[IxDA Discuss] [JOBS] Dev IxD, Info Designer, Central NJ US, Infragistics, Full-Time

2010-02-24 Thread ambrose little
Hi folks, It's that time again. :) We're expanding our Design team here at Infragistics with some interesting and challenging spots that call for some specialization in interaction design that is not standard. Who is Infragistics http://www.infragistics.com? Among other things, we make Quince

Re: [IxDA Discuss] User Experience job levels.

2010-02-24 Thread Paul Sherman
Thanks for the UX Kit reference Bella. Short link is here in case the ShermanUX URL gets munged by people's email clients: http://bit.ly/ba22gI All, also note that I intentionally released the kit under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (US) license. This makes the content most

Re: [IxDA Discuss] anyone interested in a short project?

2010-02-24 Thread Samantha LeVan
Lynn, I'm local to MN and could probably fit it in my schedule this week depending on the scope. Let's talk more about the project - srlevan at gmail (email) or GTalk: tigerfork at gmail Samantha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org

Re: [IxDA Discuss] User Experience job levels.

2010-02-24 Thread Paul Sherman
While we're on this subject... I just rev'ed the UX Kit doc to 1.1, updating sample salaries to reflect 2009 numbers: http://bit.ly/ba22gI Also, for the 2009 UPA salary survey the project team and I took an open-ended approach to job titles and compensation. We documented a dozen variations

Re: [IxDA Discuss] User Experience job levels.

2010-02-24 Thread Jason
Check out Fred Beecher's posts on the matter, I found them enlightening. http://userexperience.evantageconsulting.com/2010/02/user-experience-design-career-path/ http://userexperience.evantageconsulting.com/2010/02/more-user-experience-design-career-development-options/ Cheers, Jason R.

[IxDA Discuss] [EVENT] Jared Spool is visiting LA March 3rd. Be sure to catch his great talk.

2010-02-24 Thread Los Angeles IxDA
IxDA Los Angeles, UX MeetUp, Aquent and Yahoo have partnered to host an event welcoming Jared Spool to Los Angeles on March 3rd at 7pm to give a talk about the subtle innovation found on Amazon.com! *Revealing Design Treasures from The Amazon* On its surface, Amazon.com just seems like a large

Re: [IxDA Discuss] User Experience job levels.

2010-02-24 Thread j. eric townsend
Samantha LeVan wrote: What I have seen work well is having a path that splits after the senior level, which works well for designers, researchers, or generalists: For example: -UX Designer I, II, III -Sr. UX Designer -Principal Designer (team lead, knowledge expert) or UX Manager/Director

Re: [IxDA Discuss] User Experience job levels.

2010-02-24 Thread Paul Sherman
Ah, the good old days of software engineering... When we were at Lucent / Bell Labs in the 90's, my wife and I aspired to the job title Distinguished Member of Technical Staff. Because who doesn't want a job title that starts with the term Distinguished? :-) - Paul - - - - - - - Paul

[IxDA Discuss] [JOB] Interaction Designer, Indian Head, MD, US, Inmedius, Full-Time

2010-02-24 Thread Jack Moffett
Inmedius is a software product and services company headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA with operating locations in the U.S., Germany, United Kingdom, and Canada. We pride ourselves with having the best and the brightest talent to ensure that our solutions are designed, tested and built with the

[IxDA Discuss] JOB multiple UI jobs at TiVo Inc, Alviso, CA

2010-02-24 Thread j. eric townsend
Rather than send out a bunch of individual messages... We have four positions open at our San Jose, CA office. (Technically we're in Alviso, but nobody knows where that is.) Director, Product Management - Audience Research, Full-Time UI Design - Documentation, Contractor UI Designer,

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: NYC: midlevel EXPERIENCE DESIGNER, asap, freelance/temp to perm, agency side (JWG recruiter)

2010-02-24 Thread Joanne Weaver
Apologies for x-post Like a-ha, I'm hunting high + low for a freelance and/or temp-to-perm MIDLEVEL IxD/EXPERIENCE DESIGNER sought for large, stable agency---think agency around during the Mad Men days---who is stretching + growing their digital offerings, and getting awards + recognition for

[IxDA Discuss] [JOBS] IxD Visual Design, Maark, Freelance (Anywhere)

2010-02-24 Thread Mike Matthews
I have a cool project for a Fortune 1000 company that came across my desk this morning. I thought one of you might be interested. We'll be designing and developing a tool for creating custom branded slideshow presentations that can be saved/exported for use outside of the tool itself. Could be

[IxDA Discuss] Practical question on MS Visio stencils (or masters) ...

2010-02-24 Thread Silvio Galindo
Hello everybody, I'm currently working on a wireframing project of a web app on Visio, which involves using stencils, because identical panels are to be displayed on different Visio sheets. Thus I don't have to modify each sheet one by one if a change has to be done : I only modify the

[IxDA Discuss] JOB: Senior User Experience Architect - Kansas City, MO - Long term contract - Recruiter

2010-02-24 Thread Mark McConnell
Our client, VML, Inc. www.vml.com is asking us to help with their search for a Senior User Experience Architect, this is starting out as a 6 month contract that could go 12+ months with potential for going permanent. Chosen candidate would work on a W2 with TEKsystems. Let’s get something

Re: [IxDA Discuss] The state of UI/UX employment.

2010-02-24 Thread Robert M. Fein
Paul, I appreciate the thought and passion that went into your missive? rant? :-) In principle, I'm more than happy to have interns and think its a great way for graduates and those in the middle of their program to get experience and learn about the business world. However, it is a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] How to Get People to Answer Honestly

2010-02-24 Thread Aneesh Karve
Nielsen outlines 4 methods for communicating trustworthiness (http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990307.html): 1 - Design quality 2 - Up-front disclosure 3 - Comprehensive, correct, and current 4 - Connected to the rest of the Web I would add, for legal text and instructions: 5 - Brevity

[IxDA Discuss] Have you worked with RD or research users?

2010-02-24 Thread Adam Fellowes
Hi all have a couple of question relating to RD and research users. I'm running a workshop the beginning of next month. The client would like the sessions to be focused on a user group they are aware of but have little documented understanding of their true characteristics. The group they have

Re: [IxDA Discuss] anyone interested in a short project?

2010-02-24 Thread Prajakta Godbole
Lynn, Do you already have help on this? If not, you can email me at prajakta[dot]godbole[at]gmail[dot]com. I am in CA , but can work remotely. Thanks, Prajakta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org

Re: [IxDA Discuss] anyone interested in a short project?

2010-02-24 Thread Brooke Dunagan
Hi Lynn. Does your client require the person to be onsite? I would be happy to do the work, but I live in Hampton, VA and would need to do it remotely. Give me a call if you are interested. Thanks, Brooke Dunagan 919-332-7866 skype: usabledesigns LinkedIn:

[IxDA Discuss] Design Research Conference 2010

2010-02-24 Thread Matt Davies
Does anyone have insight or opinion on the Design Research Conference (http://designresearchconference.org/)? Did you attend last year - how did you find the experience? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To