint Capital Partners LP, Insight Communications, Lauder Partners, and private investors.
The ideal candidate:
Qualifications and Experience:
- 3+ years of experience in mobile application design
- Expert in a variety of user research and usability approaches
- Expert in OmniGraffle (or Visio), Illustrator and Photoshop
- Extensive portfolio of user interface designs
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience with speech recognition technology a plus
Job Description and responsibilities:
Position Summary:
Promptu Systems Corporation, a leading developer of speech-enabled applications for mobile phones, is seeking a Senior Mobile User Experience Designer to create next-generation user interfaces for the company’s products. The Senior Mobile UX Designer will be responsible for all aspects of the user interface, comprising conception, design and detailed specification. The position requires strong visual and graphic design skills, creative and analytical thinking, a user-centered design perspective and a deep understanding of mobile application UX design.
While this role is creative, it also requires attention to detail and process. Wireframing, prototyping and production skills are necessary, as well as excellent oral and written communication abilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Anchor and drive user experience and design activities
- Lead participatory design sessions
- Design, moderate and analyze usability testing
- Contribute to product definition and documentation process
- Develop complete product specifications, detailing user interaction, navigation, and application flow
- Present design concepts to key customers, partners and internal stakeholders
- Generate design prototypes
- Manage external creative partnerships
- Collaborate with engineers and visual designers in executing solutions
To apply:
Send a resume to ux_jobs@promptu.com