Interaction Designer - Resource Interactive - Full Time - Columbus, Ohio

Reporting to Senior Interaction Designers or Art Directors, Interaction Designers are responsible for concept development, motion graphic exploration and final execution of design directions. Interaction Designers must be able to work successfully within a team setting that includes collaboration with other team members in Creative, Client Service, Strategy, Information Architecture, Writers and Developers to ensure on-brand and technically sound visual design and motion graphic solutions.

Essential Job Functions:

• Concept development for websites, banner ads, prototypes and client presentations under the supervision of Senior Interaction Designers and/or Art Directors.
• Execution of production design in addition to overseeing Production Designers, when available, to support the team throughout all phases of the process.
• Take visual explorations from other designers and add the element of motion.
• Layout + motion refinement and modification based on critical feedback.
• Strong understanding of the limits and constraints of Flash and HTML and the ability to apply that knowledge in producing interactive solutions.
• Solid understanding of Information Architecture, usability and overall user interface issues.
• Collaboration with Development Team to ensure correct implementation of approved design direction.
• Responsible for keeping current with the latest interaction design trends and tools.
  

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design or related field.
• Formal training in graphic design, typography, interaction design and/or visual communications.
• 3 to 5 years experience in Interactive Design and Production.
• Highly conceptual and proven ability to interpret and adapt existing brands to the online space.
• Expert knowledge of the latest versions of Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash. After Effects a plus.
• Strong knowledge of web production and visual asset creation.
• Understanding of HTML, dHTML and browser capabilities across multiple platforms.
• Strong communication and listening skills and the ability to translate feedback visually.
• Demonstration of successful experience working in a team-based setting and ability to present creative concepts effectively.
• Detail oriented, highly organized and a keen eye for consistency.
• Strong time management skills and accountable for meeting deadlines.
• Must be team-oriented, dedicated, inquisitive, self-motivated and collaborative.
  

Darci Dahman
Talent Acquisition Specialist

RESOURCE INTERACTIVE
www.resource.com
614 621 2888 main
614 410 2295 direct
ddahman[at]resource[dot]com

Sr. Interaction Designer/ UX Designer -Los Angeles -Belkin

Sr. Interaction Designers / UX Designers
Full-time & Freelance
Los Angeles, CA

Design the Total Experience. Get in on the ground floor.

Do you want to design the entire consumer experience? At Belkin you could be doing strategy and design work for product interfaces, instruction guides, out-of-box, web apps, in-store signage, packaging, manuals, product graphics, and desktop software. If you have a holistic
vision for the user's experience and you are very broadly skilled, this job is for you.

Belkin International, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of high technology products for consumers and business. Our broad product lines include our popular iPod accessories, stylish and useful laptop accessories, and leading N1 wireless networking gear. Belkin products are globally
recognized in the marketplace for their good design, ease of use, and innovation. Headquartered in Los Angeles California, the company has twice made Inc. magazine's list of the 500 fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S. Check us out at http://www.belkin.com

We have both full-time and freelance positions open. The job description below applies to full time people, but freelancers have similar roles and requirements.

Your Role:

• Create and deliver fantastic user experiences across numerous touchpoints
• Be an advocate for user needs
• Use your skills and knowledge to influence how products get developed
• Be part of a team of creative and smart people
  

Responsibilities:

• Handle all of the UX / interaction design requests from the business unit assigned to you.
• Interact with Belkin's product development and marketing teams
• Create project deliverables, such as scenarios, flowcharts, wireframes, prototypes, and detailed designs.
• Work with other related people, like user researchers and usability engineers.
• Manage your own projects like an internal consultant: high quality, valuable, on-time results.
• Help Belkin to further integrate user-centered design methodology
• When possible, help your assigned business unit define their vision for future plans and products
• Supervise outside vendors if needed for your projects
  

