UPA Job Bank: November 2009 UPA Job Bank: November 2009The Job Bank is a service of the Usability Professionals' Association, listing jobs for usablity and user experience professionals.
Posted on: 18 November, 2009
We are looking for a best of breed UI Designer/Developer to help design and code the next generation of user experience for the Authoria Integrated Talent Management suite of web based applications. Our software is used by millions of users everyday and your work will be the centerpiece of our look and feel.
As a Senior UI designer on our team, you must be able to translate complex business problems into intuitive software solutions as well as create compelling functional prototypes of new user experiences and product features. You will also help with implementation of user interface elements and investigate and evaluate new concepts and UI technologies. You will report to the Director of User Experience and have at least five to seven years of Web, Internet related design and development experience in a leading industry software application.
-Designing and building user interface prototypes for web based applications:
-Working with product managers and business analysts to refine software requirements and evaluating design alternatives.
-Building functional high-fidelity UI prototypes to get customer feedback and continuously iterating over designs to improve the user experience.
-Working with engineers to ensure that UI designs are technically feasible and can be implemented within release timeframes.
-Implementing user interfaces for web based applications:
-Building reusable user interface controls.
-Helping engineers with implementation of user interfaces for new features by creating UI assets including graphics, css, html, and javascript.
-Defining UI standards and performing UI reviews to ensure compliance with standards.
- Investigating and evaluating cutting edge browser based presentation technologies.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, interaction design, human factor and/or visual design (or equivalent).
Your skills include:
Required Technologies: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript (including jQuery), Ajax, Photoshop, XML
Desired Technologies: XSLT, Velocity, Flash
And NO FEAR of a blank white board.
Authoria, Inc. is a software provider of Talent Management (TM) solutions for Recruitment, Performance Management, Succession Planning, and Compensation in an integrated platform and targeted to the enterprise and fortune markets. Authoria Talent Management delivers a comprehensive talent management solution for business managers and HR professionals to effectively manage human capital and achieve business goals. In addition, Authoria Communications give employees access to the information they need to stay engaged with up-to-date benefit and policy information.
Authoria’s integrated suite of solutions offers a unique advantage and competitive edge to delivering the core talent initiatives from staffing and assessment to succession, development and compensation. Our broad domain experience helps our customers implement talent management strategies to improve human capital.
Send resume and/or portfolio to recruiting@authoria.com
Posted on: 18 November, 2009
Research In Motion Limited® (RIM)® is a world leader in the mobile communications market and has a history of developing breakthrough wireless solutions. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies is used by thousands of organizations around the world and includes the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools and software/hardware licensing agreements. RIM is seeking driven individuals who can take our wireless data products to the next level in the global wireless market. Are you ready to make a difference in the world of mobile communications with RIM?
The Director, User Experience Design, as part of the User Experience organization, will provide design leadership and direction to a team of talented user interface visual designers, 3D modelers and animators, and audio engineers. The incumbent will work to define and develop the design aesthetic for BlackBerry device themes, device, Desktop and Server applications, and the supporting auditory experience.
You will work alongside Brand Strategy, Marketing Communications, Industrial Design and the entire User Experience organization to define strategic design goals and execute on deliverables.
The successful candidate's responsibilities will include:
If you're driven to take wireless technologies to the next level, it's time you join the team at RIM. We offer a challenging environment that fosters creativity and rewards excellence. Employees also have use of our award winning BlackBerry!
© 2009 Research In Motion Limited. All Rights Reserved. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties of Research In Motion Limited. RIM, BlackBerry, "Always On, Always Connected" and the "envelope in motion" symbol are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be pending or registered in other countries.
Research In Motion is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Reply today to: bvanschaik@rim.com
Posted on: 18 November, 2009
(Full-time position)
Requisition Number: 3314561
Wells Fargo’s Internet Services Group (ISG) is the driving creative and technical force behind Wellsfargo.com and Wachovia.com. ISG helps customers realize their financial goals by delivering the world's most innovative e-banking and e-commerce services, capabilities, and alliances. Wells Fargo is one of the largest Internet banks in the world, with over ten million online customers.
