UPA Job Bank: February 2008
UPA Job Bank: February 2008
The Job Bank is a service of the Usability Professionals' Association, listing jobs for usablity and user experience professionals.
Posted on: 29 February 2008
Corel is a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software with more than100 million users worldwide. The Company’s product portfolio includes some of the world’s most popular and widely recognized software brands including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Paint Shop® Pro, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip® and iGrafx®. Corel’s products are sold in more than 75 countries through a well-established network of international resellers, retailers, original equipment manufacturers, online providers and Corel’s global websites.
In 2006, Corel acquired InterVideo, makers of WinDVD® , and Ulead, a leading developer of video, imaging and DVD authoring software. Designed to help people become more productive and express their creative potential, Corel’s software strives to set a higher standard for value with full-featured products that are easier to learn and use. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards recognizing Corel's leadership in software innovation, design and value.
Corel Digital Media is developing a full range of easy-to-use, yet powerful software products for the creation, capture, editing, authoring, burning and playback of high-definition digital media content.
We have an immediate opening for a User Experience Director in our Fremont, CA office.
We're looking for a Rock Star to join our team to be our leader in the creation of exceptional user experiences and the design of clean and intuitive graphical user interfaces for the next generation of exciting and powerful consumer digital media applications.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please e-mail your resume to Lori Itani, Senior Staffing Consultant, at Lori.Itani@corel.com.
Posted on: 29 February 2008
Very competitive salary and benefit package. Some travel is necessary; between 25-35%.
Those who have a passion for usability and user experience, and want more than a job, please submit your resume to jim.garrett@humanfactors.com.
Posted on: 29 February 2008
Involved in all aspects of user/customer experience including: business needs analysis, user centered design development, usability testing, driving usage and measuring success.
Contact: alyce.green@stryker.com, Subject: User Experience Analyst and Designer
Posted on: 29 February 2008
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is the leading source - both in print and online - of news, information and advertising for metropolitan Atlanta, reaching more than 1.2 million readers each weekday and more than 2.0 million readers each Sunday.
The Usability Engineer / Analyst will provide the information necessary to push the AJC properties to the next level. This person, through the use of surveys, card-sorting, in person and remote usability testing, observation, and web analytics will help drive both macro and micro changes to the user experience. The right candidate will become an instrumental part of the iterative design process by providing actionable data to enable better design and business decisions.
• Design and administer usability studies on a wide range of AJC products and properties.
• Work through all phases of usability test preparation, including: identification of the testing methodology, recruiting, scheduling and test script development
• Analyze results, prepare the necessary reports and present those findings with actionable recommendations to stakeholders and senior management.
• Initiate new strategies on how to improve the usability of AJC properties and the overall design process
• Work with internal AJC/Cox business units, including senior management, project managers, UI designers, editors, marketing, sales and outside vendors.
• Work with UI designers to develop materials for testing (paper prototypes, electronic click-through prototypes, live system testing, surveys, etc.
• Provide quick feedback using heuristic evaluation as part of the product design process
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution offers the right candidate an excellent compensation package and the opportunity to grow with one of the country’s most highly regarded media companies.
Please send a copy of your resume to asegal@ajc.com
Posted on: 29 February 2008
Evanglist – UX Manager – Information Architect Manager, call it what you will! Take this classic, successful, stable site to make it the next “it” social networking venue. Evangelize, provide direction, set standards, and nurture talent to ensure that Classmates.com’s navigation, functions, and information structure paradigms are creative, consistent, extensible, flexible, and intuitive. Identify and apply industry best practices and trends to guide Classmates.com’s growth. Evangelize internally and externally to get to this site mentioned in the same breath as Facebook and MySpace!
Use your In-depth knowledge and experience of consumer-facing and/or communities-based websites to cultivate and organize a highly flexible, authoritative information architecture and interaction design talent, capable of delivering in any medium on any timeline. You’ll be expert at negotiating a brief in the form of scope, schedule and results with business owners and development – matching resources appropriate to get the job done on time, on budget and with inspiring results. You’ll enjoy crafting and presenting proposals that create new opportunities for the company and you’ll always have a plan for ratcheting up results.
You’ll need all your skills in user-centric information design to create highly effective, engaging, and unified database-driven features. Your understanding of how the customer interacts with Classmates.com will enable you inform design decisions. You will use your intimate knowledge of behaviors and capabilities of standard web technologies including HTML, Javascript, browsers, media players, and relational databases along with your information architecture and interaction design skills to turn concepts into UI design solutions that deliver efficiently on business requirements. You will facilitate collaboration between creative services, product, marketing, and technical teams to design the best solution that meets members’ and Classmates’ objectives.
With your experience creating and managing documentation, workflow, resources and schedule on large design projects along with a panoply of small ones you will oversee the creation of detailed, complete project documentation using industry-standard methodologies, including prototyping, use cases, user-interaction flows, site maps, wireframes, graphic UI design and functional specifications.
As you move through the year, you’ll inspire the confidence of your internal and external clients with a buttoned-up approach to the design and production process, a restless imagination, and personal accountability for the quality and effectiveness of everything that goes out of the department. Your ideas will attract a following with executive management and your own team, and you’ll be noted for your inclusive, collaborative style. You’ll quickly become a spokesperson for the vision of the site and a key contributor to the success of the company.
Use those 8 years of web experience, including 3 to 5 years’ direct experience managing user experience design staff, BFA or MFA or equivalent experience in information architecture, interaction design or a related field Tech-savvy; experience with highly modular, database-driven design & information architecture to work effectively across organizational boundaries within a team environment.
How to Apply:
Click on: http://jobs-untd.icims.com/ to apply directly to the position online (please make sure when applying you select the correct region). We offer a competitive salary / benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), stock options, employee stock purchase plan, flexible spending accounts and much more! This position is located at Classmates corporate headquarters is in Renton, Washington.
Classmates, part of United Online and its family of companies are Equal Opportunity Employers.
Posted on: 29 February 2008
More info: http://www.nngroup.com/about/jobs.html
We are also looking for good student interns - info at the same URL, bottom of the page.
Posted on: 29 February 2008
LIME BITS is developing an innovative software system intended to empower people to share their own creations and to collaborate on group creations.
You'll join the Lime Bits team and help overturn the ancient traditions of software development. Your elegant user experience designs will lead ordinary users to new heights of creation, and help them discover talents they never knew they could express. As a key member of the team, you have a blue-sky opportunity to lead us in
* developing a visual language in which novice users can easily and naturally express themselves, beyond the desktop metaphor,
* designing layout and sequencing for narrative clarity,
* presenting complex information consistently and cohesively,
* advocating for user needs,
* observing and measuring user behavior,
* iteratively refining the Lime Bits interactions,
* developing creative interaction designs that help people think creatively.
* Experience developing innovative visual and temporal vocabularies of action.
* Experience designing online systems using user/task/functional analyses, story boards, paper prototyping, user testing, and an iterative design model.
* Formal training in usability and design methodologies, including conduct and statistical analysis of usability research tests.
