Continue reading »]]> The User Experience (UX) group at Siemens Corporate Research (SCR) is seeking an interaction design intern. Recent graduates or students in Interaction Design or closely related fields are encouraged to apply. The intern will work closely with senior staff in designing user interfaces for future Siemens products/systems, supporting funded research projects, and/or creating highly interactive conceptual systems for exhibitions, conferences and international tradeshows. The SCR UX is a multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural, dynamic, and friendly work environment.

Specifically, SCR UX has openings for the following internship positions, in addition to 15 internship positions that have already been filled this past year. Our interns are from the top universities and design schools worldwide. For example, we currently have students from universities and design schools in Italy, France, Brazil, the Netherlands, and the United States.

The internships in SCR UX are paid positions. The internship position is planned from around July to December.

For immediate consideration, please reply as soon as possible. The Internship Program at SCR attracts top & young talents around the world. International applicants are encouraged to apply.

About Siemens Corporate Research (http://www.usa.siemens.com/research/)

SCR is the research, development, and innovation center of Siemens Corporation in the US. The UX at SCR consults with and supports Siemens business sectors worldwide in user experience design and innovation. Additionally, the UX works with the US Government and partners with universities for research projects in the field of HCI. The UX / User Interface Design group is located on three continents (Munich, Germany; Princeton, NJ, USA; and Beijing, China). These internship positions are based at Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Princeton is approximately one hour from New York City and Philadelphia.

About SIEMENS (http://www.siemens.com/)

We’re Siemens, a global innovation company helping the needs of businesses, communities and employees right here in the US. From improving security at airports, to helping healthcare professionals make more accurate diagnoses of the heart, to reducing delivery time for forwarded mail and beyond, we’re achieving the unexpected all because of our employees. This is why we offer a work culture where ideas are free to fly, diversity programs that capture the strengths of thought rather than ethnicity, and mentoring and training programs that can take careers to new heights. And that’s pretty inspiring. Because when you and 70,000 diverse minds innovate together, you can change the world. Imagine that.

Specific Skills

Ideal Candidate: BA/MA/MFA students or recent graduates in Interaction Design, Industrial Design or Digital Media Design, with excellent interaction design and product design skills and experiences in information architecture, workflow analysis, user profiling and developing User Interface concepts based on assessing and analyzing user requirements, designing interactive demos and user interfaces for complex systems and products. She/he should be proficient in Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop, In Design; experience in Flash is a plus. 

Apply:  http://www.coroflot.com/public/job_details.asp?job_id=40354&job_category_id_15=15

Continue reading »]]> Imagine being part of a team where creativity flows like water from the tap and innovative problem solving is everyone’s MO. No two days are alike, but the learning is constant. Exceeding client expectations is the main motivator and you’re invited to enjoy the process so long as you don’t take yourself too seriously. Ok, now if close your eyes and envision the culture then this could be the place for you. One of Philadelphia’s most respected Digital Marketing Agencies, allwebcafe is passionate about producing the best quality and most engaging online experiences for its global clientele. 

We’re looking for. . .

An extremely creative and analytical User Experience / Information Architect. The position requires acute attention to detail and strong analytical skills where critical thinking bridges the gap between visionary design concepts and actual execution. The personality requires someone with a creative edge who is keen to offer innovative ideas and who is open to the unconventional approach. 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 
* Create detailed site maps, page-level wireframes and functional specifications
* Develop process and user flow models
* Envision and design successful user experiences
* Gather business requirements in order to design intelligent solutions
* Conduct and analyze user research and best practices to support critical decisions
* Collaborate with agency / clients on concept through to implementation
* Create test cases and scripts for tracking defects and fixes to projects

EXPERIENCE:
* Bachelor’s degree with minimum 5 years experience as a UX Project Specialist
* 5 years Agency experience
* Proven track record for producing highly usable and innovative solutions
* Excellent visual design skills, focusing on details and quality
* Experience with large-scale, engaging or dynamic websites
* Ability to manage multiple project tasks in a strict deadline-driven environment

What’s in it for you:

* Great working environment
* Excellent benefits including paid health insurance, vacation, disability & dental, 401K, profit sharing, bonuses
* Becoming an integral part of a cutting edge agency and helping it grow
* Working with an international, talented and dedicated group
* Casual atmosphere with professional standards 

HOW TO APPLY 
Please complete our employment application available at http://www.allwebcafe.com/#/agency-employment/agency-employment.php 

Continue reading »]]> Full time direct hire position ( 3 openings)

User Experience Designer

 Location

Conshohocken, PA 19428

   Job Description:

Our ideal candidate has exposure with all aspects of the user-centered design process, from user research through design implementation. This person will be involved the design and analysis of user research activities in order to leverage the findings into cohesive site architectures, wireframes, and functional specification documentation for web sites and applications. The User Experience Designer will collaborate closely with strategists, account managers, designers, and developers to create the best possible user interactions and task flows while being mindful of key branding and marketing concerns. 

