Interaction Designer - Cerner Corporation

Cerner is the leading U.S. supplier of healthcare information technology solutions that optimize clinical and financial outcomes. Around the world, health organizations ranging from single-doctor practices to entire countries turn to Cerner (NASDAQ: CERN) for our powerful yet intuitive solutions. Cerner offers clients a dedicated focus on healthcare, an end-to-end solution and service portfolio, and proven market leadership.
 
The Interaction Design & Usability Group is part of the Software Design Organization and is responsible for providing solutions that optimize and enable processes across the health care continuum for patients, providers and the health care organization.  This group creates the strategy for existing and new Cerner solutions to remain/achieve "Best of Class" status.  The Interaction Design & Usability Group works to ensure that solutions across all platforms (Web, Mobile, Java, Win32) are consistent, easy to use and match the users needs and requirements.
 
Responsibilities include:

-Interpret guidelines and existing requirements with solution managers, facilitates design sessions to help define vision, functional requirements, specifications, wire frames, and visual prototypes
-Understand the vision of Cerner Domains and using this knowledge to communicate design specifications to engineering associates
-Present, develop, and implement the visual style of the on-line solution by determining illustration style, color palettes, typography, screen layout, and interface design
-Manage a common visual style across all Intellectual Property domains, updating the corporate style guide according to the latest research in user-centered design and fully understand a user-centered design methodology.  This will be accomplished by evaluating designs against common heuristics; creating demonstrations to support usability testing with clients, as well as coordinating those usability tests.

Qualifications:

-Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, or related field or equivalent work experience with appropriate licensure/accreditation 
-2 to 5 years of experience designing interfaces and web screen layouts
-Deep knowledge of digital tools and processes, specifically in the area of web design
-Demonstrated ability to translate client and target market needs and interests into visual styles that are responsive to those needs
-Ability to travel (10-20%)
-Experience in the following a plus:  Adobe, Macromedia, Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, DreamWeaver, Freehan, Flash
-Must be living in or willing to relocate to the Kansas City area

Cerner Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
 
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