* Self-motivated, critical thinker with strong technical background. Curiosity, imagination, intuition. Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
* Bachelor's, Master’s or Doctorate in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Human Factors, Computer Science, or related field, or 3 years experience directly in UXD.
* Bonus: outstanding sensibility for visual design and details.
* Bonus: knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XSLT, HTTP, WebDAV.
Lime Bits is a startup project in the Lime Group, home to such companies as Lime Wire, Lime Brokerage, and Tower Research. The Lime Group companies offer a dynamic and intellectually stimulating work environment. While we work hard, we also play hard and believe in supporting our team. We provide free lunches, snacks, and beverages, tickets to NY events, 5 weeks vacation, and great views from our garden roof deck.
LOCATION: New York, NY, USA
URL: http://limebits.com/
APPLY: Send your resume and porfolio link to job54@limebits.com.
Posted on: 29 February 2008
Make it yours. At Kaiser Permanente, we realize that it takes more than expert medical care to be the nation’s leading nonprofit integrated health plan. It takes advanced technologies, state-of-the-art facilities, and the people to support them. Come impact your future, and the future of care. Join us in Oakland, California.
The user researcher will be primarily responsible for designing, conducting, analyzing, and reporting on user-centered design research and usability testing for the KP.org Web site. This will include the identification of user needs and goals, task and workflow modeling, ethnography and persona development, and rapid iterative usability testing. In this position, you will test business requirements using heuristic/qualitative methods, conduct task-focused analyses, and support feature development using standards and design patterns based on business needs and user research. Other tasks will include creating navigation structures, information designs, and detailed screen wireframes to effectively communicate designs to product management, design, and development.
A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in human factors, cognitive, or experimental psychology and human-computer interaction, or demonstrated related job experience is required; a master’s degree and experimental background preferred. Three years of Web Interaction Design, online solution, and usability testing experience is also required, along with experience with interface design tools, user-centered design methodologies, information architecture, interaction design, and user research and usability engineering. Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office and strong analytical, presentation, and communication skills are also necessary.
Kaiser Permanente offers exceptional benefits and career opportunities. For immediate consideration please e-mail your resume to Jennifer.M.Dunlea@kp.org. Please visit jobs.kp.org for complete qualifications and job submission details. Please apply by creating a personal profile; please use the copy and paste option to attach an unformatted (text only) resume. A competitive compensation package will be offered to applicants, commensurate with experience. Kaiser Permanente is an EOE/AA employer.
This position supports Kaiser Permanente’s code of conduct and compliance by adhering to all laws and regulations, accreditation and Licensure requirements, and internal policies and procedures.
Posted on: 29 February 2008
Make it yours. At Kaiser Permanente, we realize that it takes more than expert medical care to be the nation’s leading nonprofit integrated health plan. It takes advanced technologies, state-of-the-art facilities, and the people to support them. Come impact your future, and the future of care. Join us in Pasadena, California.
This designer will be involved with information architecture, wireframe design, and user research efforts. This will entail identifying user needs and goals, conducting usability testing such as rapid iterative usability testing and design and heuristic evaluations, and analyzing/reconciling user, business, and technical needs regarding IA and UX. Other tasks will include maintaining IA and user-experience documentation, creating information hierarchies for site navigation on both a site-wide level and a page-specific level while adhering to design uniformity within and across projects, and updating a Design Pattern Library.
A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in human factors, cognitive, or experimental psychology and human-computer interaction, or demonstrated related job experience is required; a master’s degree and experimental background preferred. Three years of Web Interaction Design, online solution, and usability testing experience is also required, along with experience with interface design tools, user-centered design methodologies, information architecture, interaction design, and usability practices. Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office and strong analytical, presentation, and communication skills are also necessary.
Kaiser Permanente offers exceptional benefits and career opportunities. For immediate consideration please e-mail your resume to Jennifer.M.Dunlea@kp.org. Please visit jobs.kp.org for complete qualifications and job submission details. Please apply by creating a personal profile; please use the copy and paste option to attach an unformatted (text only) resume. A competitive compensation package will be offered to applicants, commensurate with experience. Kaiser Permanente is an EEO/AA employer.
This position supports Kaiser Permanente’s code of conduct and compliance by adhering to all laws and regulations, accreditation and Licensure requirements, and internal policies and procedures.
Posted on: 29 February 2008
At Citrix, we’re convinced that the winners will be fluent with application delivery because they are the language of business. As such, we’ve assembled the broadest set of core technologies for application delivery. We are the leader in application virtualization and the only company to offer a comprehensive end-to-end infrastructure for application delivery that leverages server, application and desktop virtualization to make the entire IT infrastructure far more flexible and dynamic.
More than 200,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any application to users anywhere with the best performance, highest security and lowest cost. Customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 99% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers. Citrix has approximately 6,200 partners in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2006 was $1.1 billion.
Product Manager - Usability
This position is a driving force behind the inception, planning, development and delivery of a new Citrix product focused on usability and user interaction. The Product Manager works independently and as a driving force with the product development team managing all product aspects including definition, positioning and promotion of this new product.
Product Management is a strategic position within Citrix. This position must develop a careful balance of future vision, near term opportunities, customer requirements, and most importantly usability of Citrix solutions.
We seek an individual that will provide an entrepreneurial focus to help lead the company to new ways of providing end users with a simpler and more intuitive experience. The successful candidate will be expected to interact with a wide variety of groups including other product management organizations, development teams, executives, and end users. The product management function requires an important balance between current capabilities and future direction.
A successful candidate will have experience in user interaction, usability, and design. In addition, experience in negotiating agreement between strong, cross-functional, internal teams is a necessity.
Primary Responsibilities include:
Developing product and user interaction strategy, vision and roadmaps; defining product requirements; customer research; prioritizing product features and trade-offs; interfacing with engineering groups to ensure timely development; and interfacing with other departments to ensure agreement of direction.
TO APPLY PLEASE SEND RESUME TO: Valerie.woll@citrix.com
Posted on: 29 February 2008
At Workday we are building on-demand enterprise applications using an object model with no code to do XML processing. The benefits to our customers are greatly enhanced flexibility to change as businesses change, reduced complexity of integration with other systems and radically reduced maintenance costs. We are looking for a user experience / user interface product manager to define all aspects of user interface technology and deliver Workday’s user interface development tools.
A more detailed position description is available on our website www.workday.com
Please also read the latest news about Workday from Forbes, CIO Magazine, InformationWeek and others referenced on our website. Check out our white papers. To apply, submit your resume and cover letter to careers@workday.com. Resumes are not being accepted through third party recruiters.
Workday, Inc.
2033 North Main Street
Suite #500
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Posted on: 29 February 2008
We are seeking a User Interface Designer to join our growing Requirements group in the Product Development department. The designer will work closely with cross-functional teams to assess requirements and develop UI designs that promote patient safety, ease of use, and an optimal user experience. The designer will create wireframes, user task and interaction flows, UI sketches, prototypes, and will prepare and maintain UI design specifications that will be used as blueprints for development. In addition, the designer will conduct design reviews and provide consultation during various phases of the product development life cycle.