 Position Responsibilities:

·     Report to VP of IA and consult on any changes

·     Execute site inventories and reverse engineering for existing sites  

·     Develop personas and scenarios to inform the design process 

·     Design, assist, and analyze user research and usability testing initiatives

·     Assist in strategizing with client and team regarding task analysis and task completion user flows 

·     Create content hierarchies, site maps and navigational models that are aligned with the defined, and/or expected, user experience and business requirements

·     Create wireframes in Visio that illustrate site layout, navigation, controls, and content prioritization 

·     Articulate user experience issues and concerns and overall design principles to team members and clients 

·     Translate complex concepts into interactive experiences through the design and/or implementation of web site architectures 

·     Collaborate with designers on visual comps and provide input from an information architecture perspective 

·     Focus on HCI and user centered design principles and uses these elements as foundation for design solutions and informational approach 

·     Consult on any changes to information flow during site build 

Essential Skills and Experience: 

·     2+ years of professional experience as an Information Architect, User- Experience Architect, or Interaction Designer   

·     1+ years agency experience preferred 

·     PC-based expertise in Visio  

·     Bachelor’s Degree in psychology, design, or computer science  

·     Ability to collaborate with designers, strategists, managers, and technologists  

·     Junior to mid-level experience in information design, site maps, and user scenarios  

·     Excellent written and verbal communication skills  

Diana Ji, MHRM

Technical Recruiter

Volt Workforce Solutions

| 1760 Market Street, Suite 802 | Philadelphia, PA 19103

| t:  732-322-0677|  f: 215-606-6971 | dji@volt.com  |  www.volt.com

Continue reading »]]> John Wiley and Sons, Inc. a global provider of content and workflow solutions in areas of scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly research; professional and personal development; and education.

The Director of User Experience is responsible for the interface design and usability of Wiley’s digital businesses and applications. We seek a highly respected authority in the area of information architecture and user research to work closely with project managers, business leaders and design resources to direct the growth and development of our digital products worldwide. This role entails a mix of both project-based hands-on involvement with a more strategic oversight function.

We offer a challenging environment and the opportunity to work on sites of varying sizes and scope targeting a range of primary audiences and business models such as ecommerce shopping sites, ad supported consumer content sites, and subscription-based education and research products.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain usability standards and information architecture best practices for use across the organization
• Customize and utilize standard product discovery and development tools including but not limited to; personas, user scenarios, competitive reviews, analytics, gap analyses, user research, contextual inquiry, wireframes, and functional specifications
• Communicate and champion the value of user centered design and provide leadership and advice to all technology initiatives where interaction design is a key requirement for success
• Determine need for formal user research and user testing and orchestrate and oversee the process
• Manage a team of information architects, analytics specialists and user research resources, both on staff and contractors

Requirements:

• 3+ years of dedicated UX responsibilities encountering a variety of usability challenges
• 1+ year managing people and projects in a leadership role
• Experience developing digital products from initial concept through to implementation.
• Experience with the tools and techniques associated with complex user design challenges for websites and mobile applications

EOE AA m/f/d/v

Although we appreciate your interest, only those candidates with whom we are interested in interviewing will be contacted.

Interested?

Interested candidates should submit a resume, and cover letter which must include salary requirements to:

http://tbe.taleo.net/NA4/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=WILEY&cws=1&rid=3118

Continue reading »]]> Responsibilities:

Seeking a user-focused Product Manager as a part of a cross-functional user experience team, responsible for providing insights, analysis and recommendations to guide the evolution of the clients’ e-commerce websites and applications. The UX Designer will be responsible for re-imaging online web applications.  They will work hand in hand with technology teams in updating their online customer portal. 

