Blue Whale is currently seeking qualified candidates for the following positions. If interested, please send an email to jobs [at] bluewhaleapps [dot] com with links to your portfolio and/or website. Include the job title in the subject line. Compensation will be commensurate with experience. We are seeking both contract and full time positions.
PROJECT MANAGER - MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Blue Whale Web Solutions, Inc is seeking an experienced Project Manager of Mobile Applications to work out of our South Florida office. You will be involved in overseeing the development and tracking of iOS, and Android application projects, establish and maintain project communications between Clients and the CTO.
Responsibilities include:
+ Oversees project estimations and the development of project deliverables.
+ Establishes and maintain processes to manage scope, issues, and action items throughout the project lifecycle.
+ Identifies and manage project issues and set project quality and performance standards.
+ Assesses and manages risk over the project lifecycle.
+ Clarifies and communicates project objectives, including detail understanding of milestones, deliverables and success criteria.
+ Ensures key project-wide roles and responsibilities are defined.
+ Ensures the use of best practices and applies lessons learned from previous projects.
+ Manages third-party partner and/or vendor relationships, as necessary.
+ Manages peer-level client relationships (expectations, communications internal and external, negotiations, escalation to senior management, and customer feedback).
+ Provides day-to-day project contact for the customer.
Knowledge & Skills
The ideal candidate would have the following qualifications:
+ Highly skilled in time management to facilitate involvement in multiple projects
+ Must have excellent leadership, team management, relationship building, and interpersonal skills.
+ Flexibility to lead diverse and dynamic teams to deliver integrated solutions
+ Solid facilitation and problem solving skills and ability to focus both strategically and tactically to achieve business goals
+ Self-directed and the ability to work independently and manage communications up and down
+ Excellent business and communication skills (written and verbal)
+ An entrepreneurial spirit and the flexibility to adapt as the project evolves.
UI/UX DESIGNER
Blue Whale Web Solutions, Inc is seeking talented User Experience Designers who will be responsible for creating great experiences for iPhone and iPad applications. You will work collaboratively with fellow members of the Blue Whale team and directly with Clients to conceptualize, wireframe, design and prototype ideas into working mobile applications.
Responsibilities
+ Translate customer requirements into defined specifications and inspire the Engineering team to develop the right product.
+ Own the design of the most impactful user interface - related features and participate in the product definition process with the Product Manager
+ Work with Product Manager to translate business and marketing goals into the best software solutions for our business.
+ Develop and maintain design mockups, usage scenarios, prototypes, specifications, navigation maps and other design documents.
+ Work with feature development teams to make sure that the workflow reflects the customer's needs and ensure consistency among features.
+ Develop expert-level knowledge of competitive and complementary mobile apps and bring new ideas to the team.
+ Define innovative user interfaces and interaction styles, keep current with new OS features, enhancements and HIG per Apple.
Knowledge & Skills
The ideal candidate would have the following qualifications:
+ High degree of creativity, interaction design and problem solving ability
+ Uncanny drive to design the best user experience in the world
+ Strong software design communication skills. (Ability to communicate one's ideas through their design)
+ Proven track record and a passion for designing compelling, award-winning user interfaces.
+ A great portfolio of work / samples of interaction design work is a must
SENIOR IOS DEVELOPER
Blue Whale Web Solutions, Inc is seeking talented IOS and Android App developers who will work under our Lead Software Engineer.
Knowledge & Skills
The ideal candidate would have the following qualifications:
-Working Experience in Objective C, iPhone SDK
- At least 2 apps currently in App Store
- At least 1 year or more of iPhone development under their belt
- Previous software development experience
- Team player, knowledge of UI and UX and HIG
