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[Full-time] Senior Design Researcher at Electronic Ink

2013-05-24 21:59:23

Location: Philadelphia, PA
URL: http://www.electronicink.com

Description:

Senior Researcher

The senior researcher gathers product requirements, analyzes research data and applies this data within the design process.

Responsibilities

•Leading and mentoring team members and projects
•Conducting requirements gathering tasks such as stakeholder interviews, contextual inquiries, user interviews and workshops
•Conducting competitive and heuristic usability assessments
•Conducting usability tests, including eye tracking tests, in labs or at client sites
•Analyzing data, creating reports, and delivering findings to our clients and internal stakeholders
•Mentoring less-experienced researchers
•Travel, as needed

Skills and Experience

•Minimum of 2 years’ experience in design research, including user research and testing
•Meaningful experience working in a consulting environment
•Strong leadership and strategic skills to guide clients and mentor team members
•Strong written and verbal communication skills
•Ability to work independently across disciplines on multiple projects
•Passion for user experience and an advocate for the user

Education

•Master’s or doctorate (or equivalent experience) in human computer interaction, information science, information systems, communication, experimental psychology, human factors, anthropology, design, business analytics or a related field

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Send cover letter and resume to HR@ElectronicInk.com
No agency responses please.

About Electronic Ink

Electronic Ink is an international business system design consultancy dedicated to improving the way people interact with technology, environments and one another.

With a global interdisciplinary team of researchers, designers and technologists, Electronic Ink is retained by some of the best-known organizations in the world to solve their most challenging and complex issues. Using a unique process that combines research and design, we create systems, software and experiences that balance business objectives with human contexts. In collaboration with our clients, we join analytical and creative thought to produce innovative solutions and transformative results.

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[Full-time] Senior & Lead UX Designers @ Spring Studio (a UX Design Agency) at Spring Studio

2013-05-14 18:52:49

Location: San Francisco
URL: http://springstudio.com

Description:

Spring Studio is a growing experience design firm located in downtown San Francisco. We design great products by partnering with great companies; ideating, collaborating and iterating to produce solutions that users love.

Our clients span a variety of industries including entertainment, technology, healthcare, and financial services. Engagements range from defining minimal viable products for funded start-ups to designing complex transactional platforms for Fortune 500 firms.

Our experience designers work closely with researchers, visual designers, and developers. In most cases, the experience design discipline leads our engagements.

ABOUT YOU

Passion for design and delivering high quality solutions
Positive and inclusive approach to interacting with a team
Grounded, experienced and a little irreverent; you are talented but you don’t take yourself too seriously
Desire to share knowledge and mentor other team members and the larger UX community
Ability to lead projects from immersion and planning through product definition and design delivery
Comfortable communicating and selling work to internal and client teams

DESIRED EXPERIENCE

We are looking for senior and lead designers with 5+ years of experience for both contract and full-time positions
Fluent in best practices as well as technologies for web-based and mobile design
Experience in financial services is a huge plus
A strong portfolio demonstrating past work experience

WHY SPRING
We know as a talented UX designer that you could go anywhere, so why consider Spring?

We are a boutique agency with a passion for UX and a growing list of awesome clients
We are large enough to win exciting projects, but small enough that every individual makes a difference
Flat structure & autonomous environment that provides flexibility support when you need it
No egos. (Except for the creative director, which is practically unavoidable)
Our downtown San Francisco Office has a stunning view of the Bay Bridge

WHAT NOW

If you are interested in joining the team, send a cover letter telling us why you think you would be a good match, a copy of your resume (or link), and a link to your online portfolio to jobs@springstudio.com

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[Full-time] UX Designer - All levels at Opower

2013-05-14 15:29:49

Location: San Francisco
URL: http://opower.com

Description:

Opower, Inc.