•      Maintain a detailed understanding and tracking of key funnels

•      Project when, where and why problems may occur

•      Understand impact and define metrics for new functionality

•      Retain a vigilant awareness of emerging trends, threats and opportunities

•      Provide data-driven insights to guide the evolution of websites, to better fulfill the website’s mission, and improve the overall online customer experience

•      Provide analysis of actions and taken on the site; and design user workflows

•      Manage all analytics platforms, reporting systems, and testing capabilities

•      Usability evaluation of existing web-based application.

•      Defining information architecture and navigational structure that is logical and consistent.

•      Creating and applying design patterns and interaction methodologies consistently across the application

•      Recommending best practices for web interaction techniques.

•      Vetting design concepts with stakeholders and development groups.

•      Partnering with business sponsors, users and developers to build consensus around the User Experience

•      Work with project teams to identify and define interaction and usability requirements.

•      Work directly with developers, customers, stakeholders and users to develop strategies and specifications to create/improve the performance, usability and effectiveness of mobile applications

 Requirements:

• 5-7 years design experience
• Ability to work quickly with minimal supervision while delivering quality outputs
• Strong multi-tasking skills as the position will overlap multiple projects
• Experience interfacing with customers, stakeholders and development teams
• Wire framing and prototyping experience
• HTML and CSS
• Background with mobile applications
• Understanding of how to operate in an Agile environment 

How to apply

Is this you? If so, please apply today! Do you know someone who is the right fit? Please contact us to learn more about our referral program!

Contact:

Nick Croce | Director of Recruiting, Strategic Staffing | NTT Data, Inc. | w. +1.610.257.3016 | m. +1.215.880.7429 | nicholas.croce@nttdata.com  | www.nttdata.com/americas  

Continue reading »]]> BestBuy has multiple open positions for Product Managers. Remote work is possible.

Jobs:

Director, Web Product Manager-Browse Job
http://goo.gl/kw29V

Director, Web Product Management-Search
http://goo.gl/G00GA

Director, Web Product Manager-Commerce Job http://goo.gl/1EudJ

Director, Web Product Management-Content & Tools http://goo.gl/sQe94

Sample Job Description (positions are for different web areas):

Description

Be a key part of BestBuy’s e-Commerce growth, as our Director of Product Management – Browse. This is a critical e-Commerce Customer facing product line management position. You will have the opportunity to drive the vision, strategy and overall roadmap for the browse product lines. This position will focus on the customer site experiences and functions of BestBuy.com from the Home Page through the finding, learning, deciding processes. Areas of the site include: Home Page, Navigation Pages, Compare functions, Product Detail pages, Listing and Promotional templates, among others.

You will effectively translate business strategies into product strategies, roadmaps and product specifications that deliver against our core customer value propositions and our company strategic and financial goals.

Acting as the product champion you will evangelize the product vision to stakeholders, drive the agreement on product requirements and direction from a diverse population of product stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in consumer facing digital product management; strategic thinker, proven ability to drive results, demonstrated ability to lead, excellent problem-solving skills and highly motivated self-starter. In this role you will have full responsibility for the product line, understanding customers’ needs, competitive landscape and emerging trends to drive business results.

This position will also lead a team of Product Managers while working within a matrix organization collaborating with Business Stakeholders, User Experience (UX) teams, Customer Insights, Application Architects, Engineering Delivery Teams, Project Managers, Quality Assurance, and Operations teams. Experience and understanding of design research and a/b testing methods, web analytics and the software development cycle is essential to the success of product definition and development.

Strategic Planning

- Leads product discovery, develops and manages product vision, product strategy and product roadmap in support of web and multi-channel goals and objectives
- Use customer & market research, customer and user feedback, customer usage and competitive analysis to identify new product opportunities and enhancements.
- Work with multiple cross-functional teams to build and evaluate business cases to support product investment decisions.
- Collaborate and communicate with enterprise stakeholders to ensure product roadmap
- is in line with BBY Enterprise Brand Value Props and Multi-channel strategies.

Drives Business Performance

- Leverages financial management concepts (e.g., forecasting, budget, revenue, enterprise operating income, SG&A), business strategies, and business performance metrics (e.g., web, customer, financial, operational, people and systems) to drive business results.
- Prioritizes team work based on return on investment, customer satisfaction, product performance, short/long term impact and overall strategic company goals.
- Collaborates with cross functional team members, business stakeholders and other product teams during discovery process to assess value, technical dependencies and feasibility of product features.
- Manage partner relationships, identifying necessary and/or desirable third-party features; evaluating and selecting vendors, negotiating agreements and contracts, and managing partnership integration.

