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Urgent: Required Ethnographer for Bangalore based firm
Posted by: priya_george on Wednesday, December 01, 2004 - 01:17 PM
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respond to: priya@ict4d.info
CKS is a usability research and interaction design practice. We evaluate and design products, services and business strategies to aid communication and technology usage, in emerging economies. Our edge lies in synthesizing user research insights with innovative design to create contextually relevant products and services. The CKS portfolio of clients includes technology houses, international developmental agencies and grassroots organizations.
The thrust of CKS work has been on emerging technologies with a focus on mobile telephony. CKS is actively involved in creating new phone concepts, interfaces, mobile applications and services to design an enhanced user experience. Our public domain initiatives include ‘Learning Lab’ and ‘Used in India’.
‘Learning Lab’, seeks to introduce mobile devices as educational tools in primary and higher education. Whereas, ‘Used in India’ is a multimedia installation, which will showcase innovative media devices and local narratives of their use, in India, from the 20th century. CKS is also in the process of creating South Asia’s first ever Information Design Gallery at its new premises.
Moreover, In March 2005, CKS will present the internationally acclaimed Doors of Perception Conference 8, which brings together leading thinkers, corporate leaders, researchers, designers, and artists, to compare case studies and present arguments that will help us understand the infrastructures and platforms needed to enable social innovation.
We are online at http://www.ict4d.info (site is under reconstruction, so please bear with any inconvenience!)
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Urgent: Required New Media Designer for Bangalore based firm
Posted by: priya_george on Wednesday, December 01, 2004 - 01:16 PM
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CKS is a usability research and interaction design practice. We evaluate and design products, services and business strategies to aid communication and technology usage, in emerging economies. Our edge lies in synthesizing user research insights with innovative design to create contextually relevant products and services. The CKS portfolio of clients includes technology houses, international developmental agencies and grassroots organizations.
The thrust of CKS work has been on emerging technologies with a focus on mobile telephony. CKS is actively involved in creating new phone concepts, interfaces, mobile applications and services to design an enhanced user experience. Our public domain initiatives include ‘Learning Lab’ and ‘Used in India’.
‘Learning Lab’, seeks to introduce mobile devices as educational tools in primary and higher education. Whereas, ‘Used in India’ is a multimedia installation, which will showcase innovative media devices and local narratives of their use, in India, from the 20th century. CKS is also in the process of creating South Asia’s first ever Information Design Gallery at its new premises.
Moreover, In March 2005, CKS will present the internationally acclaimed Doors of Perception Conference 8, which brings together leading thinkers, corporate leaders, researchers, designers, and artists, to compare case studies and present arguments that will help us understand the infrastructures and platforms needed to enable social innovation.
CKS is now looking for a capable individual as New Media Designer
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Visual Design Manager (Req#: 53051)
Posted by: falkenburg on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 06:22 AM
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Visual Design Manager (Req#: 53051)
Reply to: nancy_falkenburg@intuit.com
Req#: 53051 BU/FU: QBG Location: Mountain View, CA
Intuit Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including QuickBooks®, Quicken® and TurboTax® software, simplify small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing.
Intuit isn't just another place to work. It's a company made up of smart, motivated people with a passion for what they do. We take pride in our dedication to the customers who use our products and services every day. Intuit offers some of the best rewards in the industry. We don't think you'll find another employer more dedicated to its employees' success.
The QuickBooks Group UI Design team is tasked with designing the user experience for more than 2.5 million users of QuickBooks products and services.
Our group creates elegant, appealing, and extensible designs through user-centered design practices. These practices include gathering user needs, setting standards for design development, serving as user advocates on development teams, and performing usability testing for effective design iteration.
Job description
The Visual Design Manager will be responsible for directing a small team of visual designers in the QuickBooks Group at Intuit. The Visual Design Manager will work closely with interaction design and user research groups to ensure that high quality user experiences are integral to Intuit products. The manager will be responsible for establishing and evolving the visual design language for QuickBooks desktop products and online services. In addition, the Visual Design Manager will spend 25-50% of the time on a hands-on capacity by directly driving innovative design solutions to completion. The Visual Design Manager must be an excellent communicator and strong leader in a work environment that is fast paced and values excellent teamwork.
