Company: EnergyHub
Job Title: Data Visualization Guru
Location: New York, NY
Description:
Based in New York City, EnergyHub is a well-funded and well-positioned startup in an exciting new market. We are the Consumer Face of the Smart Grid, serving to help consumers reduce household energy consumption and save money. We are a growing team of engineers, developers, and designers who produce smart, simple, and cost-effective energy management tools–including stand-alone consumer electronics as well as web-based and mobile software applications.
We are presently seeking a talented data visualization designer to enhance our data-driven user interfaces with beautiful, engaging, and informative content to help people better understand their energy use. The right candidate will know the difference between a kilowatt and a kWh and be able to make that kind of data meaningful and actionable to the average homeowner. You are probably familiar with the work of Richard Thaler and Cass Susstein and think a certain "minty" financial website is kind of awesome.
The candidate will create live information graphics for thousands of individual users updating in real time, as well as automatically generated reports based on historical data. Both will be displayed across multiple digital platforms (embedded, web, mobile) delivered to the individual users to allow them to make better informed choices about their energy use.
User testing and feedback from the design and software development process will inform your designs. You will be responsible for developing your ideas from early sketches to working prototypes ready for testing, and for working with the development team to fully implement successful designs. You should be able to write much of your own code.
Depending on the candidate’s background and skill set, there will be plenty of opportunity to lend your expertise to a range of other design and development efforts at EnergyHub.
Qualifications and Skills:
· Broad knowledge and advanced skills in systematic visual design, information architecture, user interface, and a solid understanding of user-centered design principles
· Strong visual design skills with a fanatical attention to detail
· Able to produce results independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment
· Must be highly motivated, detail-oriented, and organized
· Expertise with all major graphic design and wireframing application suites required (e.g. Photoshop, InDesign, Balsamiq, etc.)
· Programming experience and creation of interactive prototypes essential
· RIA / UI / Widget Development, Web 2.0 Related Technologies (Flex 3, Processing, R, JavaScript/AJAX/JQuery/CSS), Framework/API Design, Information Architecture, User Experience, Usability
· BA or MA in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, or equivalent. 4+ years of relevant experience
If interested, please email your resume with a cover letter to jobs@energyhub.net