UX Designer – All Levels
San Francisco, CA, United States

About the Job

Let’s face it… when people think “energy usage data,” they don’t necessarily think “fun and interesting.” The challenge for the UX team is to take complex data and make it simple and relevant for everyday people around the world (millions of people in fact). We combine best design practices with our strong foundation in behavioral science to inspire real, positive action. UX is a core part of Opower’s success – without great product design we would not have been able to achieve the amazing results we have to date, and there’s a lot more to come. Exciting things are happening here on the design front, and we’re looking to add some rockstars to our team. Our team is small and nimble with limited hierarchy and lots of ownership. We’re looking for designers who are out-of-the-box thinkers, passionate about our mission, excited to move their product through a complete lifecycle, and want to dive in and get their hands dirty.
A portfolio is required.

We are looking for case studies of extremely usable, consumer-oriented product design that showcase your UX skills, your design process, and your creativity for solving design challenges.
About You

You have an MS (preferred) in HCI, Design, or related field.
You’re a design rockstar – everyone fights to have you on their team.
You’re a UX designer first and foremost, but have some other skills as well – you can put on your prototyping hat and build a lean, mean web prototype, or you can put on your visual designer hat and make things look awesome.
You jump at the chance to sketch, post-it, mind map, brainstorm to solve problems.
You love diving into the details.
You are comfortable and experienced leading user research & testing sessions on your designs.
You are a master at time management.
Experience working with Agile development process is a plus.
Responsibilities

You’ll own UX design for product features within the Opower offering. You’ll be designing for print, web, mobile, and devices.
You’ll explore UI solutions, create UX flows, build wireframes, write specs for developers.
You’ll help drive the UX vision for future products and new features.
You’ll participate in the entire design & development process, including close collaboration with scrum teams.
You’ll lead usability testing and incorporate findings into your designs.
You’ll be an advocate for our users.

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[Full-time] UX Designer at Vitamin Talent / Aquent

2013-05-13 21:38:12

Location: Indianapolis, IN
URL: http://www.vitamintalent.com

Description:

As a UX Designer, you’ll be working closely with stakeholders and users to understand how best to build a useful and compelling web-based experience. You’ll also be collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of designers, product managers, developers, policy experts, and data analysts.

What you have:

● 2+ years of interaction/UX design experience. Portfolio examples of digital products & web-based apps preferred.

● Ability to create wireframes and/or other artifacts necessary to communicate functional design and interfaces, user flows and information architecture.

● Fluency in standard design and prototyping tools (We use a variety of tools & techniques, including sketching, whiteboarding, Omnigraffle, Adobe Creative Suite, HTML/CSS & Javascript).

● Ideal candidate has strong communication & presentation skills.

● Experience collaborating closely with Product Managers & Engineers a plus.

● Experience with user research and usability testing a plus.

● Knowledge of Accessibility/Section 508 compliance a plus.

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[Full-time] Usability and User Experience Research Consultant at MBA Recherche

2013-05-10 20:03:47

Location: Montreal, CANADA
URL: http://www.mbarecherche.com/fr

Description:

UX Recherche is a growing usability and user experience consulting firm offering independent analysis, user research and user testing using a full range of cutting-edge research methods. We help companies who wish to improve both the usability and the user experience of their applications, websites, handheld devices, video games, software as well as any product or service.

We are currently looking for a Usability and User Experience Research Consultant to provide the full range of UX professional services using our own proprietary methodologies and techniques, as well as help develop, build and expand our clientele.