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years experience in user centered design (8 years experience preferred)
• Preferred: Masters degree in interaction design. Acceptable: Bachelor's degree in interaction design, human-computer interaction, industrial design, graphic design, human factors, or related field
• Experience and expertise in user centered design processes and techniques.
• Years of experience in product creation and/or software/site development processes. Experience in consumer electronics is a plus.
• Intuitive understanding and empathy for everyday users: their motivators, their goals, their barriers
• Ability to turn complex design challenges into innovative elegant solutions, and to put those solutions into tangible form.
• Proven track record of user centered design projects and deliverables (portfolio required).
• Years of experience working with other related disciplines such as usability engineering and prototyping/coding.
• Ability to explain usability and user experience to other departments-- in their language.
• Experience participating in user research and usability testing
• A good understanding of graphic design and an ability to use visual design techniques to organize information and improve usability
• Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively or independently
• Ability to prioritize projects and to meet critical deadlines
• Ability to run presentation meetings, design reviews, and creative workshops
• Proven track record of working with people on all levels in a company-- executive suite to the warehouse
• A positive outlook and a can-do attitude Benefits
• See http://www.belkin.com/jobs/benefits/
  

For more information:

• Send an email with UX DESIGNER in the subject line to design[at]belkin[dot]com

Ron Zajac
Senior Recruiter
Belkin International, Inc.
Human Resources
323 203-3872
323 469-1559 fax
www.belkin.com

UX Design Lead at Gary Jonas Computing (Richmond Hill, ON) Full Time

UX Design Lead
Gary Jonas Computing Ltd.
Location: Richmond Hill, ON, Canada

Opportunity:
The UX Design Lead career opportunity is for the CHO product development team within the Jonas/CSG organization and is responsible for leading the efforts to deliver compelling experiences, visual identity, and overall design thought leadership in an important suite of online services.

This person must have a strong attention to detail. This position will have the duties of both leading and playing an individual contributor role on the team. The UX Design Lead will be responsible for ensuring that the team meets its overall deliverables. You will help set the vision for the future web experience and ensure the highest level of usability, desirability and customer satisfaction.

You will research, design and prototype product experiences that meet demanding quality standards. We require a proven ability to articulate ideas through high fidelity prototypes and the ability to work with a development team to produce industry leading solutions.

Reporting to the Manager of Web Development, the core responsibilities of the position are to:

• Create compelling, responsive and intuitive user experiences.
• Work with a development team to produce fluid user interactions in a manner that hides the complexity of the underlying systems.
• Ensure site adheres to international accessibility requirements (ADA Section 508 ,W3C WCAG A, AA, AAA)
• Maintain user interface standards by documenting and following common web page design patterns and CSS styles.
  

Qualifications:
This position requires varying degrees of expertise in:

• 6-9 years of experience
• Bachelor degree in interaction design, visual design or related field.
• Proficient in web technologies: HTML/XHTML/DHTML, CSS, XAML, JavaScript, JSON, REST, AJAX
• Is experienced in accessibility requirements
• An online portfolio for review.
• Knowledge of capabilities of different platforms and browsers, and their design constraints on the web.
• Ability to produce storyboards, scenarios, design prototypes.
• Application Experience
• Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Microsoft Expression Web / Design / Blend
• Visual Studio .NET 2005/2008 / Visual Source Safe
• Good understanding of web concepts, HTTP communications
  

Application Requirements:

• Resume in Word, .PDF or HTML, saved under your full name.
• Samples of your work in jpg or .PDF formats or URL for online
  

Portfolios:
The ideal candidate will be a highly creative and self-motivated problem solver with the ability to handle numerous projects simultaneously. Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please email your resume to jobs[at]gjonas[dot]com or fax it to (905) 763-8324.

Please note that due to the volume of resumes received, only the most
qualified candidates will be contacted.