Tomotherapy is a medical device manufacturer that is growing at 70% annually. Their product is highly successful in the treatment of cancer.
* A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Interaction Design or equivalent field of study. Advanced degree in Human Computer Interaction, Design, or other related discipline is preferred.
* At least 3 years of industry experience designing GUIs, preferably for commercial desktop software applications.
* Demonstrable experience with appropriate design tools including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Visio, and others.
* Experience with usability and user-centered design techniques, demonstrating knowledge of task analysis, wireframing, and documenting workflow.
* Experience with internationalization and localization design considerations.
* Understanding of design standards and benchmarking.
* Strong communication, analytical and interpersonal skills working within cross-functional teams.
* Experience designing solutions for healthcare consumers is a plus.
* A portfolio of design samples is required.
Tomotherapy offers great benefits including 3 weeks vacation, stock options, bonus plan and 401K. The company is a spinoff from the University of Wisconsin and offers a collegial working atmosphere. Madison is a great college town with plenty of activities and culture in the affordable Midwest.
Interested applicants must apply to Eileen Goode, Goode Solutions LLC.
Email your resume to eg.userid@goodesolutions.com for consideration or call 608-438-8906.
Posted on: 29 February 2008
The User Experience team at AutoTrader.com is seeking an experienced Interaction Designer.
The Interaction Designer is responsible for creating and updating wireframes and flows to document the interaction design for AutoTrader.com. The Interaction Designer will be responsible for ensuring that the interaction design specifications support business, user and technical requirements. This role requires excellent communication skills with both team members and internal business constituents. A successful Interaction Designer must also be able to work with minimal supervision on multiple concurrent projects.
This position is responsible for designing and delivering detailed user interface specifications for development. This position will also contribute to creating high-level interaction design concepts and usability testing efforts. The Interaction Designer works closely with others on the User Experience team, Product Management, and the IT development team to ensure that the AutoTrader.com consumer web site and other web-based products meet business objectives, support the brand, and are useful, intuitive and desirable to users.
The User Experience department follows user-centered design methods which incorporate iterative design with rapid usability testing.
[Keywords: interaction design, user interface design, user experience design, information architect, wireframes, task flows, page schematics]
Our Mission at AutoTrader.com is to be your ultimate online solution for buying and selling used cars and trucks. Our site is designed to give you more control of the buying process and make finding a used vehicle that meets your personal needs easier than ever before. AutoTrader.com lists more cars than anyone else out there and we are growing fast!
AutoTrader.com is always looking for a wide range of talented individuals to help us grow and expand our business. If you enjoy working with the best and brightest and want an exciting place to work that's moving at Internet speed, please contact us right away.
Posted on: 29 February 2008
Where can your passion come alive?
Who deserves your talent?
Hillcrest Laboratories needs an experienced User Interaction Designer to aid in the creation of the most disruptive technology to reach television and digital media since the remote control. This is about bringing cutting-edge cool to every consumer.
The UI Designer will work with the User Experience team to define, prototype, and develop interaction techniques and applications for the Hillcrest system. The ideal candidate is a brilliant problem solver, quick study, self starter, team leader, and excellent communicator who possesses a passion for great design and the ability to achieve it.
• Work closely with other interaction designers, product managers, usability experts, graphic designers, and software developers to create interactive applications for TV and other entertainment platforms
• Develop detailed design documentation including use cases, storyboards, and wireframes
• Design and observe usability studies. Translate findings into design improvements
• Apply knowledge of current issues, trends, and capabilities in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) to arrive at innovative approaches to solving usability challenges
• Contribute to the continual development of user interface design requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, or human factors
• Minimum 3-5 years professional experience in user interface (UI) design
• Experience with the UI development process, usability testing (specifically think-aloud protocol), and prototyping.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Mature, self-motivated, and able to work well independently and in a group environment
• Experience with user interface design for TV applications, touch screens or electronic games
• Knowledge of JavaScript, Adobe Flash, and ActionScript
• Master’s degree in human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, or human factors
• Strong analytical background
• Technical leadership or management experience
Located in Rockville, MD near Washington, DC, Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. (Hillcrest) has created the first pointer-based interactive media system for TV. Hillcrest Labs enables CE manufacturers, service providers and internet content companies to deliver the most visually engaging and intuitive way to browse, discover, and interact with digital media throughout the home. Components of Hillcrest’s interactive media system can be embedded across a wide range of in-home entertainment devices including PCs, DVRs, media adapters, and more. Visit us at www.hillcrestlabs.com.
To Apply: Send resume and portfolio to jobs@hillcrestlabs.com noting UX1 UPA UI Designer in the subject line.
Posted on: 19 February 2008
Palm is seeking a world-class user researcher with a proven track record of supporting the shipment of game-changing products. In this role you will define, manage and conduct the research and testing essential to developing new mobile products, working with a cross-functional team from product conception to ship date to define the interfaces that millions will use every day.
• 5 or more years of hands-on experience developing and conducting user research and usability tests
• A finely honed intuitive ability to ask exactly the right research questions
• An intensely analytical mind
• A storyteller’s gift for communicating complicated ideas simply and persuasively
• An intrinsic empathic connection to users of mobile devices
• Plan for, develop and conduct user research and usability testing
• Analyze research results
• Communicate research results to the design team and beyond
• Work closely with a tight-knit design team to support a consistent product vision
• Use research to drive intuitively simple, emotionally appealing, and functionally impressive products
• Develop and implement a long-term user research program
• 5+ years experience developing and conducting user research and usability tests
• Broad, practical experience in a variety of techniques including interviews, surveys, personas, focus groups, observations, usability tests and more
• Practical knowledge of the discipline’s standard software and hardware tools
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with software applications for phones or handheld devices a plus
• Capable of working independently
• Can deliver research results quickly in a highly iterative and fast-paced environment
• Ability to clearly, succinctly and persuasively articulate research results and influence cross-functional teams
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Can successfully juggle multiple projects and competing priorities
• Good sense of humor
• BA/BS or above in Human Factors, HCI, Cognitive Psychology or related discipline
• Some travel will be required
Please apply to Brendan.Moran@palm.com.
Palm, Inc. is the leader in handheld computing and communications solutions. We are seeking highly talented individuals to help shape and lead the next generation of handhelds, mobile managers and smartphones.
We offer competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package. For more information on Palm, go to http://www.palm.com.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
Posted on: 19 February 2008
The User Center Design Team at Sage Software / Small Business Division is seeking an experienced Interaction Designer.
The Interaction Designer will be primarily responsible for creating navigation structures and information designs, as well as constructing prototypes, storyboards, screen shots and mockups to effectively communicate designs to product management and development. The candidate will also possess the ability to create visual designs for both desktop software and transactional Web sites.
The designer role at Sage Software depends greatly on user-centered design research and usability testing to guide their designs. The UCD team at Sage Software / Small Business Division is a developing team. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and creative individual to apply their imagination and design skills to a market-leading product, and to help integrate UCD into the product management and development processes.
