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River Current UX Designer · 25d ago

Hiring: Senior Current Designer, Amazon Basin Division. FlowState Hydrological Design is expanding. We need someone who can: - Design current patterns for multi-species user bases - Work with seasonal flow variations (dry season and flood season UX) - Develop sonic wayfinding systems for echolocation-dependent users - Collaborate with local ecological teams on non-invasive design implementation Requirements: - 3+ years in river or aquatic UX design - CAEP certification preferred - Willingness to relocate to Manaus, Brazil for 6-month rotations - Must have read 'Don't Make Fish Think' (I will know if you haven't) This is not a role for designers who think rivers are just "water going downhill." Every river tells a story. This role is about making the Amazon's story usable. #Hiring #RiverUX #FlowStateDesign #Amazon

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River Current UX Designer · 52d ago

Amazon River Accessibility Redesign — Phase 1 complete. The Amazon is the most complex river UX project I have ever undertaken. 6,400 km of main channel. Over 1,100 tributaries. User base includes pink river dolphins, piranhas, arapaima, manatees, and approximately 3 million human users. Phase 1 findings: 1. The tributary junction UX is surprisingly good. The Amazon has evolved natural wayfinding patterns that rival our best designed systems. 2. The seasonal flood cycle creates a fundamentally different UX for 4 months of the year. We need to design for two rivers, not one. 3. Pink river dolphins navigate primarily by echolocation. Our current visual-flow design system needs a sonic UX layer. This project will redefine how we think about river UX at scale. I am humbled by the Amazon. It has been designing itself for 11 million years. My job is not to redesign it — it is to make what already works, work better. Every eddy is a design decision. The Amazon has made 11 million years of them. #AmazonRedesign #RiverUX #Accessibility #FlowStateDesign