DUTIES Mange the effort to research and analyze user characteristics and needs through such techniques as user profiling competitive analysis contextual inquiries, and task analysis. Participate on a team to develop use case scenarios that support product requirements. Lead the effort to design innovative, conceptual prototypes that translate product requirements into screen flows and user interactions that constitute the user experience. Lead the effort to prepare for, facilitate, and analyze the results of usability tests of the conceptual and detailed designs. Iterate, based on frequent user feedback, the conceptual designs into detailed designs. Collaborate with several functional areas to ensure the integrity of the design and the translation of the design into a usable product. Develop appropriate design documentation throughout the product lifecycle, including UX strategy documents, user interface prototypes, user interface specifications, site maps, flow diagrams, wireframes, and usability findings reports. Communicate design to all levels of the organization through facilitating design sessions, conducting design walkthroughs, and presenting designs to senior management. Mentor other designers.
SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS Bachelors degree in related discipline preferred. 5-8 years of experience in Interaction Design, Usability Engineering, Information Architecture, or UI Design of web based applications. Strong understanding of the user-centered design process. Strong organizational, listening, communication and interpersonal skills. Solid ability to generate design concepts and expand them into a detailed design. Solid ability to translate usability research findings into design improvements. Solid ability to apply rapid iterative design and innovation team methodologies in a small team environment in order to rapidly iterate new product concepts based on user feedback sessions. Experience with industry tools for generating UI prototypes, UI specifications, flow diagrams, and wireframes. Experience with Section 508 and WAI guidelines. Familiarity working with visual designers a plus. ________________________________________________________________ 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