Sage Software / Small Business Division is located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, approximately 20 minutes south of Vancouver.
Sage Software offers leading business management software and services that support the needs, challenges and dreams of more than 2.4 million small and mid-sized business customers in North America. Its parent company, The Sage Group plc (London: SGE.L), supports 4.5 million customers worldwide. For more than 25 years, Sage Software has delivered easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software for accounting, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking and the specialized needs of accounting practices and the construction, distribution, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. For additional company or product information, please visit our website at www.sagesoftware.com.
We offer very competitive wages and an outstanding benefits package. To apply, select “Apply Now” and submit your resume.
Sage Software is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Posted on: 19 February 2008
GuideWorks creates premium systems for the guidance and navigation of digital cable and home entertainment. We produce the most widely-used interactive guides in the digital cable industry, driven by a focus on combining powerful features with ease of use. We dream about the future of home entertainment and build it now, revolutionizing the way you are entertained at home. GuideWorks creates the technologies that you can’t live without after trying them.
We are currently hiring for our in-house design team, and are looking for creative people who enjoy working on future concepts at a fast pace.
Summary: The role for the Manager of Technical Design manages a team that is focused on two main areas within the Design team. The first involves developing complex interactive Flash applications that are used for early prototyping and also represent our products. The other role is to interface with our engineering group to develop and manage the process for handing off Design deliverables that are translated into actual product code.
The ideal candidate will have a broad background in both design and object oriented programming, and an incredible eye for detail.
• Manage a staff of specialists accountable for ongoing technical and specialized production of content, especially back-end technology.
• Establish technical guidelines for online media production for all or many of the organization's product lines or channels.
• Monitor and enhance protocols for integrating art, text, audio and video content into Flash simulators as well as real world product.
• Resolve technical aspects of production problems.
• Guide technical production specialists in determining and implementing technical solutions for products.
• Work with engineering, tools and technical personnel to solve media production problems and to develop protocols.
Punctual, regular, and consistent attendance.
• Expert knowledge of Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects
• Expert knowledge of ActionScript 3.0, XML, JavaScript, CSS, general graphic design, animation and interactivity tool sets.
• Strong leadership and management skills with a focus on building efficient and flexible solutions.
• Experienced in rapid prototyping techniques, including information gathering, analysis and organization, storyboarding and architecting.
• Knowledge of video processing, editing, and compression, especially MPEG and QuickTime.
• Experience with Adobe Version Cue.
• Experience with automation of Adobe Creative Suite through JavaScript.
• Experienced in image manipulation and compression as well as establishing naming conventions.
• Experience utilizing data sources in multimedia applications such as XML in Flash.
• Familiarity with Microsoft SharePoint Technologies.
• Proficient in configuration of equipment used in related design and development work.
• May also have a software engineering background.
Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Design / Interactive Design, Engineering, or job related experience/knowledge as determined by management.
7+ years Multimedia/Web Application Development. 2+ years people management.
Comcast is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Comcast via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from Comcast HR/Recruitment will be deemed the sole property of Comcast. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Comcast as a result of the referral or through other means.
www.guideworkstv.com or www.comcast.com\careers
Posted on: 19 February 2008
The Principal Financial Group has an exciting opportunity to hire a Sr. Web Consultant for their Corporate Relations Web team, located in downtown Des Moines, IA. At the Principal Financial Group, we offer a competitive total compensation package and a comprehensive benefits package. Learn more about our company by visiting www.principal.com.
Ideal candidate will have previously held a Web related position that was primarily marketing focused, has had experience conducting usability tests, and has technical experience.
The Sr. Web Consultant position requires:
Posted on: 19 February 2008
Vinq is looking for a talented and passionate Principal User Experience Designer who thrives on designing applications that are both visually appealing and user friendly. This is an excellent opportunity to collaborate with a dedicated team of designers and web developers. Bring your experience and skills to the table and make a difference with Vinq!
We are Vinq, LLC, a software development and integration firm. We specialize in the design and implementation of highly interactive public web sites to support communities of experts and professionals. Our mission is to deliver solutions that closely match the specific needs of our clients and their users and customers, with high quality, high speed and affordable cost.
At Vinq, it’s more than just a job. We take pride in designing, developing, and recommending the best solutions for our clients. Become a member of our talented and fun staff and work on cutting edge projects using modern tools and latest technologies.
Interested and qualified applicants may submit resumes to jobs@vinq.com.
To learn more about Vinq, please visit us at www.vinq.com. Thank you for your time!
EEO
Posted on: 19 February 2008
This is your opportunity to join one of the “101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in Chicago, 2007”
CCC Information Services, a top Chicago software company, is seeking a User Interface Designer/Developer for our User Interface team. The user interface design team creates the user experience and serves as a critical link between CCC’s business and technical teams. User interface designers are expected to evaluate and understand business and technical requirements to deliver practical user interface designs to the development team.
Founded in 1980, CCC Information Services is a leading supplier of advanced software, communications and technology solutions to the automotive-claims and collision-repair industries. Our technology-based products and services optimize efficiency throughout the entire claims management supply chain and facilitate communication among approximately 22,000 collision-repair facilities, 350 insurance companies, and a range of industry participants.
UI Designers also serve a role in the activities of UI team to establish standards, document design guidelines, and improve our processes.
In addition to development projects and UI team activities, UI Designers also have responsibility for examining and experimenting with new technologies to determine applicability for CCC applications now and in the future.
Innovative and revolutionary, we believe that our success depends on people making the difference. We pride ourselves on working with goal-oriented, ambitious individuals, people who share our vision of leadership, innovation and commitment to others. It’s hard not to be successful when you recruit and retain the most talented people!
We know that our employees are our greatest assets and want each one to have a long, successful career with us. Therefore, we offer a variety of training programs and career development opportunities, and promote a healthy work-life balance. We offer paid time off, vacation, and holidays. Additional company benefits include an onsite workout facility, medical, dental, and vision insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, and a 401(k) plan!
Last, but certainly not least, we’re located in the Merchandise Mart in the heart of beautiful downtown Chicago! What’s not to love?!
If interested, please email your resume to jcoursey@cccis.com. We are interested in receiving applications from interested candidates only, no agencies or recruiters please.
Posted on: 19 February 2008
Are you looking for something a little bit different, cutting edge, fun and challenging? Then WebFirst is the place for you! WebFirst is looking for two highly talented, web designers to work at our Washington, DC and Rockville, MD locations. If quality is important to you, then WebFirst is the right place for you! Bring your expertise and creativity to our team.
If you want something a little bit different, cutting edge, fun and challenging, then WebFirst is the place for you! Our clients are some of the most well respected names in education, health, the arts, international development and government. You will be collaborating with top notch talent in a quality web development team. Our projects aren’t just web applications – our solutions help our clients accomplish their mission which advances their causes.
WebFirst offers a competitive salary, and a training program to all staff members. Our strong commitment to offering our staff a solid work-life balance is apparent in our offering of daily flex time, monthly paid leave time for community service activities. We like to have fun too – come join us at our happy hours, annual picnic and holiday party.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package (including health, dental, vision, life, LTD and STD), company-match 401(k) plan, an annual profit sharing program and paid holiday schedule.