Main functions:

-The Usability and User Experience Research Consultant will be responsible for conducting the various phases of research projects:

•Strategize and plan research projects by meeting with clients and prospective clients; •Conduct research projects using usability and user experience methodologies (expert review, eye tracking, web analytics, focus groups, individual interviews, card sorting, user personas, ethnographic field research, etc.); •Prepare reports detailing the outcome of usability using storyboarding, user scenario development, high-level use case definition, diagrams, wireframes and prototypes applying user interface design standards and guidelines; •Present findings with actionable recommendations that meet user centered design objectives;

-The Usability and User Experience Research Consultant is also responsible for meeting assigned business development objectives:

•Research, analyze and understand industry trends; •Develop and implement sales strategies in key verticals; •Identify, research, and pursue prospects to generate new business for the firm; •Build and maintain key relationships with clients and prospective clients; •Develop and present pitches and proposals; •Attend UX Research conferences, both local and national, in order to generate new leads;

Experience (minimum 3 years of experience in…):

– User research techniques such as usability testing, contextual inquiries and focus groups; – Usability research for software applications, web applications, web sites, network management, PDAs, telephony, enterprise-wide applications, and consumer, commercial and industrial products and services; – Experience in task analysis, observation, focus group moderation, usability walkthroughs, questionnaire and survey design (paper and online), usability testing, card sorting, ethnographic studies, persona definition;

Training (bachelors or masters degree in…):

-Human Factors / ergonomics -Human-Computer Interaction -Computer science & Psychology with focus on user interface design, graphical design or equivalent -Usability -Market Research

Skills:

-Ability to interact with key clients, shape discussions, provide recommendations and establish credibility; -Ability to quickly revise and or design research plans as the environment dictates; -Ability to rapidly acquire new domain familiarity; -Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment, both independently and as a team player; -Ability to communicate effectively in writing, verbally, and as a presenter in French as well as in English;

Conditions:

-Salary: 75,000$ + profit sharing
-Employment status: Permanent
-Social benefits: Full insurance package
-Vacations: 4 weeks

Please submit your resume at: embauche@mbarecherche.com

Mention “Usability and User Experience Research Consultant” in the subject line

Only selected candidates will be contacted by human resources.

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[Full-time] UX Specialist (Entry-level or Experienced) at Nielsen Norman Group

2013-05-07 04:42:45

Location: Anywhere in the continental United States
URL: http://www.nngroup.com

Description:

Nielsen Norman Group is hiring user experience specialists. We currently have job openings at two levels:
•Entry-level (fresh out of university or less than 2 years’ work experience)
•Experienced (several years’ experience as a full-time user experience specialist)

Our ideal profile is as follows:
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in usability, human factors, information architecture, or HCI is preferable, but work experience is more important than a degree concentration (we also hire people with Ph.D.s, though we do applied research, not academic research).
• Experience working as a full-time professional, dedicated user experience specialist in a big company’s development organization. ◦ This means being the person who actually conducts user testing for their team. We don’t want people who don’t personally do user testing. Candidates should have experience actually running user tests in support of big design projects.

NN/g is a bureaucracy-free organization: your focus is on excellence in the usability profession, not on paperwork or office politics.

These are full-time positions (with benefits).

We hire people based anywhere in the continental United States. These jobs equally-suited for people who live in big cities or remote locations because our people work from home and only rarely have to commute.

While you work from home most days, these jobs require substantial travel, both within the U.S. and internationally.

View full job description: http://www.nngroup.com/news/item/job-openings/

To apply: Send your resume and a writing sample (a document or article you have written yourself; a usability report if possible) with a short cover letter to Susan Pernice at jobs@nngroup.com

Deadline: May 25, 2013 (but the sooner we get your application, the better).

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[Full-time] UX/UI Design and Marketing Coordinator at The First Rehab

2013-05-02 21:10:08

Location: New York
URL: http://www.firstrehab.com/home/default.aspx

Description:

Job Description

Exciting opportunity to work as a UX/UI Design and Marketing Coordinator for First Rehab Life, an employee benefits insurance carrier, located in Great Neck, New York. This is the perfect position for the techy designer or the creative and customer – focused techie! This position acts as the liaison between Marketing and IT, and aids in enhancing the user experience in the company’s customer-facing technologies. Creativity, sense for aesthetics, being able to envision things through the eye of the customer are just as important as a solid understanding of today’s online technologies and through reporting capabilities. This position reports to the Assistant Vice President, Marketing & Planning.