**This role is based in San Francisco, CA only**
Wells Fargo is seeking a well-rounded senior-level user research specialist with expertise in a broad range of qualitative methods including usability testing. The Senior User Researcher will join a mature bi-coastal research practice with offices in San Francisco and Charlotte, NC. The researcher will partner closely with the Customer Experience design team, internal business clients, research peers and vendors. While the primary focus of our practice is usability testing, we provide a range of research offerings including an ongoing Listening Lab program, mobile research, and ethnographic field studies.
There are two primary areas of responsibilities for this role noted below; these responsibilities require a combination of applying research expertise directly as well as management/oversight of vendor-executed studies.
(1) Leading/Managing research studies in collaboration with our trusted research partners (vendors). The senior researcher will act as an internal consultant to our business partners to define research goals, outline the study scope, and identify requirements for research materials (prototypes, etc.). In this consultant role, the researcher will also engage with one of our trusted research vendors to execute the research (the vendor would be responsible for all deliverables, including screener, discussion guide, moderation, and final report). This should not be confused for an outsourcing model where the work is passed off to a vendor, but rather this is a close collaboration and partnership between the internal senior researcher/consultant and research vendor from project start to end.
(2) Leading/executing listening lab studies
The second primary responsibility includes leading and executing small-scale studies as part of our Listening Lab program. This is a more traditionalrole in which the researcher partners with business clients and customer experience team and executes all aspects of research, providing early directional input to product and design concepts. As a Listening Lab moderator, the researcher will oversee recruiting, define/design the research methodology, moderate the study, analyze data, make recommendations, and effectively communicate findings to a broad audience of stakeholders. The senior user researcher would be one of several moderators who provide Listening Lab services for our business partners.
Requirements Demonstrating Research Expertise
* Minimum of 5 years focused experience in usability testing of web interfaces
* Demonstrated experience with a variety of research methods, including 1-on-1 interviews, card sorts, and field studies.
* Demonstrated success in conducting research and testing with a wide variety of end users
* General comfort/willingness to learn standard research tools including use of Morae software, audio/video set up, etc.
Requirements Demonstrating Success in a Large and Dynamic Organization:
* Aptitude and demonstrated ability to speak confidently and persuasively to a senior-level audience
* Ability to partner and collaborate within cross-functional teams
* Ability to be self-directed with solid problem-solving skills and quick learning ability
* Ability to operate with flexibility and creativity in research planning given business and technical constraints
* Outstanding analytical skills
* Education: Masters degree in the areas of HCI, Human Factors, Information Science or professional certification including Certified Usability Analyst
* Subject-matter expertise: Financial services experience and Mobile research experience
* Experience managing vendors
To be considered for this opportunity, please complete a profile and submit your resume by going to wellsfargo.com, click on “careers” in the footer, and then search for Job Requisition # 3314561
Posted on: 18 November, 2009
Do you secretly spy on the ways people use and interact with the tools in their lives? Do you document user pain points for fun? Dream of a future where technology is so easy to use that we don’t even notice it? Feel it's your duty as a good citizen to not only point out unsatisfactory product experiences, but to also offer tactful and realistic suggestions for improvement?
If so, you may have found the ideal home here, among your unique kind, at projekt202.
As a Design Researcher at projekt202, you are primarily responsible for planning and facilitating field research and lab studies, conducting statistical and qualitative analysis, performing user needs analysis and heuristic evaluations, providing insight and vision based on research findings, and converting user insights into professional presentations/reports with actionable recommendations to inform and validate product strategies and design.
Job location: Austin, Texas
Reposting: Please feel free to repost this listing on other relevant websites.
To apply: Please send your resume, and links to your portfolio or work samples to:
jobs@projekt202.com No phone calls, please.
We make software make sense. projekt202 believes that technology should make people feel good. We’re devoted to changing the human-computer relationship for the better.
We count among our clients some of the biggest and most influential software companies on the planet. Do we do consumer applications? Of course. Do we do business applications? Absolutely -- and we love 'em. And if you’ve got experience with hardware and software integration, then you’ll fit right in.
We offer a casual work environment that recognizes the importance of employee freedom and the kindling of creative fire. In our professional work, we make a point of having fun. Full-time employees enjoy the benefits of competitive pay, excellent health coverage, a generous vacation plan, numerous paid holidays and a happy work experience.
