Purpose of job

- Hands on design development of Graphical User Interfaces, visual design, style guide and production of Graphic assets for Domestic appliance products for line up design (production) and future conceptual design.
- Definition of the European Graphic design language to create the design identity.
- Research, analysis and reporting on European Graphic User Interface trends and visual design trends.
- Establishment of the strategic direction of screen graphics and the digital content visualisation.
- Contribute to the strategic direction for positioning the visual design identity of our clients GUI to enhance their brand image of Domestic appliance design.
- Contribute to the establishment of an interactive design language through Graphic User interface solutions.
- Generate graphic design solutions such as screen layouts, fonts, widgets, icons, animations, and visual entities to complement and support interaction style.
- Analyse GUI trends and trends in digital content visualisation in Europe.
- Develop GUI concepts for presentation and for User testing.
- Translate research findings into input to design language and visual design solutions.

Main responsibilities

- Develop visual design language and visual design solutions as a hands-on designer with relevant skills
- Ensure the end results of screen graphic design meet the market (consumer) demands, technical specifications and requirements.
- Communicate and cooperate with UI design development with other internal disciplines (Product Design, Design Intelligence and Research, Engineering, & Marketing), other business functions and external partners (Network operators and external consultants).
- Contribute to the definition of our clients and European local GUI design strategy and language.
- Develop & illustrate usage scenarios, animations, transitions, icons and widgets.
- Research, identify, analyse and communicate visual design and market information in Europe, ensuring that HQ receives regular reports on current GUI design issues and future trends.
- To develop a network of external consultancies and individuals to support the work of the UX design team.
- Understand the aims of visual design and design interaction widgets to support those aims.

Performance Standards

- Deliver projects on time and within budget.
- Ensure the project results satisfy the given briefs in aspects of aesthetics, physical and psychological interfaces between users and products.
- Create the documentation necessary to convey the visual design concepts and solutions through whole design development process
-Ensure the ‘look and feel’ of the visual design solutions satisfy our clients identity guidelines as well as our clients design language
-Provide input where appropriate to enhance overall quality of Domestic appliance UX projects
-Build trust with team members and other groups through appropriate and persuasive design presentation at each phase of the design process
-Resolve project-related issues in a professional, timely and logical manner.

Essential skills required

- BA or MA in Multimedia Design, Graphic/ Visual Design or related degree
- At least 3 years hands-on experiences in Graphic User Interface/ Visual design, ideally working with a multi-national company or design consultancy.
- Ideally, experience of designing for small screens.
- Must demonstrate a creative and innovative approach to design
- Must show personal creative GUI/ visual design (portfolio required)
- Must have a deep understanding of brand identity and how this is expressed though graphic design.
- Must demonstrate understanding of how interaction design, graphics and technology work together to produce an integrated user experience.
- Ability to plan and manage projects the whole design and research projects process.
- Ability to work and communicate with other design and business functions.
- Ability to work and communicate with outside count partner such as e.g. design agencies.
- Enjoy working in a team
- Proficiency in relevant design software and techniques (e.g., Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, In design CS etc.)
- Interest/Experience in Human Factors, human behavior, field observations & ethnographic research.
- Interest/Experience in design trends.

If you are looking for a new challenge and this position is of interest please do send through a copy of your CV immediately.

• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com

Purpose of position:

• To plan, execute and manage Domestic Appliance (DA) User Experience projects in-line with my clients strategy and overall project direction from HQ
• To develop compelling and usable DA user interfaces for features, services and applications
• To work across a diverse range of projects within teams consisting of other designers and researchers from the very early innovation and concept development stages.
• Lead the creation of DA user interface designs as a hands-on UI designer with a high level of design expertise.
• Create known UX and UI design collateral including Concept Definition Documents, Concept Screen Designs, Scenarios, Wireframes, User Interface and UI Workflows for communication to other groups within the company and potential eternal partners/
• Support the creation of “Experience” prototypes to communicate design strategy, concepts for presentation, for verification of interaction hypotheses, and for user research and concept testing.
• Work closely with researchers, product designers, interface designers and graphical designers based in the same office (and potentially the wider business) to ensure a seamless design experience.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop DA user interfaces for features, services and applications for existing Domestic Appliances and future UX concepts.
• Develop interaction design collateral, communicate user scenarios, document design language covering Scenarios, Wireframes, DA User Interface and UI Workflows.
• Create documentation necessary to communicate these design concepts and solutions through the whole UX process.
• Ensure the end UI development results meet market (consumer) demands, technical specifications and requirements.