For additional information about WebFirst, Inc., visit http://www.webfirst.com .
Role: Web / UI Designer
Openings: 2
Location(s): Washington, DC, Rockville, MD
Salary range: $60,000 - $85,000 (depending on experience)
Send resumes to: resumes@webfirst.com
Posted on: 19 February 2008
Cars.com, a top-tier online destination for automobile shoppers and sellers, seeks an experienced and passionate user experience professional to join our growing UX team.
The UX Manager will collaborate with a cross functional team of designers, product managers and front-end developers to create an effective, user-centered online experience. Our team manages the user experience for several highly-trafficked areas of the Cars.com web site including the home page, key landing pages, inventory search, client and consumer facing interfaces, and portions of our Research section. This position will offer broad exposure across Cars.com and excellent advancement opportunities.
Posted on: 19 February 2008
Responsible for leading the process within NPR Digital Media for multi-disciplinary projects that include technology, user experience, business, and editorial components.
Oversees the implementation of established project methodologies in accordance with best industry practices, managing schedule/budget/resource needs for projects, coordinating team member activities, and aligning stakeholder and business goals to result in innovative, high-quality interactive products and services.
Requires a BS/BA degree – MBA or MS/MA in Computer Science or Information Technology or related area is a plus. Six to ten years experience in project management or other multi-disciplinary leadership role for Internet-related projects.
Experience in one or more of the following environments is desirable: online publishing, digital media, e-commerce, online financial services or online retail services; proven skills in leading and motivating teams in a dynamic, high-stress environment; experience negotiating contracts and managing relationships with outside vendors; experience working in a highly collaborative environment where all team members are invited to provide input to major decisions; and ability to communicate at all levels of the organization (including senior management and peer groups) on issues of strategy and ongoing operations.
Successful candidate must have expert familiarity with the tools and processes of project management including the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBok); strong familiarity with current techniques and practices of software requirements definition, user-centered design, and usability analysis; skilled use of project management software (Microsoft Project), flowchart/wireframing and process documentation software (Microsoft Visio), and standard office applications (Microsoft Office); actionable knowledge of the digital media landscape including current industry and user trends, emerging technologies, and standards; familiarity with implementation and ongoing customization of Web analytics applications, content management systems, and/or mission-critical business applications; strong familiarity with current technologies involved in Internet-based applications including client-side (HTML, JavaScript, CSS), server-side technologies (PHP, ASP, Java, relational databases), and related standards (SML, RSS, Section 509/WAI, Dublin Core); ability to analyze both quantitative and qualitative data and present findings and recommendations; strong oral and written communication skills, to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences; ability to effectively and efficiently set priorities and handle multiple assignments in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment; demonstrated ability to work well independently or on a team, always showing respect for the diverse constituencies at NPR and within the public radio system; and ability to engender trust and establish actionable consensus among these constituencies.
Posted on: 19 February 2008
Lenovo is seeking a User Interface Designer/Human Factors Engineer to join our Human Interaction Design department in Raleigh, NC. The employee will apply User Centered Design principles and work closely with cross-functional teams to assess, form requirements and develop UI designs that promote ease of use, good design and an optimal user experience for Lenovo personal computing products, software and services.
If you are interested in working for a growing, dynamic and international company and you meet the requirements of this position, please apply online at
Posted on: 19 February 2008
How would you like to go back in time, and join IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, BEA or Akamai before they became dominant global leaders? Being part of a team that introduced such landscape-altering platforms, and sharing in the rewards, are usually once-in-a-lifetime opportunities based on being in the right place at the right time.
Timing is in your favor this time around.
Pegasystems is re-writing the rules in Business Process Management, riding our disruptive technology to emerging leadership in a realm that is just beginning to awaken to the potential of such powerful enabling tools. Pegasystems’ Smart BPM empowers clients to create custom business platforms without needing to write code the old fashioned way. We accelerate the evolution of how they conduct business and deliver for their customers.
Historically, application companies have tried to find a niche to add value. Leading platform companies have paved the way for how companies run their businesses. Gartner and Forrester have said Pegasystems’ technology makes us “the future of the market”.
The question is, will you make Pegasystems part of your future?
The User Interface developers will play a critical role in our Product Management group, quickly prototyping UIs for the different vertical platforms. Influence the User Interface design of the leading rules-based BPM software platform leveraging strong Human Factors and User Interface design and development expertise.
Minimum Level of Education: College Graduate
Type of Experience and Minimum Number of Years: Min. 2 years
Background in information systems, Web development, interactive design, Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction, Product Design or a related field.
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Posted on: 19 February 2008
Spunlogic is seeking a SENIOR User Experience Architect to join our consulting team!
Job Description: The senior user experience (UE) architect leads the design of world-class user experiences for web applications and web sites. We’re looking for an enthusiastic, talented, and diligent candidate who wants to work with a variety of top clients. The ideal candidate will meet the following qualifications:
BS/BA degree in interaction design, information architecture, technical communication, cognitive psychology, or related field.
5-7 years of experience as an information architect, content developer/writer, interaction designer, or similar user experience role for websites and web applications.
Demonstrated in-depth understanding of best practices and research-based principles in the following areas:
o Interaction design
o Usability and accessibility
o Information architecture
o Wireframes
o Site maps
o Flow or process diagrams
o Task analyses
o Use cases
o At least 3 work samples are required to apply
Experience gathering and documenting requirements, especially technical requirements
Ability to efficiently create clear documentation for clients and for technical developers.
Ability to confidently advocate for user experience principles and design decisions on a project—in a professional, collaborative manner.
Ability to estimate hours required for own work and meet deadlines.
Ability to proactively ask questions or seek assistance if a task is unclear.
Must be a quick learner, a self-motivator, a systematic and critical thinker, a problem-solver, and an excellent collaborator.
MS Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
MS Visio
Familiarity with Javascript, CSS, and/or HTML
Experience with software application design a plus.
Experience as a business analyst a plus.
Familiarity with web 2.0 technologies and features (social networking, blogging, RSS/content distribution, widgets, etc.) and new AJAX/JavaScript interactions a plus.
MA/MS degree in technical communication, information design, information architecture, cognitive psychology, or related field.
Experience with mobile design a plus.
Experience with simulation tools such as Axure or iRise a plus.
Experience with Search Engine Marketing tools and techniques a plus.
Experience interpreting and leveraging web analytics data a plus.
If you and/or a colleague are interested in learning more about Spunlogic, please send an updated copy of your resume to dave.church@spunlogic.com . To learn more about Spunlogic’s culture view our blog at http://blog.spunlogic.com/.