Company Description

First Rehab Life started out as a NY statutory disability (DBL) carrier with a vision, adding a variety of specialized products and inventive solutions over the years. We were founded in 1972 and hold the strong rating of A- by A.M. Best and Standard & Poor’s.
As a leader in the NY statutory disability market, First Rehab Life writes ancillary employee benefits exclusively through a network of more than 5,000 independent brokers and agents. We currently insure more than 120,000 employers.
Current product portfolio (availability may vary by state): NY DBL, Dental, Vision, Term Life, Hospital Cash, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and NJ TDB

Workplace Atmosphere

At First Rehab Life, we value our employees. We pursue our passion for high standards by creating a welcoming environment that enables our employees to do their best work in an atmosphere of optimism, team work, respect, integrity, and diversity. Our dedicated employees make us who we are by combining their unique talents and experiences.

First Rehab Life is a socially responsible, ethical company that values professionalism and honesty as its cornerstone.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

User Interfaces:
• Sketch, wireframe, and prototype easy to use and clean user interface designs under AVP’s direction
• Assist with translating the business’ requirements of intuitive interactive solutions to IT developers
• Collaborate with AVP and IT developers to ensure flawless integration with back-end technology for great user experience
New media, social media, video:
• Back-end administration of corporate social media accounts
• Design regular e-news, create e-mail templates, administer e-blasts
• Create product, how-to, and corporate videos and coordinate their online integration
Reporting:
• Extract online-related statistics from various sources (internal, Google analytics, etc.), set up dashboards, pivot data and provide data to AVP
• Test new reports provided by IT
General responsibilities:
• Maintain consistent graphic standards
• Assist in developing and communicating brand/visual style guidelines and standards
• Create graphic elements for customer-facing technologies
• Test new pages, micro site, and website features
• Other web-related tasks as needed
• Test new technology considerations with AVP

Desired Skills & Experience
• Excellent design sense, eye for detail and aesthetics
• Mastery of web standards, user-centered design principles, UI design, interactive design
• Superior knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Video editing, video formats
• Content management
• Strong MS Excel skills
• Holistic understanding of systems, networking technologies and databases
• Strong communication and people skills
• Strong organization, project and time-management skills
• Experience with design and prototyping tools a plus
• Mobile design experience a plus

Benefits

We care about the well-being of our employees. First Rehab Life provides a comprehensive benefits package that grants our employees stability and security in their personal life:
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Term Life Insurance
• 401 (k) Plan
• Employee Assistance – Work/Life Program
• Prescription Discount Card
• Dental and Vision Discount Card
• Paid Holidays and Vacation/Sick Days

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[Full-time] Hands-on senior UX designer who can lead a project from start to finish at ChangeLab23

2013-04-29 14:50:46

Location:
URL: http://www.changelab23.com

Description:

ChangeLab23 is looking for a super talented Lead UX designer. You must have previous experience developing experience architectures, developing lo-fi and hi-fi wireframes using popular wireframing tools (Omnigraffle, Visio & Axure) and have led end-to-end UX development projects for websites or applications. You will be a self-starter who is motivated to get your project across the finish line whilst delivering a top quality product.

In return we can offer you the opportunity to work on challenging design projects and to make your mark in your profession, and you will be paid on a ‘equity + revenue-sharing’ basis. To learn what ChangeLab23 is all about come and visit us at www.changelab23.com

This opportunity would be great for an experienced end-to-end UX designer who craves creative freedom. Please specify you are applying for the senior UX design role on your application.

Send me an email or apply directly at www.changelab23.com/#join-us. Please specify the senior UX designer role on your application.

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[Full-time] Biggest design challenge requires super talented UI Designer at ChangeLab23

2013-04-29 14:48:35

Location:
URL: http://www.changelab23.com

Description:

ChangeLab23 is looking for a super talented UI Designer.