Performance Standards

• When managing projects, ensure deadlines are met while maintaining quality standards.
• Provide input where appropriate to enhance overall quality of DA UX projects.
• Build trust with team members and other teams through appropriate and a persuasive design.
• Resolve project-related issues in a professional, timely and logical manner.
• Demonstrate initiative and contribute to problem solving.
• Demonstrate initiative to evolve and improve presentation formats for appropriate communication.
• Demonstrate ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Where appropriate, lead the research and analysis of user DA User Interface trends covering interface trends, features and interaction design languages
• Communicate and cooperate with DA UI design development in HQ and with other internal disciplines
• Maintain a network of external consultancies and individuals to support DA User Interface projects

Requires Knowledge and Experience:

• BA or MA in Multimedia design, Interaction design, or Information design
• Minimum of 3 years hands on experience in User Interface /Interaction design with knowledge of User-Centred design principals and usability.
• Experience of working with multi-national companies in addition , design consultancies
• Must possess portfolio of original user-interface design work with an array interface design experience. (For example: experience in designing for mobile, tablet, small LCD’s etc.)
• Strong presentation skills and an eye for detail
• Must demonstrate a creative and innovative approach to UX design
• Ability to work and communicate with other design functions
• Excellent written and spoken English

If you are looking for a new challenge and this position is of interest please do send through a copy of your CV immediately.

• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com

Summary of Key Responsibilities:

• Agile software development in a cross-functional, international team of Engineers (Environment: Solr/Lucene, Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl, Java, Scala).
• Close conceptual cooperation with the respective product owner, tech leads and software architects.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Several years of experience and in-depth knowledge of search technologies based on Lucene/Solr is a must.
• Additionally, experience in near-real-time-indexing, performance optimization and scalability of search infrastructures in a high-traffic web-environment is required.
• Very good knowledge of Perl and Java or Scala in a web or platform environment.
• Optional know-how in Data Mining, Big Data Analytics, Hadoop, recommender engines and recommendation algorithms is welcome.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• An enthusiasm for creating customer value and an appetite for creatively solving programming problems iteratively and efficiently in an agile software development environment.
• Good communication skills in English and German.

What we offer:

• Working on a high availability, high performance, high traffic, high attention website with more than 11 million users.
• Working on large, distributed, asynchronous architectures.
• Team centric software development (code reviews, mentoring).
• We use Open Source software wherever possible and we contribute back.
• Central location, near the beautiful Alster.

Applying

• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com

Your job

• Working to build the business network of the future
You should

• Be an experienced and passionate Ruby on Rails developer who gets things done
• Have at least 3 years of experience working with Rails
• Be a strong team player
• Be interested in different technologies and programming languages
• Make open source contributions

We offer

• A high traffic, highly performance platform
• A challenging product
• Short agile development cycles
• Major influence on what we build
• Space for innovation

What we offer:

• Working on a high availability, high performance, high traffic website with more than 10 million users
• Working on large, distributed, asynchronous architectures
• Team centric software development (pair programming)
• We use Open Source software wherever possible and we contribute back
• Central location in Hamburg, near the beautiful Alster
• Free fruits and beverages

If this profile matches your expertise, experience and aspirations, we’d be delighted to receive your complete application, including salary requirements and a possible starting date.

Applying

• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com

Summary of Key Responsibilities:

• Review and improve existing architecture/infrastructure.
• Evaluate and recommend new technology/products to improve the existing ecosystem.
• Provide architecture consulting for development projects.
• Assume responsibility for scalability/availability and performance.
• Implement robust, highly scalable, highly optimized infrastructure components.
• Maintenance and improvement of the existing code base.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• You have experience in web application architecture (scalability, availability, APIs).
• You have experience designing and implementing distributed systems.
• You have programmed in several languages (Ruby, Perl, Java, C, C++, Javascript).
• You have strong experience with Ruby on Rails and Perl.
• You are passionate about and excel in solving challenging problems.
• You like to stay on the cutting edge of web application design and implementation.
• You are into pair programming and agile methodologies in general.
• You are a team player and enjoy sharing knowledge.
• You are fluent in English.