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User Interface Design Manager (Req#: 53050)
Posted by: falkenburg on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 06:21 AM
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User Interface Design Manager (Req#: 53050)
Reply to: nancy_falkenburg@intuit.com
Req#: 53050 BU/FU: QBG Location: Mountain View, CA
Intuit Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including QuickBooks®, Quicken® and TurboTax® software, simplify small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing.
Intuit isn't just another place to work. It's a company made up of smart, motivated people with a passion for what they do. We take pride in our dedication to the customers who use our products and services every day. Intuit offers some of the best rewards in the industry. We don't think you'll find another employer more dedicated to its employees' success.
The QuickBooks Group UI Design team is tasked with designing the user experience for more than 2.5 million users of QuickBooks products and services.
Our group creates elegant, appealing, and extensible designs through user-centered design practices. These practices include gathering user needs, setting standards for design development, serving as user advocates on development teams, and performing usability testing for effective design iteration.
Job description
The User Interface Design Manager will be responsible for directing a team of senior interaction designers in the QuickBooks Group at Intuit. In this role the manager will provide direction to team members in the development of QuickBooks desktop products and related web-based services. The UI Manager will work closely with user research and visual design groups to ensure that high quality user experiences are integral to Intuit products. The User Interface Design Manager will also work closely with Product Management and Engineering leaders to scope activities and develop work plans to ensure that project goals are framed to meet business and customer goals. The UI Manager must be an excellent communicator and strong leader in a work environment that is fast paced and values excellent teamwork.
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Senior UI Designer (Req#: 53052)
Posted by: falkenburg on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 06:20 AM
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Senior UI Designer (Req#: 53052)
Reply to: nancy_falkenburg@intuit.com
Req#: 53052
BU/FU: QBG Location: Mountain View, CA
Intuit Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including QuickBooks®, Quicken® and TurboTax® software, simplify small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing.
Intuit isn't just another place to work. It's a company made up of smart, motivated people with a passion for what they do. We take pride in our dedication to the customers who use our products and services every day. Intuit offers some of the best rewards in the industry. We don't think you'll find another employer more dedicated to its employees' success.
The QuickBooks Group UI Design team is tasked with designing the user experience for more than 2.5 million users of QuickBooks products and services.
Our group creates elegant, appealing, and extensible designs through user-centered design practices. These practices include gathering user needs, setting standards for design development, serving as user advocates on development teams, and performing usability testing for effective design iteration.
Primary responsibilities:
- Provide desktop application interface designs and/or design consulting on product teams from concept development through delivery.
- Define and design new products in new markets as well as incremental re-work of current desktop and Internet-based products.
- Aid in concept development through focus groups, user interviews, surveys and observational studies.
- Work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team, including members of the Engineering, Marketing, Product Support, QA, and Documentation teams.
- Manage the design process, drive decisions, create schedules, track issues.
- Deliver prototypes, mock-ups, and design specifications for your designs.
- Perform design reviews and usability testing during various phases of the product development to evaluate and iterate the designs.
- Collaborate with designers and product developers to maintain consistent look and feel across the product lines.
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
- Minimum BA/BS degree in Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology or related field.
- 7+ years of application interface design experience.
- Strong knowledge of interface design processes and methodology in creating desktop and internet applications.
- Familiarity with one or more prototyping tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must have strong project and people management skills and be able to function as project leader as well as individual contributor.
- Advanced degree (MS, Ph.D.) in Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology or related field.
- Proficiency with rapid prototyping tools such as PhotoShop, Dreamweaver, Director, and Visual Basic.
- Proficiency with HTML, DHTML, JavaScript.
- Some direct Internet-related design experience including the design and usability testing of web sites and web-based products.