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work related experience
- 8 or more years of progressive experience in one or a combination of e-commerce disciplines; Product management, Web management, UX, Web engineering, Digital technologies or other related web business technology discipline
- 6 or more years of direct e-Commerce or Web Product Management experience
- 6 or more years of direct people management, leadership experience
- 6 or more years of experience executing or managing medium to large (4M+) technology projects or products
- Demonstrated experience communicating with Sr. Leaders
- Proven ability to innovate new features to drive business performance
- Proven ability to build strong cross functional relationships
- Experience driving large cross-functional projects
- Technical Acumen
- Ability to measure product performance once implemented

Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree
- 5 or more years of experience working in a customer facing web environment
- 5 or more years of experience working in multi-channel, complex business environment

Job: Bestbuy.com

Primary Location: United States-Minnesota

Continue reading »]]> Senior Director, Interaction Design (IxD) (Relocation not Required)

Job Number: 12000001BI

Apply: http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/talentcommunity/apply/1844200/?#tracked

Description

This opportunity offers flexibility to work remote -

Best Buy is seeking a Senior Director, Interaction Design, to build an-house team: onboard critical talents, develop new methodologies, and drive multiple projects to achieve a seamless cross-channel shopping experience. This leader will collaborate closely on broad customer experience initiatives with responsibility for developing digital experiences through a human centered approach, interaction models, user interface designs, and prototypes. Our environment is a fast paced, multi-channel retail, deeply focused on solving customer and employee problems through human-centered design. We are looking for someone with a proven track record of driving user experience strategy, building strong teams and influencing across matrix product teams, in a quick paced agile manner.

Design and Development Leadership: Sets the vision and develops communication, implementation for user experience and associated UI frameworks and assets across mobile and tablet web and mobile apps, and defining emerging digital tools aimed at providing seamless cross channel experiences. Implements product use flows, wireframes, rapid prototyping, user interface design and specifications, storytelling methods. This leader initiates and manages all user research and testing processes critical to the digital user experience. Close coordination with Product Management Teams across all products/experiences. This position will work outside of Digital Experience Team on products across Marketing and e-Commerce teams.

Creation and development of a new Interaction Design Team: Meet the growing demand across the enterprise for the specific expertise and skill set of interactions design by creating a high performing team, utilizing internal and external resources. Drive the development and communication of design principles, guidelines, patterns, standards, and libraries for all digital touch points. Ensure coordination across digital touch points and seamless management of product experience roadmap. Careful management and communication of variances required to maintain quality relationships with internal stakeholders

Proven leader with ability to build teams, Inspire, and work in collaborative environment: Nurture new partnerships through engagement, training, and communication. Understand unique requirements of context, mode, and environment for digital to physical needs that solve current pain points, and offer new possibilities across the customer lifecycle. Build strong constituencies to ensure successful in digital experience delivery.

Thought leadership and awareness: Cultivate partnerships with strategic technology providers for awareness in the latest developments and trends. Direct design team to actively research, analyze, and provide insight into latest best practices. Establish relationships with thought leaders in the UX design industry.

This opportunity offers flexibility to work remote -

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelors’ Degree in Design or engineering or related field

7 or more years of professional experience as an interaction designer, skilled in user experience, human centered design and expertise in both information architecture and visual design.

Portfolio of work demonstrating a deep skill and results in creation of user-centered design solutions, integrated with complex and changing technologies.

5 or more years’ experience leading and guiding multi-disciplined teams in research, ideation and prototyping usability testing, and execution of consumer facing projects.

Previous experience building and managing a team of interaction and user interface designers

Strong written and verbal communication skills to ensure credibility with executive audiences

Adept in pulling together and synthesizing information, stories, and cross channel solutions based on employee, customer, and cross functional input.

3 or more years at fast paced consumer products, or Technology Company with experience in mobile web, mobile apps, tablet, and/or in store digital interactive experience design

Preferred Qualifications:
Masters’ degree in Human Centered/Interaction Design

Job: Marketing

Primary Location: United States-MN-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Posting: Apr 19, 2012

Continue reading »]]> Organization Name   0014 4012 Product Management – Retail On-line       Company Overview               In 1983, the first online trade was placed using early E*TRADE technology.  Today, E*TRADE FINANCIAL is a global financial leader, delivering value and innovation to millions of customers in more than 40 countries worldwide.

