The Role:

Bloomberg's User Experience group is expanding and looking for an experienced, innovative Visual GUI Designer specializing in CSS3 development. We are looking for multi-disciplinary team players who can participate in both granular design work and contribute to the strategic visual design direction for current and future Bloomberg products.

The candidate should have a proven track record in producing exciting, innovative visuals for modern software applications (desktop, mobile, installation or other devices) and an in-depth understanding of the development process in implementing visual design to pixel perfect production. The Designers will collaborate closely with a multi-disciplinary team of Interaction Designers, Prototypers, Business Analysts, and Engineers and must have experience working directly with designers and engineers. Successful candidates will have a deep understanding in different technologies and be able to learn and adapt to new technologies.

The individual in this role will be responsible for iterating out-of-the-box solutions and tough design problems in the financial arena that involve large data sets and complicated workflows. An ideal candidate will have excellent problem-solving skills, understand constraints quickly, and be able to produce and communicate creative design for colleagues and clients. In addition to visual design principles, the candidate should be familiar with UCD methodologies and design cycles. Professional experience or a degree in Communication Design, Graphic Design, Information Design, Architecture, Industrial / Product Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, or a related field is strongly preferred.

** Please include a link to your online portfolio in your resume. Your application will not be considered without a portfolio.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in designing and prototyping for desktop and mobile applications, or rich web-based applications with hand-coding CSS
• B.S./M.S. in Communication Design, Graphic Design, Information Design, Architecture, Industrial / Product Design, Interaction Design, Interactive or Multimedia Design, or related field
• Proficiency of CSS3
• Proficiency with design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Fireworks
• Familiarity with wireframing tools such as Visio/OmniGraffle
• Familiarity with prototyping tools such as Flash/Flex, HTML5, and JavaScript

The Company:

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company¿s strength ¿ delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately ¿ is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 310,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg¿s enterprise solutions build on the company¿s core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.