Targets: Adobe, Apple Computer, Macromedia, Electronic Arts, Autodesk, Interleaf, Yahoo!, eBay, Lotus Development, Microsoft, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Siebel, IBM
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Senior Visual Designer (Req#: 52954)
Posted by: falkenburg on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 06:20 AM
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Senior Visual Designer (Req#: 52954)
Reply to: nancy_falkenburg@intuit.com
Req#: 52954
BU/FU: QPFG Location: Mountain View, CA
Intuit is looking for a talented, motivated Senior Visual Designer to drive the overall visual strategy for all Quicken Personal Finance products. These include desktop products, services, web applications as well as new product offerings.
Primary Responsibilities & Duties:
- Responsible for establishing and driving an overall visual design strategy for the Quicken family of products and services (both existing and new products).
- Contribute to the Quicken branding strategy of Quicken SKUs and sub-brands
- Create visual concepts that implement the brand for future products.
- Translate the visual design strategy into well documented guidelines and templates.
- Responsible for driving innovative visual design solutions to completion. Work with project teams to gather requirements and deliver visual design solutions for Quicken desktop application, browser based features, and online services, including navigation, layout, typography, color maps, graphics, and icons.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, or equivalent
- Min. 4 years design experience
- Min. 1 year Internet-related design experience
- Min. 1 year Windows desktop software design experience
- Experience with project management
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Portfolio that demonstrates superior design skills, creativity, and design process
- Interaction design experience
- Proficiency with prototyping tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver)
- Brand design experience is a plus
Targets: Adobe, Apple Computer, Macromedia, Electronic Arts, Autodesk, Interleaf, Yahoo!, eBay, Lotus Development, Microsoft, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Siebel, IBM
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Senior Information Architect - Walmart.com
Posted by: kellyaengsf on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 06:19 AM
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Description
Walmart.com is seeking talented Information Architects and/or Senior Information Architects for the User Experience/Creative team. This is a perfect role for someone who thrives in a busy, fast-paced environment, and who can collaborate with cross-functional teams: designers, writers, engineers, program managers, and business owners.
Combining technical knowledge with a customer-focused approach to our site, Information Architects are responsible for determining how the interactive user interfaces we build should work. An Information Architect creates the plans that are used by other team members to develop the graphical user interface, content, and functionality. He/She is responsible for consulting with clients about their business goals, proposes front-end architectural solutions and strategies that meet both users' and business needs, organizes site content and functionality by creating site blueprints/wireframes, creates identifiable nomenclature for users, creates navigation systems that support users' needs, analyzes, develops and refines user tasks/processes, and collaborates with the design and development teams to build user interfaces.
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Interaction Designers - NYC
Posted by: Bplumb on Wednesday, November 03, 2004 - 01:06 PM
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If thoughts of pioneering the latest marketing trends and technologies get you revved up; if you are inspired by working among the best in the field, you are destined to join the Digitas team. As one of the fifteen largest marketing services firms in the world, the opportunities at Digitas are without boundary. Using a unique marketing engines model to integrate strategy, technology, creative and digital and direct marketing, we conceive, enable and execute the big ideas that knock the socks off prominent Fortune 200 companies. And we know it takes phenomenal people to make it all happen. That's why we are dedicated to building a culture based on inspiration, team accomplishment and career development and why we are delighted to be ranked #3 among the Top 50 "Best Places to Work" by the Boston Business Journal, as well as the Adweek IQ Independent Agency of the Year. Whether you're a marketing marvel, a wiz with numbers, a promotions phenomenon or an artful designer, we hope you'll consider bringing your talents to Digitas, where the creative, the passionate and the motivated find the career they were always meant to have.
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Sr. Usability Specialist
Posted by: kybarra on Monday, September 13, 2004 - 09:38 PM
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Company: Intuit
Location: Mountain View, CA
Position Title: Sr Usability Speacialist
Duration: Full Time
Job Description:
Intuit isn't just another place to work. It's a company made up of
smart, motivated people with a passion for what they do - developing,
marketing and supporting products and services that transform the way
people and small businesses around the world manage their finances. We
take pride in our dedication to the customers who use our products and
services every day. Intuit offers some of the best rewards in the
industry. We don't think you'll find another employer more dedicated to
its employees' success.