Plus:

• Contribution in open source projects
• Experience with messaging systems
• Experience with mobile applications

What we offer:

• Working on a high availability, high performance, high traffic website with more than 12 million users
• Working on large, distributed, asynchronous architectures
• Team centric software development (pair programming)
• We use Open Source software wherever possible and we contribute back
• Central location in Hamburg, near the beautiful Alster
• Free fruits and beverages

Applying

• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com

If you are a bright, personable Computer Science Graduate with a minimum of 2-3 years C#/.Net development experience, excited by the opportunity of working for a leading London City based organization then this is the position for you.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing in C# (.Net 3.5/4.0) on Windows
• Working in an integrated environment – interfacing with other company systems.
• Working both independently and in collaboration with other team members.
• Close interaction with the client (Product Management and Production Services – located in UK)

Skills & Experience Required Include:

• Computer Science Degree (2:1 or above)
• 2 – 3 years C# / .Net development experience
• Object Oriented programming experience
• Ability to effectively solve complex development problems
• Fluent English, both written & verbal

It would also be beneficial if you had:

• Familiarity with automated trading systems
• Familiarity with agile development environments
• Python experience
• Integrated systems experience

To apply:

• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining algorithmic trading products in Europe
• Developing in C# (.Net 3.5/4.0) on windows.
• Working in an integrated environment – interfacing with other systems.
• Working both independently and with collaboration with other team members.
• Close interaction with the client (Product management and Production Services – located in UK)

Skills & Experience Job Competencies Company Competencies

Must haves:
• Computer science B.Sc (or equivalent)
• C# experience
• Object Oriented programming – 2 years or more
• Strong analytical skills
• “Run to completion” quality
• Team player
• Fluent English (written & spoken)
• Good communication skills
• Ability to effectively solve complicated development problems
• Experience working under time pressure and delivering on-time
• Quick learner
• Thorough and organized

Advantage:

• Acquaintanceship with automated trading systems
• Acquaintanceship with Agile methodology
• Python experience
• Integrated systems experience

• Excellent Analytical skills.
• Self-disciplined and motivated
• Excellent communication skill.
• Strong team player.
• Responsiveness to Change.
• Commitment to excellence.
• Meet project deadlines
• Troubleshooting skills

Accountability

Takes initiative, assumes responsibility and appropriately manages expectations with transparency to meet deadlines and deliver quality results

Business Direction

Clearly understands our client’s business and vision and is determined to achieve objectives and exceed expectations while focusing on the utility of the firm

Commitment to Excellence and Service
Sets high standards, commits to service and demands excellence while consistently adding value to build an environment of continuous performance improvement

Creativity and Innovation
Open to new ideas, thinks laterally and creates new paradigms to set the pace for the industry and differentiate our client from it’s competitors

Intellectual Capital
Maintains knowledge and displays intellectual curiosity while facilitating the exchange of ideas to strategically position our client in the marketplace

If you have the desire and drive to work for a genuine global leader in Research Brokerage and want to be an integral part of the companies continued unrivalled growth then please send through your CV immediately.

Apply:
Please send your CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com

Objective:

Driving the strategy and execution of online/mobile products.

Product Management

 Strategy Development
 Competitive analysis and benchmarking
 The planning phases includes developing personas, wireframing, creating persuasive scenarios, storyboarding, and prototyping
 Working closely with the in house user experience team to design best in class products
 Working directly with in house and offshore developers to successfully implement solutions that combine quality with functional excellence (Testing, measuring and optimizing).
 Execution that includes site search, real-time data syndication, lead generation.
 Identifying areas for improvement in products through a combination of web analytics, user research and insight.
 Understanding of the needs of internal stakeholders
 Input into business cases for new product initiatives
 Ensuring that products meet the original business objectives
 Product marketing management – manage new user acquisition and customer reactivation/retention via SEO & Multi-channel Marketing
 Work with the analysis team to highlight success of products and identify new areas of improvement

Product Delivery

 Clear understanding of agile/ waterfall development methodology
 Gather high level product requirements from relevant partners
 Manage proposed projects through approval process
 Plan and lead cross-functional workshops to efficiently capture and prioritise business requirements.
 Document business requirements, capture & manage comments and chart through the approval process. Own these requirements through the project lifecycle.
 Manage trade-offs between the supplier groups in terms of functionality, cost and time.
 Manage handover and acceptance phases prior to launch; ensure entry criteria are completed and that appropriate sign-offs are achieved.
 Train operational groups where necessary.
 Post-launch: Provide a period of extended support to the operations team to ensure that production issues are manageable.

Product Ownership

 Act as the business owner of all client facing product functionality
 Maintain roadmap for future enhancements to existing products
 Working with Legal as necessary, support the drafting and agreement of client and supplier contracts and Service Level Agreements.
 Work closely with Sales and marketing to identify, evaluate and define new business opportunities and champion key opportunities through the internal evaluation process.
 Work to prioritize new opportunities relative to the overall business impact
 Support the RFQ/RFP process
 Maintain expert level knowledge of market developments in commercial and technology terms.

