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Step one is to learn the lingo. A great interaction designer will not necessarily have any graphic design skills, as that is the graphic designers job. It sound

Step one is to learn the lingo. A great interaction designer will not necessarily have any graphic design skills, as that is the graphic designers job. It sounds like you are looking for someone with skills encompassing both disciplines, which you should be very clear about. Just as engineers sneer at recruiters messing up technical terms, great designers have enough options to not apply to positions where the recruiter shows little understanding of the area. It doesn't instill confidence that you will be able to give proper merit to their skill set and experience.

strato 15y ago
I would add to this that great designers will expect to have input at the product level. It's hard to simplify a product that's not properly thought through.
- thomaspun 15y ago
  Of course the designers (in fact everyone on the team) would contribute greatly to the product design. However, we do believe one person needs to drive the vision but everyone on the team will have a say within the constraint. We also explain all the motives of doing something, i.e., how to make it easy for users to find the next channel to watch... v.s. make these channels look pretty.
thomaspun 15y ago
Great advice. What do you think of this? Any comment on this? http://nowbox.com/jobs http://nowbox.com/jobs
- martinkallstrom 15y ago
  My 2c: The three questions meant to sort the wheat from the chaff don't go nearly far enough. Have a designer write them or at least review them. As they are now there is a million and a half Pinterest users that can answer with a resounding Yes! to all three of them, and only a handful of them will have the grit you are looking for. There is this dynamic that you need to pinpoint that "A-star" (as you call them) people too want to move upwards in their career, so they want to apply to jobs (if ever) where even they seem just the right amount of under-qualified. My suggestion for nailing this dynamic would be to up the bonus requirements by adding stuff like this: * Designed an app spending significant time in the US top 20 * Introduced an interface metaphor on iOS that got copied by Instagram or Evernote * Worked with graphic design close to the core iOs team at Apple If you see what I mean? The thought you want to put in the mind of your dream candidate is "Oh man, I wish I had what it takes to apply to this team". And the mechanic you then apply to get to talk to the right people is to look around Dribbble, Forrst, Lovedsgn and Deviantart and point designers to the ad and say "We think you might have what it takes to be part of our team. Do you want to have a conversation about it?" Sell your team by setting the bar for entry.
  - thomaspun 15y ago
    Thank you1 Much appreciated.

strato 15y ago

I would add to this that great designers will expect to have input at the product level. It's hard to simplify a product that's not properly thought through.

thomaspun 15y ago
Of course the designers (in fact everyone on the team) would contribute greatly to the product design. However, we do believe one person needs to drive the vision but everyone on the team will have a say within the constraint. We also explain all the motives of doing something, i.e., how to make it easy for users to find the next channel to watch... v.s. make these channels look pretty.

thomaspun 15y ago

Great advice. What do you think of this? Any comment on this? http://nowbox.com/jobs http://nowbox.com/jobs

martinkallstrom 15y ago
My 2c: The three questions meant to sort the wheat from the chaff don't go nearly far enough. Have a designer write them or at least review them. As they are now there is a million and a half Pinterest users that can answer with a resounding Yes! to all three of them, and only a handful of them will have the grit you are looking for. There is this dynamic that you need to pinpoint that "A-star" (as you call them) people too want to move upwards in their career, so they want to apply to jobs (if ever) where even they seem just the right amount of under-qualified. My suggestion for nailing this dynamic would be to up the bonus requirements by adding stuff like this: * Designed an app spending significant time in the US top 20 * Introduced an interface metaphor on iOS that got copied by Instagram or Evernote * Worked with graphic design close to the core iOs team at Apple If you see what I mean? The thought you want to put in the mind of your dream candidate is "Oh man, I wish I had what it takes to apply to this team". And the mechanic you then apply to get to talk to the right people is to look around Dribbble, Forrst, Lovedsgn and Deviantart and point designers to the ad and say "We think you might have what it takes to be part of our team. Do you want to have a conversation about it?" Sell your team by setting the bar for entry.
- thomaspun 15y ago
  Thank you1 Much appreciated.