Spunlogic, formed in 1998, is an award-winning interactive marketing and technology agency that uses an in-depth understanding of the user experience to help companies attract, convert and retain customers. The Atlanta based agency provides a full range of solutions including user experience strategy, interactive design, web development, email marketing, online advertising, intranet/portal design and development and e-commerce applications. Spunlogic is the Email Agency of Record for InterContinental Hotels Group and the Interactive Agency of Record for the State of Georgia. The agency also boasts a roster of both local and national clients including Coca-Cola, The Home Depot, Anheuser-Busch, Georgia Pacific, Cox Enterprises, AutoTrader, EarthLink, SeaWorld, and The HoneyBaked Ham Company.
Posted on: 6 February 2008
Salesforce.com is looking for an entry-level User Researcher to join our rapidly growing User Experience team. As a user researcher at Salesforce.com, you will:
You are responsible for understanding all aspects of our user population so that we may development clean, efficient and useful interface designs that meet our customer needs
http://www.salesforce.com/company/careers/locations/a0800000000AbHVAA0/a017000000BFzSUAA1.jsp
Salesforce.com is a company defined by change. In a few short years, it has transformed from a small start-up housed in a cramped San Francisco apartment into a revolutionary powerhouse with offices that overlook the iconic vista of the city by the bay. With these rapid changes, the company's rise has been nothing short of stratospheric. In January 2007, Forbes magazine named salesforce.com the 3rd fastest growing tech company. Out of 2,200 public U.S. technology stocks, salesforce.com passed hurdles for growth and profitability.
See why salesforce.com attracts and retains the industry's leading talent. Explore our careers page to learn more about our company story, culture, values, benefits, and global locations. We are committed to maintaining the highest level of employee job satisfaction, and offer the opportunity for you to help shape the future of technology and The Business Web™. Whether you're an experienced candidate or a university standout, your ideas and efforts have a direct and immediate impact on the company, with career-defining results.
Given this exalted history, it's no surprise that working at salesforce.com means collaborating with the best of the best. It means being surrounded by peers and leaders who consistently motivate and inspire you. Everyone from the founders to our most recent hires, work as a team to create, market, and sell a superior product that customers love to use.
We offer an outstanding compensation and benefits package, including a company-paid gym membership, healthy snacks, a culture of innovation and teamwork, plus a revolutionary corporate philanthropy program that provides employees with monthly paid time-off for community service work.
Posted on: 6 February 2008
TomoTherapy is seeking a User Interface Designer to join our growing Requirements group in the Product Development department. The designer will work closely with cross-functional teams to assess requirements and develop UI designs that promote patient safety, ease of use, and an optimal user experience. The designer will create wireframes, user task and interaction flows, UI sketches, prototypes, and will prepare and maintain UI design specifications that will be used as blueprints for development. In addition, the designer will conduct design reviews and provide consultation during various phases of the product development life cycle.
If you are interested in working for a growing, dynamic company and meet the requirements of this position, please apply online at www.tomotherapy.com. No phone calls please. TomoTherapy is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Posted on: 7 February 2008
Careers with a passion for life.
As the world’s leading medical technology company, we provide lifelong solutions to people with chronic disease. Everything we do is deeply rooted in our mission—to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Every 5 seconds the life of someone somewhere in the world is improved by a Medtronic product or therapy.
This position will work with product managers and developers to create user experiences that innovate, are highly usable, enhance user satisfaction and have significant impact to the business.
BS and 3-5 years professional design experience practicing a user-centered design methodology.
PREFERRED EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: BS or MS in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design or related field. Medical device product development experience highly desirable.
OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: Candidates must have strong presenting, verbal and written skills. Experienced with software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Visio, Flash. Creative with a strong, clean visual design sense and extremely detail oriented.
With people like you, who have purpose and passion, we’ll supply physicians and their patients around the world with the means to extend life and restore health. To route your resume directly to the hiring department, visit www.medtronic.com/jobopportunities/ and apply for requisition #60662. No phone calls please. Medtronic is an equal opportunity employer committed to cultural diversity in the workforce.
Apply now! http://www.medtronic.com/employment/
Posted on: 7 February 2008
Salary: $85k-110k
Temp-to-Perm
Start Date: 01/20/2008
Consider Relocation: Yes
Top Interactive Agency based in New York is setting up an office here on the West Coast. This is your chance to be a part of an amazing agency working with top clients ranging from entertainment to retail giants!
This agency is looking for an Interaction Designer that has can develop information architecture for all web, product, and online interactions.
Determine a product's mandate, feature set, and business requirements
Participate in user testing or fieldwork
Develop user personas, scenarios of use, interaction models
Create wireframes and functional prototypes
Document feature behavior in loving, painstaking detail
Collaborate with teammates, clients, and third parties to ensure that your solutions survive the development process
Proven, hands-on ability to apply the methodologies of interaction design to software development.
2+ years experience designing and documenting windows applications or large-scale web-based applications, involvng detailed design schematics and business rules.
Proven ability to multi-task
Solid writing and visual communication skills
Familiarity with usability heuristics and relevant HCI literature
Knowledge of Visio or other tool for generating wireframes and behavior specifications
We're looking for a Long Term Relationship (LTR): This is an opportunity to be a part of something big! We're growing quickly and want an applicant who is interested in being a part of this exciting time at our company. There is a great deal of opportunity to evolve in this role integrating your passions and strengths.
Interested?
Apply online: http://jobs.aquent.com/myaquent?PROC=AWUIDrawJobDesc&websiteType=mcs&serverID=1&postingId=38261
Aquent is the largest and most experienced representative of marketing and creative services talent on earth, with nearly seventy branches worldwide. Since 1986, we've been pioneering better ways for Marketing and Creative Services to work for experts within these fields, and for those who employ them.
Posted on: 7 February 2008
Sears Holdings Corporation is the nation's third largest broadline retailer, with approximately $55 billion in annual revenues, and with approximately 3,800 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada. Formed in March 2005 from the merger of Sears and Kmart, Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, home electronics and automotive repair and maintenance. Key proprietary brands include Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering, including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn Smith and Joe Boxer, as well as the Apostrophe and Covington brands. It also has Martha Stewart Everyday products, which are offered exclusively in the U.S. by Kmart and in Canada by Sears Canada. The company is the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 14 million service calls made annually. For more information, visit Sears Holdings' website at http://www.searsholdings.com. Sears Holdings Corporation is committed to improving the lives of our customers by providing quality services, products and solutions that earn their trust and build lifetime relationships. We are proud of our diverse, high-performance team work environment and we strive for continuous improvement through keen focus on growth, effectiveness and a sense of urgency. Individuals who are driven to earn our customers' trust and business every day, who act with integrity, who treat everyone fairly and value diversity, and who are accountable for their actions are welcome to show interest in becoming a member of our winning team.
The User Experience Architect will play a key role in ensuring that Sears products successfully achieve business objectives with a best-of-class user experience. As a member of the User Experience Team you will work closely with Business Stakeholders (Management, Merchandising, IT) to ensure that the Sears.com, Kmart.com and other web-based products meet business objectives, support the brand and are useful, intuitive and desirable to users.
• Understanding target audiences’ needs and other motivating factors and translating them into concepts for compelling interactions and experiences.