New Product Research

 Collation of research and insights
 Create ideas into business cases
 Definition and communication of product strategy, encompassing customer proposition
 Pricing
 Marketing

 Distribution

 Portfolio fit

 Market and competitor analysis
 Consideration of established & emerging technical capabilities Vs. company data assets
 Primary & secondary customer research
 Financial analysis and modelling

New Product Concept Development

 Mobilisation of a cross-functional project team
 Design customer experience, journeys and usability
 Define business requirements
 Manage technical build by IT suppliers
 Quality assurance through testing
 Launch

- Management of commercial relationships with third-party suppliers (notably IT developers) and partners
- Communication – Product positioning and developing the message.
- Develop product champions

 Product briefing
 Stakeholder engagement

Commercial and Operational Plans

 Plan creation which transitions the new product from project to business-as-usual, including:
- Product roadmap of future enhancements

- Marketing plan

- Operating plan ( KPIs, Key drivers)

- Product operational processes and maintenance (e.g. Web Analytics, complaints, compliance)

Web Analytics

 Analyze the business impact of changes to web/mobile in regards to usage and performance metrics
 Definition, management and production of standardized web metrics
 Build forecast models to predict effects of website/mobile changes
 Interpret and communicate findings to product management and the broader analytics team
 Proactively share analysis and insights with rest of the team to promote on-going learning and development of analytic talent
 Execute and drive web analytics & behavioural analysis, tools, and implementations.
 Develop and conduct strategic analysis utilizing web analytics tools and technologies. Leverage the analytics solutions to continually drive and find product issues and opportunities.
 Engage with stakeholders to evaluate the business case of new features prior to product launch/updates.

If this profile matches your expertise, experience and aspirations, please send through your CV immediately.

Applying

• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com

Summary of Key Responsibilities:

• Manages a team of interaction & visual designers, user research, copywriters
• Owns the user experience in close collaboration with product management and engineering
• Is responsible for the entire UX design process (user research, interaction design, visual design & copywriting)
• Reports directly into the VP Product

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Should be able to recognize long term trends, knows user experience standards and is able to inspire to design team with those
• Understanding of a product vision, innovation and a product strategy and how those can be aligned with user experience
• Should be able to translate theory into tangible artefacts
• Passionate about user experience, is a team player, has strong communication skills, is able to “think big”
• Focuses on quality in design, makes his/her points in discussions to increase the importance of design within a larger organization (“we are ONE product and we want it to be ONE quality”)
• Understands processes to drive creativity and is able to nourish them within a larger organization
• Proven experience and competence in mobile, tablet and desktop platforms and their technology constraints
• Has experience in innovative and agile product development and the role of user experience in this environment
• Has at least three years of leadership experience with a similar team
• Has at least ten year experience in user experience design (preferably in interaction design)
• Having experience in working for larger organizations is a plus

If you are looking for a new challenge, and your skills, experiences and motivations are as above then please apply immediately.

Applying

• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com
• Call Kevin on: +44 (0) 207 729 6284

Summary of Key Responsibilities:

• Build up a network of contacts in large companies, associations, interest groups, authorities and education institutes, and foster excellent business relations at various decision-making levels (HR managers, social media managers, marketing managers, etc.)
• Develop growth concepts and directly approach potential contacts
• Position involves a lot of travel within Switzerland (approx. 50%)
• Forward qualified sales leads to the HR, Advertising and Events teams
• Help the target group to put together great Company Profiles
• Support and share the country manager’s workload, i.e. building my clients Swiss presence, PR work and new groups

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Degree in economics or similar or proven skills in another field
• At least 5 years of experience in sales (ideally key accounting) or marketing
• Methodical and dynamic approach to tasks with a high level of personal responsibility
• Experience with sales management tools such as pipelines, sales funnels, KPIs and potential analyses
• Open personality at all levels with excellent communication skills, a positive attitude, and good organizational skills
• Fluent German, good English and French, and excellent MS Office skills
• If you think you fulfil all of the above criteria and have a keen interest in the Internet and social media, you’ve come to the right place! Here’s what we have to offer:

What we offer:

• A dynamic, international company with a strong market position in Switzerland
• Position with vast potential for development
• The opportunity to work independently and tackle challenging tasks in an unconventional and highly agile working environment (home office)
• Intensive on-the-job training along with on-going training sessions and further education opportunities
• Realistic goals that help you and your team to shape the company’s success
• A friendly working environment that also likes to have fun while working to reach targets

If this profile matches your expertise, experience and aspirations, we’d be delighted to receive your complete application, including salary requirements and a possible starting date.

Applying

• Email you CV to kevin.oreilly@kbeurope.com
• Call Kevin on: +44 (0) 207 729 6284