Hi there, we are looking for someone who has good understanding of both UI and business. Could even be someone with a background mainly in Interaction Design ... or Psychology. The job description leaves some questions open, best to be discussed in person, I guess.
Please feel free to forward this to anyone who you think might be interested. Hope all is well, + hans - - - Apply here: https://plantronics.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=14700 JOB DESCRIPTION PRODUCT MANAGER — USER EXPERIENCE-1000001 DESCRIPTION Company Background Working at Plantronics gives you the rare opportunity to make a difference and feel valued, respected and supported, both personally and professionally. You'll find the ideal blend of a casual, fun, friendly atmosphere with a strong commitment to the company's success. Since 1961 Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) people have been bringing sound innovation to the world. We are a world leader in personal audio communications for professionals and consumers. Our reputation for excellence is built on innovative products, a people-centered workplace and strong ethics. Headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, Plantronics and its Clarity division have offices in 20 countries, including facilities in Mexico, China, Hong Kong and Europe. Plantronics offers a generous mix of health, financial and lifestyle benefits as well as career development opportunities to its associates. Discover Plantronics. PEOPLE - PLACE-PURPOSE-POTENTIAL Position Summary Plantronics offers one of the industry's most complete families of corded and wireless products for unified communications. Widely recognized for their sound quality, reliability and comfort, Plantronics' audio solutions help companies extend the benefits of IP communications throughout the extended enterprise, fostering better business communication and efficiency regardless of where professionals are working. The User Experience Product Manager will drive the initiatives that turn User Experience into a business strategic function. You will be responsible for defining, prioritizing, planning and driving the execution of premium user experience for product lines related to Unified Communications. The success of our UC solutions portfolio will be differentiated by user experience and software. You will have the opportunity to influence and drive the direction of this exciting initiative. Responsibilities Translate the business requirements into interaction proposals, balancing technical constraints and with user behavior experience and innovation. Generate design proposals that hold up to usability and technical feasibility (key success metric) Work tightly with product management and engineering to rapidly converge on creative, technical, and usable solutions Working in conjunction wit internal UX sources develop design elements where needed, independently and working through external resources Develop proposals for consistent information architecture and experience paradigms across diverse visual, haptic, and auditory UI platforms (focus on consistency of flows and paradigms, not gestures and widgets) Generate high quality design proposals in a short time frame Use the appropriate design tool to communicate thinking (this isn't a role for a dogmatic preference to a particular tool or process) Obsession with simplicity The emphasis of the role is analytical and congnitive psychology oriented, with information architecture and user experience at the core, as opposed to a pure design centric role QUALIFICATIONS Desired Qualifications 3-5 years of experience creating new user experiences including web, desktop, and mobile/smartphones BS in Cognitive psychology, information analysis, cognitive science, or related degree Previous experiences with PC peripherals that work seamlessly with major Windows and Mac applications Smartphone (iPhone, Palm, Blackberry) and consumer web user experiences highly desirable Proven experience demonstrating creativity within constraints and feasibility (this is not a design exploration role) A born evangelist - use the most efficient and effective mechanism and logic to communicate the soundness of the idea and get buy-in from different audiences Professionally maturity - comfortable presenting ideas to engineers, product managers, executives, and marketing Equally comfortable with whiteboard ideas and rudimentary 3D models Sound creative sense coupled with pragmatism gained from working on many shipping products Strong usability and workflow orientation (note: interviews will involve exercises on this area) Deep sense of cognitive paradigms and pragmatism on technical constraints Creativity around working within constraints (of user paradigms, pre-existing gestures, and technical limitations) Highly sensitive to human behavior and interaction BS in Cognitive psychology, information analysis, cognitive science, or related degree Minimum Qualifications 1 year of experience creating new user experiences; including web, desktop, and mobile/smartphones Plantronics is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. To all recruitment agencies: Plantronics does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Plantronics employees or any other company location. Plantronics is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Job # 1000001 JOB: Marketing PRIMARY LOCATION: USA-CA-Santa Cruz ORGANIZATION: Plantronics SCHEDULE: Full-time ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