• Planning and executing iterative user research and analysis projects including but not limited to interviews, concept testing, and usability testing and heuristic evaluations.
• Leading and/or participating in immersive user research, concept testing, and usability testing.
• Collaboratively developing scenarios, navigation models, and prototypes for demonstration of concepts to stakeholders and project teams.
• Developing and documenting detailed information architecture and interaction designs for highly interactive interfaces to support business strategy, marketing strategy, and desired user behaviors.
• Serving as an expert consultant during the detailed design phase by reviewing interaction design, copy and visual design for usability best practices.
• User research and scenario generation
• Process flow generation
• Site structure definition
• Concept generation and modeling
• Wireframe design
• Solution prototyping
• Audits and evaluations
• Team leadership
• Group facilitation
• Project planning and tracking
• Mentorship of co-workers and provide design inspiration
• Identification tools, templates, and techniques that evolve existing approaches for the user experience group
• College or university degree in Information Design, Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field strongly preferred.
• 5+ year experience in Information Architecture and concept development. At least two years applying these skills to web-based design.
• 2+ years in planning and executing usability research activities, including usability testing and evaluations. At least one year applying these skills to web-based design.
• Project experience in working with teams on large scale, long-term projects.
• Familiarity with current user experience and usability research, theories, best practices and methodologies.
• Candidates must be well-versed in user-centered design methods and techniques.
• Knowledge of web user-interface technology.
• Excellent analytical and process-oriented skills.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Experience in working on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams.
• Proficient with design tools including Visio and MS Office Suite.
As a Sears professional, your career path options will be determined by your performance as well as your desire to advance further within the Sears organization. You'll also get some of the best benefits in the industry:
-Medical, Dental and Legal Plans
-Flexible Spending Accounts
-Associate Discounts
-Group Universal Life Insurance
-Long-Term Disability Insurance
-Long-Term Care Insurance
-Business Travel Accident Insurance
-Short-Term Disability
-Vacation/Personal and National Holidays
-WorkLife Solutions
Please Note: Different eligibility rules apply to certain benefits. Some businesses do not offer all benefits shown.
Sears is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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Posted on: 7 February 2008
HFI has a superb opportunity for a Senior Usability Specialist who is passionate about usability, user centered design, and user experience.
Very competitive salary and benefit package. Some travel is necessary.
Those who have a passion for usability and want more than a job, please send your resume to jim.garrett@humanfactors.com.
Posted on: 7 February 2008
Your passion lies in making a difference. By moving beyond the expected, you help make our world a better place. These are values we respect and seek out in employees. As the demand for electricity grows, so does our need for more bright minds to join our team. Together, we can build our community, foster conservation and deliver clean, reliable energy solutions for today, tomorrow and generations to come.
This position will provide creative direction, standards and guidelines and translate business requirements into design. They will lead and support the delivery of front-end design across a wide range of internal and external facing projects through digital channels (web, wireless, e-mail/e-newsletters). Their work will span the entire design spectrum including wire frames, process / thumbnail flows, heuristic usability reviews, page/site layout, and overall look and feel. They will work closely with key partners to ensure design consistency and brand adherence.
If you share our values - safety, teamwork, service, integrity and accountability - and are ready to join a great team, we'd love to hear from you!
Posted on: 7 February 2008
Your passion lies in making a difference. By moving beyond the expected, you help make our world a better place. These are values we respect and seek out in employees. As the demand for electricity grows, so does our need for more bright minds to join our team. Together, we can build our community, foster conservation and deliver clean, reliable energy solutions for today, tomorrow and generations to come.
BC Hydro is seeking a highly motivated and skilled individual who can play a lead role helping the company integrate business strategy and user interface direction across key Information Technology (IT) projects organization-wide. The role will be part of cross-functional teams creating rich, engaging experiences for our users. If you have knowledge and experience of human factors coupled with current usability research, business and systems analysis, we encourage you to apply, bringing your vision, energy and talent to our IT team.
If you share our values - safety, teamwork, service, integrity and accountability - and are ready to join a great team, we'd love to hear from you!
Posted on: 7 February 2008
Rearden Commerce provides the ultimate personal productivity tool: an innovative on-demand personal assistant that simplifies life, helping people quickly find the services and goods they need based on what they like, where they are, and what they are doing. The Rearden Personal Assistant is based on the Rearden Commerce Platform, which connects users instantly with the world’s largest ecosystem of more than 137,000 trusted merchants and third-party applications providers. The Rearden Personal Assistant also helps thousands of companies save money by consistently guiding employees to preferred suppliers offering negotiated discounts and helping them make smarter purchase decisions. With Rearden Commerce, the power of the intelligent Web is finally realized. Rearden Commerce is headquartered in Foster City, CA. For more information, visit www.reardencommerce.com.
Rearden offers a high energy, fun and creative work culture with highly talented and experienced colleagues who make the customer experience our first priority. As a Usability Researcher, you will be a key member of a highly collaborative user experience design team with world-class credentials, contributing directly to the success of first-generation mobile and web applications.
All resumes should be sent to recruiter Ricky Fiel at: ricky.fiel@reardencommerce.com.
Posted on: 7 February 2008
The Lead User Experience Researcher coordinates and leads User Experience Research activities for ADP products and websites. These activities include, but are not limited to, identifying the appropriate user experience research activities; designing, planning and implementing these activities; and collaborating with and communicating results to the project team.User Experience Research
• Research and analyze ADP applications and websites to determine appropriate user experience research activities
• Conduct user experience research activities such as usability tests, card sorts, surveys, focus groups, and interviews for complex ADP products and websites
• Analyze usability activity results and provide feedback to the project team
• Conduct or oversee user experience recruiting activities
• Coordinate client travel arrangements
• Coordinate conference activities
• Conduct and oversee user experience activity tasks
• Create and deliver proposals, reports, and presentations on time and with the highest quality
• Conduct project-related presentations to outside functional groups and review presentations of others and provide feedback
• Coach, mentor, motivate, and guide team members
• Conduct team meetings and represent the user experience team at cross functional project meetings
• Effectively educate business partners on the importance of user research.
• Conduct presentations to outside groups
• Recommend ways to implement department strategic vision
• Demonstrate and promote collaboration among team members
• Demonstrate flexible problem solving skills.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills
• Ability to handle multiple projects and proposals concurrently
• Demonstrate excellent organizational skills and ability to work independently
• Demonstrate strong client-facing presentation and communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Demonstrate good writing skills
• Demonstrate strong user research skills in user research planning and execution, usability testing, field studies, survey creation, and client interviews.
• Strong interviewing skills
• Strong facilitation skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Usability Engineering, or Information Design plus 2 years experience. Certification in Usability plus 4 years experience is acceptable in lieu of a degree. Advanced degree a plus.
• Additional usability education (conferences, workshops, etc.)