Read more about us: www.projekt202.com
Copyright 2009 projekt202 LP, — All Rights Reserved — Terms of Service
Posted on: 18 November, 2009
Do you know the font size on a screen just by looking at it? Recite the hex values of each color from memory? Cannot stand the thought that one pixel cannot be divided any further? Want to change the world one pica at a time?
If so, you may have found your perfect sanctuary amongst the other brilliant minds here at projekt202.
As a UI designer within the visual innovation group at projekt202, you must have excellent digital media related visual design skills. You must be up to speed on the latest visual trends and advancements in technology. You will often have to work under tight deadlines and, not to deter you, but you will also have to contend with a feisty German Creative Director.
Our visual designers help give our clients “The Look.” They understand how software products work, what's good, what’s bad, and how to spot UI possibility in what often seems like endless constraints.
Job location: Austin, Texas
Reposting: Please feel free to repost this listing on other relevant websites.
To apply: Please send your resume, and links to your online portfolio or digital samples to: jobs@projekt202.com. No phone calls, please.
We make software make sense. projekt202 believes that technology should make people feel good. We’re devoted to changing the human-computer relationship for the better.
We count among our clients some of the biggest and most influential software companies on the planet. Do we do consumer applications? Of course. Do we do business applications? Absolutely -- and we love 'em. And if you’ve got experience with hardware and software integration, then you’ll fit right in.
We offer a casual work environment that recognizes the importance of employee freedom and the kindling of creative fire. In our professional work, we make a point of having fun. Full-time employees enjoy the benefits of competitive pay, excellent health coverage, a generous vacation plan, numerous paid holidays and a happy work experience.
Read more about us: www.projekt202.com
Copyright 2005 projekt202 LP, — All Rights Reserved — Terms of Service
Posted on: 18 November, 2009
Do you architect screens in your sleep? Design interaction metaphors for fun? Dream of a future where technology is so seamlessly integrated that we don’t even notice it? Feel it's your duty as a good citizen to not only point out unsatisfactory product experiences, but to also offer tactful and realistic suggestions for improvement?
If so, you may have found the ideal home here, among your unique kind, at projekt202.
The projekt202 user experience designer is a rare bird indeed. This job requires an experienced GUI designer who is also equal parts investigator, crafty strategist, information architect, usability engineer, convincing communicator and all-around problem eliminator.
Job location: Austin, Texas
Reposting: Please feel free to repost this listing on other relevant websites.
To apply: Please send your resume, and links to your online portfolio or digital samples to: jobs@projekt202.com. No phone calls, please.
We make software make sense. projekt202 believes that technology should make people feel good. We’re devoted to changing the human-computer relationship for the better.
We count among our clients some of the biggest and most influential software companies on the planet. Do we do consumer applications? Of course. Do we do business applications? Absolutely -- and we love 'em. And if you’ve got experience with hardware and software integration, then you’ll fit right in.
We offer a casual work environment that recognizes the importance of employee freedom and the kindling of creative fire. In our professional work, we make a point of having fun. Full-time employees enjoy the benefits of competitive pay, excellent health coverage, a generous vacation plan, numerous paid holidays and a happy work experience.
Read more about us: www.projekt202.com
Copyright 2005 projekt202 LP, — All Rights Reserved — Terms of ServicePosted on: 18 November, 2009
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., one of Forbes Magazine's "400 Best Big Companies in America,” is a global enterprise providing must-have content and services for the academic, professional, scientific, technical, medical, scholarly and consumer markets.
We have an exciting opportunity as a Senior Information Architect within our Online Channel Development team. In this role you will support and promote standards of excellence surrounding information architecture and user experience, globally, for websites such as wiley.com, dummies.com, frommers.com as well as Wiley’s online journal platform and our teaching and learning resources known as WileyPLUS. You will serve as the primary information architect on web-based projects across a variety of business models. As an expert in all aspects of user experience, you will define and evaluate target audiences, create winning interaction design concepts, generate product discovery deliverables and design specifications, and plan and oversee user research activities.
A BA/BS or equivalent training in the technology or design arenas is also needed. International travel, primarily to our UK offices, is required.
To view more information and apply for this opportunity, please visit
http://tbe.taleo.net/NA4/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=WILEY&cws=1&rid=1272
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Although we appreciate your interest, only those candidates with whom we are interested in interviewing will be contacted.
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