The QuickBooks Group UI Design team is tasked with designing the user
experience for the QuickBooks family of products and services.
Our group creates elegant, appealing, and extensible designs through
user-centered design practices. These practices include gathering user
needs, setting standards for design development, serving as user
advocates on development teams, and performing usability testing for
effective design iteration.
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Sr. User Researcher
Posted by: kybarra on Monday, September 13, 2004 - 09:38 PM
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The User Research Group conducts research and testing for Intuit's Consumer Tax Group, supporting various software products and services. As part of the User Centered Design Group, researchers identify and predict existing and future customer needs, inform and inspire product designs, collaborating with development and business partners, and developing or acquiring the knowledge and skills we need to improve the quality of our deliverables. Our environment is fast-paced, multi-disciplinary, highly interactive, and informal.
The successful candidate will demonstrate proficiency and experience in the following areas:
- Application of rigorous research and testing methodologies
- Ability to work on multiple, complex projects with little or no supervision
- Excellent judgment when balancing the needs of customers with the needs of our business.
Requirements:
- Bachelors Degree (or higher) in Human Factors, Psychology or an equivalent field in the behavioral sciences.
- At least four years of industry experience as a hands-on researcher in one or more consumer product domains.
- Expertise in experimental design, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, user profiling and familiarity with a broad range of methodologies.
- Strong understanding of and affinity for GUI design concepts and emerging technologies.
- Experience with ethnographic and other field research techniques desirable
- Experience with participatory design methods desirable
- Experience teaching others about these concepts and methodologies. Must enjoy working closely with others, and be respectful of different perspectives.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
- Organized, self-directed, efficient and able to complete complex projects in a timely manner.
Please send Word doc resume to: kyle_ybarra@intuit.com
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Sr. User Interface Designer
Posted by: kybarra on Monday, September 13, 2004 - 09:38 PM
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The Senior User Interface Designer will be a key contributor within highly interactive cross-functional product development teams. The Senior Designer will be directly responsible for key design projects creating user interaction models, screen flows, wireframes, and low and high-fidelity prototypes. The designer will receive little direction on medium size projects and some direction on complex projects. In addition, the Senior Designer will raise and advocate user experience issues within the organization, and contribute to the evolution of our software development process.
Qualifications: - 5+years experience with user experience design for desktop applications and web environments - Effectively apply user-centered design methods to development of software products - Masters degree in design, psychology, human factors or related field - Deep understanding of design fundamentals including information design, visual design, interaction design, and best practices to achieve ease of use. - Proficiency with current design tools (e.g., Dreamweaver, PhotoShop, Illustrator) - Proficiency with HTML, DHTML, and JavaScript - Deep knowledge of best practices adopted in web products as well as competitors' offerings - Effectively function within interactive cross-functional teams - Effectively influence others and arbitrate disagreements to reach decision.
Send resume to: kyle_ybarra@intuit.com
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Urgent: Usability professionals for PeopleSoft-Covansys Usability Innovation Lab
Posted by: Amit_Pande on Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 10:29 AM
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As PeopleSoft’s India presence, Covansys is building a Usability and User Experience Innovation lab in Whitefield, Bangalore.
Simultaneously, we seek to hire outstanding Usability Engineers, Interaction Designers, User researchers, and professionals/researchers in Human Computer Interaction. The UE team will work with PeopleSoft’s Pleasanton and Denver usability teams, across the Enterprise and Enterprise One suite of products.
This team is expected to grow to a few dozen people by 2005. In addition to formal usability testing, product evaluations, Total User Experience (TOE) metrics, and usability research, there will forthcoming opportunities to work with user communities in the Asia-Pacific. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of leading edge HCI and Usability research for both mature market and emerging market software product initiatives with PeopleSoft.
Over the next few weeks, we are specifically accepting applications for USABILITY ENGINEERS.
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Lockheed Martin: Human Factors Engineer
Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 11:38 AM
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The company I work for is hiring for several positions in our command & control division.
Below is a short description and requirements. If you are interested, contact me at
helena.m.mentis@lmco.com.
