Qualifications to be hired as a UI/UX Designer

My name is Aron Susman and I am one of the co-founders of TheSquareFoot (http://www.thesquarefoot.com). We recently hired a UI/UX person and it took over 4 months. They are in such demand right now, it is almost impossible to find one.

Here is a description of what that job entails and I am happy to discuss more -

We are looking for a UI designer to join our development team. You're passionate about web apps, and you're always exploring the latest and greatest in design patterns and UI treatments. You look for ways to create simplicity out of complexity. You enjoy critical discussion about design, whether it's your work or your colleagues' work, because ideas improve when tested. Your design work is elegant, efficient, and inspiring to others.



Required Talents

• Creates interaction models, user task flows, screen designs, and UI
  
  
• details Comfortable collaborating with other designers and working
  
  
• independently Visualizes complex sets of data in ways that are easy to comprehend

Best in class tech talent is in short supply across the industry. It's even harder for startups who have to compete against the big name tech companies like Google and Facebook. This coupled with the fact that for startups, cultural fit is of paramount importance makes the search process a challenge.