Send resumes to: [email protected] Position Director of User Experience Job Overview: As the Director of User Experience, you will be responsible for leading user-centered design activities such as defining and gathering user requirements, creating user interface designs, testing and measuring user interaction, and contributing to engineering web development standards. Leading the user experience and design (UED) team, you will use your extensive knowledge and experience in information architecture development and principles of Web usability to build truly engaging user experiences on MapQuest.com. You will work closely with business sponsors to develop user-centered solutions of across web and mobile consumers applications.
Basic Qualifications: Minimum 5 years experience designing websites using Javascript, HTML, CSS and Web Design Tools such as Illustrator and PhotoShop. Essential Responsibilities: * Lead efforts to define detailed user interface requirements (business, functional, and end-user) to support business strategy, marketing strategy and desired user behaviors. * Drive creation of work models, user profiles and usability objectives aligned with business goals. * Produce and evaluate functional designs and ensure highly interactive user interface design requirements are captured. * Leading and developing user interface architectures and prototypes incorporating user interface design standards and visual designs. * Planning and conducting iterative user interface design evaluations and leading development/training of usability evaluation processes. * Planning/conducting structured user interface design reviews. * Defining and evangelizing user-centered design processes and use of user interface design standards. * Effectively communicating design ideas through detailed functional specifications required to implement * Consulting with technical leads to determine feasibility of the recommended approach * Working with designers and engineers to realize the blueprint * Researching to garner a deeper understanding of the target users' needs, tasks, and goals * Monitoring and processing user feedback, site data and customer service inquiries to identify opportunities for growth and improvement * Executing iterative user research and analysis projects, including but not limited to interviews, concept and usability testing and heuristic evaluations Preferred Qualifications: The successful candidate should exhibit the following skills and abilities: * 5+ years of demonstrable experience leading information architecture and consumer web usability/user interaction design projects. This includes prior experience creating detailed wireframes. * Complete understanding of constraints of designing for the web, including HTML, CSS, Javascript, Ajax, Web browser capabilities across multiple platforms, and new technologies * User Centered Design - Demonstrates mastery for performing user-centered design tasks independently and has applied best practices for moderately complex consumer applications. * User Interface Design - Shows highest expertise when applying human factors knowledge to design complex user interfaces across a variety of technology platforms. * Web Concepts - Demonstrates business and conceptual understanding of web concepts and ability to assess new technology, platforms and design criteria impacts. * Usability Testing - Ability to direct usability testing for state-of-the-art, cross-departmental, multi-platform systems and working collaboratively in an agile environment. * User Interface Standards and Best Practices - Highest expertise applying industry user interface design standards and best practices to design usable, intuitive and highly complex software applications. * Clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of an IA and contingencies with other team members. * B.A./M.A. in a related field, such as interaction design, HCI, communications or library science a plus. * Prior employment with client-side organizations and agencies a plus. * Strong analysis and communication skills. * Experience working on multiple projects simultaneously * Proficiency with Visio or Illustrator, Photoshop, HTML, CSS and MS Office. Send resumes to: [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