You must be very good at using Photoshop and be able to pay a lot of attention to the detailed fine-crafting of a UI. You’ll need an entrepreneurial spirit to be the right candidate for this role: Driven by passion for what you do, HARD working and creative. You should also have a keen interest for working on complex UIs and with ‘Startups’. Optionally, you will have worked on complex UIs in the past, have some knowledge or ability within the first stages of developing an entire user experience and work well with the tools: Illustrator and Omnigraffle.

In return we offer you the opportunity to work on the most challenging design projects in the world alongside other talented UX Designers, be trained up to become an end-to-end UX Designer for full control of your design and you will be paid on an ‘equity + revenue-sharing’ basis.

About ChangeLab23 – www.changelab23.com
We are a company that designs and builds Digital Products and Companies, where User Experience is at the heart of everything we do and therefore also our speciality. We are made up of entrepreneurs that exclusively work with people who want to make the right changes.

Send me an email or apply directly at http://www.changelab23.com/#join-us. Please specify the UI designer role on your application.

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[Full-time] UX - Web Content Strategist at University of Michigan Library

2013-04-28 19:18:57

Location: Ann Arbor, MI
URL: http://www.lib.umich.edu

Description:

More information & to apply: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/81076/web_content_strategist

Job Summary
The User Experience (UX) Department at the University of Michigan Library is seeking a Web Content Strategist to support a multi-year initiative to redesign the library’s web presence, and to take the lead on developing and managing an overall web content strategy.

Working under the direction of the Head of the UX Department, the Web Content Strategist will collaborate closely with UX, the Communications Department, and the Web Committee, as well as library content creators, and stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a passion for understanding users, strong creative and problem solving skills, and be invested in improving the library website user experience.

About the UX Department: the UX Department is responsible for the design, user research, and content strategy of the library’s primary public interfaces – including multiple websites, access systems, search apps, and mobile interfaces. These interfaces provide access to over 10 million physical and digital resources to more than 2 million users a month. More information about the UX Department may be found at our website: bit.ly/MLibraryUX

This position is a full-time, TWO-YEAR term appointment with the possibility of renewal and may be filled in the Information Technology or Librarian job family.

Responsibilities*
Content Development & Strategy – Develop and oversee an overall content strategy based on user needs and stakeholder objectives – Assess and improve current content and content workflows, and develop best practices for creating high-quality and accessible content – Oversee and curate web content; identify new content needs; and use lean, scalable content development processes to enable the creation of user-centered, compelling content – Participate in efforts to improve search engine optimization; monitor and assess web traffic; inform website information architecture and design solutions – Discover and assess current and emerging content strategy techniques, best practices, and user needs

Project Management & Communication – Manage information, develop project timelines, coordinate with project teams, track project tasks, and create and maintain project documentation – Train staff on new content standards and best practices – Assist in the development of priorities and strategies – Communicate project priorities and goals with project stakeholders, developers, and library-wide staff – Participate, as needed, on library committees

Required Qualifications* – Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., English, communications, information management) and 3 years relevant experience (e.g., managing web content, developing a content strategy, editorial experience) or equivalent combination of experience and education. For optional appointment as a Librarian, an ALA-accredited Master’s degree in Library or Information Science, or a relevant advanced degree is required – Demonstrated knowledge of content strategy methods – Demonstrated experience writing engaging content for the web and a thorough understanding of effective communication in a digital environment – Must have ability to assess audience needs and development content to meet needs – Excellent organizational and project management skills – Experience communicating with a diverse population to gather feedback, foster discussion, instruct, and document complex issues – Writing samples will be required as part of interview process

Desired Qualifications* – 5+ years of experience with web content strategy or creating/writing content for digital media – Experience with content management systems and web development technologies – Experience with HTML, CSS, and web accessibility standards – Experience with Google Analytics and SEO best practices – Experience coordinating complex projects in a library, web/technology, or design-related environment

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