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Company: Lockheed Martin
Location: Moorestown, NJ (15 miles outside of Philadelphia)
Position Title: Human Factors Engineer
Duration: Full Time
Lockheed Martin has openings for a Human Factors Engineer to gather requirements, perform task analysis, and layout user interfaces for maritime command & control systems. We are looking for someone with systems integration skills AND user interface design experience.
Requirements:
* 2+ years of professional experience
* BS or equivalent in human factors, computer science, information science, systems
engineering or a related field.
* Experience with: Object oriented design analysis (UML, Rational Rose), usability
testing, user centered design
* Prototyping ability and experience with development tools and technologies (e.g., HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, Photoshop, Altia) a plus.
* Demonstrated teamwork skills
* Good writing and communication skills are essential, as is the ability to work with a
wide range of disciplines in a team setting.
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Information Architect Contractor - Starwood Hotels & Resorts, White Plains, NY
Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 11:38 AM
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Information Architect (contract position)
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
White Plains, NY
Starwood Hotels & Resorts is looking for an information architect to work with our creative team on upcoming projects. The position is contract, working remotely and on-site at our offices in White Plains, New York as the project requires. White Plains is 45 minutes north of New York City, easily accessible by public transportation.
As an information architect at Starwood Hotels you will have the opportunity to work with the strategy, creative and technology teams to improve the user experience for all of Starwood's websites (Westin, Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton, W Hotels, Luxury Collection, St. Regis and more!)
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Sr. Embedded Software Engineer
Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 11:36 AM
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Location: Portland, OR
SUMMARY:
Functions as a key technical resource in the definition, architecture, design and implementation of new product designs of high technical complexity. The specific responsibility for this position is the user experience: graphical user interface, streamlining system operation, automating multiple user function choices, and automating video processing algorithms.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Performs high-level system architecture and high-level module design for new product designs of high technical complexity. Authors system architecture and high-level design specifications. Assists in the partitioning of design activity, provides detailed time estimates and helps plan projects.
Performs detailed design activities, including but not limited to: image processing algorithm development and implementation, software architecture, graphic user interface design, and sensor/system integration to combine multiple system features into an automated, congruous whole. Includes ability to write detailed design specifications and hardware/software interface specifications, coding, logic synthesis, algorithm analysis, simulation, real time performance profiling, design verification, preparing for and conducting design reviews.
Expands technical knowledge through continuing education. Reads industry publications, attends classes, seminars, trade shows and company meetings. Provides technical guidance in defining the feature set of new products. Determines the technical feasibility of new product ideas and helps determine project scope.
Researches advanced new technology (algorithms, software packages, design tools, test equipment and other companies' designs) and introduces the technology into the company. Analyzes competitive products and helps the company develop an appropriate response.
Mentors more junior engineers, reviews other engineers' designs (formally and informally).
Represents the company's interests in the technical community. Communicates on technical issues to key customers and partners; may help develop industry-wide standards.
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Information Architect
Posted by: elizabethgg on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 04:52 PM
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Synopsis of Position: Starting with business requirements and user needs analysis, this Information Architect position conceives, creates, and refines use cases, site maps, flows, wireframes, and prototypes for web based and client-based products. The qualified candidate will be adept at balancing business goals, user needs, and technological affordances and constraints. She/he will have experience with user-centered design techniques and the industry standard design/development tools listed below. In addition, designing user interfaces in a fast-paced development environment creating interfaces for web and client software products. Experience creating site maps, wireframes, flows, CAR tables and prototypes is required. Strong conceptual design skills as well as coding experience are necessary. This individual will need to be proactive and have demonstrated the ability to generate ideas and initiate action while achieving results. Candidate must possess excellent interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
Required Degrees/Majors/Accreditations/Skills: Bachelor Degree in Interaction Design, with 7 + years of experience. Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Dreamweaver and Photoshop or Fireworks skills a must.
Desired Degrees/Majors/Accreditations/Skills: Masters Degree. IA experience, preferably within the high-tech, computer software or Internet industry segments.
This is a permanent position with SBC and is located in Austin, TX.
Please send your resume to: eg4125@sbc.com
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