User Experience Designer / Harris Corporation - Waterloo, Ontario (Full-time)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Interested in designing software to be used in playing out live HD broadcast graphics and 3D animations on air for high exposure television programs around the world? Then you may be interested in this role with Harris Corporation. We are looking for an User Experience Designer to join our Inscriber Graphics product team. Harris Inscriber graphics and titling products provide industry leading solutions for broadcast and post production. In both live and offline environments, the Inscriber family of products offer a competitive edge with the highest quality
video output possible and increased productivity workflow.

The main role of the User Experience Designer will be to help define user requirements, interactively design, prototype and specify user interfaces, software components and behaviors for immediate use in our leading edge broadcast computer graphics product line. The candidate
will also be responsible for maintaining consistency for the user's experience within the entire product line both from a branding and interaction perspective.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with the development manager and project teams to establish and ensure compliance with an organizational design strategy.
• Lead the effort with product managers and development staff to understand and define project requirements.
• Define user profiles and cases, in order to translate them into usable and elegant Window's based user interface and interaction specifications.
• Works closely with other members of the project team to negotiate implementation issues and supports the development effort.
• Maintain, improve and audit UI specifications and guidelines against existing products and competitor products.
• Research into design and usability best practices to maintain best of breed.
• Performs other tasks as may be required by the Company.
  

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years experience with a Diploma or Degree in Graphic or Information Design, Computer Sciences and/or industry experience.
• Design knowledge and sensitivity to color, typography and spatial relationship of objects within a confined medium.
• Some understanding of user centered design principles and methods.
• Able to collaborate with members of a multidisciplinary team.
• Able to work on multiple projects under tight deadlines.
• Detail oriented with the ability to learn quickly in a constantly changing environment.
• Experience using Microsoft Windows applications, such as the Office suite.
• Experience using design applications such as Photoshop and Visio
  

NICE TO HAVE

• Practiced and delivered User Centered Design deliverables in an end-to-end product development lifecycle for software
• Experience with RUP or other types of use case/requirements definitions
• Experience designing and specifying user interfaces for Windows based software products within the Broadcast Industry
• Knowledge of industry standards and guidelines for developing applications
• Some experience with usability testing
• XAML Experience
  

COMPENSATION

• Salary based on Experience
• Insurance Coverage/Spending Accounts
• Tuition Reimbursement Plan.
• More at... http://www.harris.com/harris/careers/index.html
  

HOW TO APPLY
Please submit resume and examples of work/deliverables to:

Matthew Campbell
Job ID: BCD10071047
Bcdhrtoronto at harris dot com

Sr. Interaction Designer / Genesys, Daly City (CA) / Contract

Genesys is seeking a senior interaction designer with visual design experience contractor. We are the leading software vendor in the contact center space and delivering real-time interaction solutions to medium- and large-sized businesses and contact centers of all sizes.

Successful candidate must be an independent, self-motivated, creative professional, capable of adapting quickly. This is an active hands-on role, designing the core end-to-end user experience, architecting complex application UI, illustrating strategic thinking and business goals to
design, having a good eye, usability focus and working and developing innovative interactions.

Candidate will have worked as a hands-on UI design practitioner for web and desktop applications in the area of Contact Center, CRM or any Enterprise software. Candidate will be responsible for delivering documentation and a set of mockups UI designs.

Ideal Candidate Will Be:

• Producing innovative yet drive for ease of use and simplicity despite complexity of software/desktop applications
• Rapidly creating wire-frames, high-fidelity and interactive prototypes to define the architecture and interaction behaviors
• Creating superior designs and visual mock-ups
• Helping define requirements and outlining the user experience strategy for key features
• Defining the user interaction model and work-flows
• Working closely with the development, product, and marketing teams
• Tolerant of range of projects, from vague to well-defined, simple to complex, implementation to innovation
  

Experience

A strong candidate for this role will match many of these criteria:

• 5+ years of experience designing software-user interfaces
• BA/MA in interaction design or related design discipline
• Must demonstrate outstanding design talent and creativity
• Expertise in Contact Center, CRM, Business Process and Workflow Applications
• Have an understanding of a user-centered design process
• Proven ability to work independently as well as in cross-functional groups
• Strong visual and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated high proficiency in leading design tools such as Visio or Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash with capabilities in ActionScripting and DHTML is a plus
• Excellent time-management, multi-tasking ability, and the ability to prioritize
• Ability to quickly understand and communicate complex system and design concepts
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate in a cross-functional team
• Strong portfolio available for viewing
  

Contact Information

If interested, please contact Musa Hanhan musa[at]genesyslab[dot]com

Musa Hanhan
Product Line Manager
Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc.
An Alcatel-Lucent Company

2001 Junipero Serra Blvd.
Daly City, CA 94014
Phone (650) 466 ? 1293

User Researcher - Sunnyvale, CA, Palm Inc, FT or Contract

User Researcher
Overview:
Palm is seeking a world-class user researcher with a proven track record of supporting the shipment of game-changing products. In this role you will define, manage and conduct the research and testing essential to developing new mobile products, working with a cross-functional team from product conception to ship date to define the interfaces that millions will use every day.

The ideal candidate for this position has:

• 5 or more years of hands-on experience developing and conducting user research and usability tests
• A finely honed intuitive ability to ask exactly the right research questions
• An intensely analytical mind
• A storyteller's gift for communicating complicated ideas simply and persuasively
• An intrinsic empathic connection to users of mobile devices
  

Responsibilities:

• Plan for, develop and conduct user research and usability testing
  
• Analyze research results
• Communicate research results to the design team and beyond
• Work closely with a tight-knit design team to support a consistent product vision
• Use research to drive intuitively simple, emotionally appealing, and functionally impressive products
• Develop and implement a long-term user research program
  

Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience developing and conducting user research and usability tests
• Broad, practical experience in a variety of techniques including interviews, surveys, personas, focus groups, observations, usability tests and more
• Practical knowledge of the discipline's standard software and hardware tools
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with software applications for phones or handheld devices a plus
  

Skills/Experience:

• Capable of working independently
• Can deliver research results quickly in a highly iterative and fast-paced environment
• Ability to clearly, succinctly and persuasively articulate research results and influence cross-functional teams
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Can successfully juggle multiple projects and competing priorities
• Good sense of humor
  

Education:
BA/BS or above in Human Factors, HCI, Cognitive Psychology or related discipline

Travel:
Some travel will be required

Interaction Designer - Sunnyvale, CA, Palm Inc, FT or Contract

Overview:
Palm is seeking a world-class interaction designer with a proven track record of shipping game-changing products. In this role you will develop groundbreaking mobile products, working with a cross-functional team from product conception to ship date to define the interfaces that millions will use every day.

The ideal candidate for this position has:

• A seasoned understanding of the theories and practices of interaction design
• An intuition for finding the opportunities inherent in design problems
• The ability to communicate design ideas persuasively and concisely
• An intrinsic empathic connection to users of mobile devices
• A craftsman,s obsession with getting every detail right
• A passion for elegant simplicity
  

Responsibilities:

• Lead a cross-functional team through the design process from research to delivery
• Draw user flows, wire frames and sample screens
• Write specifications to guide delivery of the UI
• Work closely with a tight-knit design team to support a consistent product vision
• Drive intuitively simple, emotionally appealing, and functionally impressive interaction design
  

Qualifications:

• 5+ years practical experience delivering exceptional software interaction designs
• Be able to express your ideas concisely and completely in words and pictures
• Practical knowledge of design tools, including Photoshop and Flash or equivalent
• Experience with software applications for phones or handheld devices a plus
• Visual design experience a plus
  

Skills/Experience:

• Ability to create simple, intuitive, functional and appealing interfaces
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment
• Ability to clearly, succinctly and persuasively articulate design decisions and influence cross-functional teams
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Can successfully juggle multiple projects and competing priorities
• Good sense of humor
  

Education:
BA/BS or above in a design related field