We are looking for highly energized, dynamic professionals who are ready to join a fast-paced, world leader in the financial services industry. We move at the speed of the Internet.  Our work culture fosters an incredible exposure to innovative ideas and challenges that create experience and opportunity.  Many have risen through the organization to become industry leaders, in both the financial services world and in the community at large.  E*TRADE is made up of some of the brightest and most talented people in the industry – are you ready to join the industry leader?       Detailed Description               We are looking for an Experience Architect with a passion for User Centered Design and discovering how people interact with products in order to develop the most successful solutions for their needs.  

The ideal candidate will not only have a broad understanding of human factors and User Centric design practices, but also knows how to collaborate with product teams to understand underlying requirements and create the most successful user experiences.  

The User Experience Lead is responsible for working to develop meaningful interactive experiences.  This role requires strategic thinking, leadership, and acute communication with all members of the project team.  You will work closely with sponsors to help identify business needs in order to design and articulate effective solutions using complex data sets.  You will generate data taxonomies, process flows, wireframes and prototypes and work closely with research to drive and conduct usability testing.  You will lead the UX efforts across various products, acting as the user advocate throughout the product lifecycle.       Job Requirements               - A minimum of 5 years work experience designing within a collaborative environment

- A passion for UCD strategies and innovative product solutions

- User centered design process background with proven scenario development skills and interaction design (a portfolio demonstrating both creative thinking and the delivery of solid design solutions for complex data delivery)

- Demonstrated skill in collaborative design and innovation for new products

- Ability to thrive in an unstructured environment.

- Can create and communicate concepts quickly and interactively to tell a story around a solution.  (Experience with Agile development processes a plus)

- Understands how to evangelize and articulate concepts through illustrations, sketches, mockups, wireframes, and rapid prototypes.

- Has experience with user testing and strategically planning design using user research to drive and validate design direction

- Proficient with a range of interaction design, visualization, and rapid design prototyping tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Visio, Axure, Omnigraffle

- Understands web development methods, the use of patterns and has a working knowledge of CSS , HTML and Javascript standards.

- Strong communication and presentation skills and an ability to collaborate well with a multi-disciplinary design team

- Experience in Interaction Design for mobile or touch devices a plus

- Bachelor degree in Interaction or Information Design, Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Communications or related behavior science field with significant industry experience       Additional Details              

We offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package.  Please visit https://us.etrade.com/e/t/career/benefits to learn more about the opportunities.

Continue reading »]]> Pragna Technologies

We are currently recruiting a senior level User Interface Engineer to join our next generation cloud-based eCommerce order management system team. You will be working with senior business executives and the development team to design our next generation of eCommerce order management system. Your role is to drive the design and user interactions using Web 2.0 technologies and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead the effect to create the overall UI including structure, navigation and evolving theme
• Conduct UI design sessions with input from business units and the technical team
• Develop wireframes, technical prototypes and screens
• Define user experience metaphor and design patterns
• Create reusable HTML templates and style sheets based on Web 2.0 UI standards and guidelines

Requirements

• 5+ years experience designing complex web applications
• Thorough understanding of overall UX design concepts and processes
• Strong understanding of the user-centered design process
• Ability to generate design concepts and expand them into a detailed design
• Experience with generating UX prototypes, UI specifications, flow diagrams, and both high fidelity & low fidelity wireframes
• Strong organizational skills
• Must have commercial software product user interface design experience
• Experience with designing highly contextual user experience
• Experience with designing/extending web apps with highly relational data/object structure
• Ability to prototype with HTML, CSS and jQuery
• High proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator

Apply: http://www.wisestep.com/jobs-Senior-User-Interface-Engineer-Computer-Software-Newark-New-Jersey-United-States-jpid227961.aspx

Continue reading »]]> Job Type: Full Time     Location: New Jersey – North , NJ     Rate: DOE    

Description

Our client, a full service pharma agency, is seeking an experience UX Designer to add to their team.

The ideal candidate will have 3 – 4 years experience in the IA/UI/UX areana and full hands on proficiency with Adobe CS.

Pluses include: HTML and CSS, and either Omnigraffle, Visio, or Omniture.

In this role you will work with the creative team to develop comprehensive sitemaps, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.

This is an onsite fulltime opportunity

Submit resume (and samples if applicable) to: NJ13@jobalert.creativecircle.com ]]> http://www.usabilitynj.org/archives/1120/feed 0