Writing a good job description and a corresponding job ad for mobile application designers requires a good understanding of different mobile design approaches, and it is necessary to carefully select skills and requirements that will filter out candidates unable to meet your expectations.
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Mobile designers can go by many names, including app designers, iOS designers, Android designers, and more. They usually work closely with user experience (UX) designers and user interface (UI) designers to apply their designs to mobile interfaces. Their main focus is on native mobile applications, but they also must be able to create designs for mobile and hybrid apps.
Writing a good job description and a corresponding job ad requires a good understanding of different mobile design approaches, and it is necessary to carefully select skills and requirements that will filter out candidates unable to meet your expectations. A generic mobile developer job description will merely attract applications from people who are involved in mobile app development rather than design.
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As our new mobile designer, you will work closely with the mobile product team. Your primary goals will be to design the next generation of mobile websites, apps and other mobile interfaces across multiple platforms such as iOS, Android, Windows, and mobile web.
We expect you to have an evolved understanding of how people use their devices, the flexibility to adapt to new technologies, and a robust toolkit.
You will be reporting to the creative director and will be responsible for highly usable and intuitive interface creation. Any concept you create will be brand-consistent across all mobile experiences that our company provides to our end users.
Responsibilities in detail:
This guide deals with mobile application design and its goal is to provide clients with information on mobile design, and help them recognize a top notch mobile designer. It touches on multiple aspects of mobile application development, some or all of which will be relevant to the specific context in which you are looking to hire.
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