• At least 2 years experience leading usability projects
• At least 5 years experience conducting research of user experience with software applications and websites performing usability techniques that include some of the following:
o Formal usability testing
o Heuristic evaluation
o Task analysis
o Surveys
o Focus groups
o Working within a user-centered design process
• Experience using:
o Microsoft Powerpoint
o Prototyping tools
o Morae
• Recommended: HTML experience
Interested Applicants should e-mail resumes to Joanne Griffith, Director (Joanne_Griffith@adp.com), Phone: 973-974-6139
*Please copy resume into your e-mail response*
Posted on: 7 February 2008
Very competitive salary and benefit package. Some travel is necessary; between 25-35%.
Those who have a passion for usability and want more than a job, please submit your resume to jim.garrett@humanfactors.com.
Posted on: 7 February 2008
Ready to change healthcare?
Sermo, the largest and fastest growing online physician-only community with headquarters in Cambridge, MA, is leading a movement to fundamentally change healthcare in America. Combining current technology, financial strength, and thousands of dedicated physicians, we aim to radically improve healthcare — for patients, doctors, and the industry as a whole.
We do this by freeing up the most important medical information on the planet — the knowledge living in the minds of physicians. Sermo amplifies physicians’ voices as they share their insights, building on each other’s knowledge while empowering government, industry, investors, research groups, and others to learn and adapt from this rich base of living experience in real-time.
Please apply at working@sermo.com.
Posted on: 7 February 2008
The right company can make a world of difference...
Know What’s Next. Now.
SPSS Inc. has become the world's leading provider of predictive analytics software and services through a combination of commitment to innovation and dedication to customers. Throughout our history, we have provided analytical software that enables customers to understand both the state of their business today and what is likely to happen in the future, so that they can make better decisions now to improve their likelihood of success.
More than 250,000 commercial, academic, and public sector customers rely on SPSS technology to help increase revenue, reduce costs, improve processes, and detect and prevent fraud. Founded in 1968, SPSS is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. For additional information, please visit www.spss.com
SPSS is currently seeking a User Interface Designer in our Chicago headquarters. The User Interface Designer will be responsible for all aspects of the user interface design process while working on various SPSS products. This individual will work closely with all others involved in the software development process to ensure delivery of high quality, usable software. The individual will also work with other UI designers corporate-wide to help determine and deliver best UI design practices.
· Works collaboratively with software engineering and product management teams to provide the best design solution for the end user
· Gathers and analyzes customer requirements and usability data as needed for project assignment
· Develops and maintains design mockups, user flows, prototypes, specifications, and other design documentation
· Designs and develops creative user interface solutions of a moderately complex nature given platform limitations, architectures, and development schedules
· Performs accessibility assessments of desktop and web-based products and proposes solutions for identified issues
· Participates in requirements engagements and design review meetings
· Conducts usability testing during various phases of product development and applies results to the user interface
· Acts as a consultant on user-experience and user interface issues
· Educates others outside the UI group on UI design methodologies and the benefits of good UI design
· Does appropriate education planning and follow-through to stay technically current
· BS/BA or MS degree in Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphics Design, or equivalent work experience
· 2 – 5 years user interface design experience, preferable with analytic and/or data mining software
· Art and/or visual design training / skills extremely desirable
· Proven ability to work with the software development process and project management
· Proven experience designing both computer desktop and web-based products
· Proven excellent analytical and design skills including task analysis and use-case creation
· Proven ability with application and web-based prototyping/design tools
· Proven ability designing for desktop environments with C++ and Java
· Knowledge of web technologies and tools such as application and web servers, HTML, XML, JavaScript, JSP, and Flash
· Knowledge of accessibility guidelines and assistive technologies
· Proven outstanding verbal and written communication skills
· Proven ability to work in a dynamic multidisciplinary team environment
· Proven team player with the ability to learn complex technical material
2004, SPSS Inc. selected as Intelligent Enterprise’s #1 “Company to Watch in 2004” in the “Intelligence” category.
Headquartered in Chicago, SPSS has offices and a network of distributors serving countries around the world. Make a choice to join a rapidly growing company that values your expertise!
Check out our website to learn more about SPSS at www.spss.com.
In order to be considered for this position SALARY REQUIREMENTS MUST BE CLEARLY STATED please apply directly to http://www.resourcehire.com/clients/spss/publicjobs Attn: MG10952
No recruiter/contract/agency resumes will be accepted for this position.
Posted on: 7 February 2008
Progressive offers a fantastic opportunity for a seasoned User Experience Architect to lead a variety of strategic and run-the-business projects for Progressive’s on-line service site. The User Experience Architect will design on-line service experiences working collaboratively internal business stakeholders within many areas of the company. This is a position within the Online Service team, a group comprised of industry-leading technologists, experience designers and usability professionals that enjoy a fun, creative, fast-paced environment.
Progressive offers competitive benefits and potential for a generous gainsharing bonus based on corporate performance. Progressive facilities include on-site, state of the art usability labs; ongoing professional curriculum; fitness centers and classes; dry cleaning; movie rentals; full-service cafeteria, etc. The casual work environment is enhanced by an impressive contemporary art collection which fosters creativity among Progressive people.
- Works closely with business peers to understand and document project requirements while advocating for the user
- Translates users’ needs into visually robust requirements; e.g., flowcharts, user scenarios, site maps and wireframes
- Investigates the users’ interaction with the current application and conducts user interviews
- Collaborates with Experience Designer/Developers to create prototypes
- Validates designs through usability studies and direct interaction with users
- Supports development of training materials for Customer Service representatives
- Contributes to emerging team processes and deliverables
- Contributes to developing site user experience standards
- Monitors application performance and makes necessary enhancements
- Minimum 3 years of experience leading projects to enhance transactional web sites (e.g., on-line banking, on-line reservation systems, ecommerce)
- Strong portfolio that includes detailed requirements, page schematics, interaction flow diagrams, site maps, and wireframes
- Proficient in HTML (XHTML and CSS a plus), PowerPoint, Excel and Visio
- Experience leading projects of varying scale with minimal guidance
- Ability to evaluate user interactions and customer feedback to identify user issues and opportunities for improvement.
- Proficient in defining, validating, and communicating success metrics
- Proven and effective communication skills, both oral and written
- Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to develop and foster business relationships
- Highly-organized and detail-oriented; ability to quickly prioritize and juggle multiple projects
- Comfort with ambiguity and abstraction combined with the ability to build structure
- Enjoys working in a team environment
- Progressive leads the auto insurance industry in a number of firsts and awards.
- Ranked #1 in the BusinessWeek 50—Performance Ranking for the S&P 500 (2004)
- Ranked on Fortune Magazine’s Global 500, Most Admired Companies and #155 on the Fortune 500 (2005)
- Named #1 Profitable Player from Fast Company’s 2004 Customer Awards (2004)
- 4-time winner of the Information Week 500: Leading IT Innovators (2000-2003)
- Progressive’s Web site has been rated #1 eight times by Watchfire Gómez, an Internet performance management company
- The first company to allow consumers to see and compare rates from leading auto insurance companies with an up-to-the-minute sampling of comparison rates
- The first auto insurance Web site available on Sprint PCS Wireless Web, including payment by Web-enabled cell phone functionality
Candidates apply at our website at www.jobs.progressive.com
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