User Experience Architect
at rampgreen in Washington-Bellevue/Redmond
Responsibilities:
- Conduct user researcher interpret test results, and incorporate results into design efforts
- Produce scenarios, work flows, wireframes, and other artifacts required to develop and evolve user experience designs
- Help develop, manage, and refine UI and interaction guidelines
- Effectively communicate with developers through implementation phase to realize design vision
- Participate in and help facilitate design brainstorming and work sessions
- Communicate, defend, and build consensus around experience architecture and interaction design direction
Qualifications:
- Qualified candidates should have at least 4-5 years of experience including experience with user research, usability testing, information architecture, and interaction design
- Expertise creating a variety of interaction design documents including user scenarios, task flows, conceptual models, competitor analysis, heuristic analysis, and annotated wireframes
- Experience creating and managing UI pattern libraries and interaction guidelines ideally across a large organization
- Experience in developing and conducting a variety of both qualitative and quantitative research including usability testing
- Exposure to and understanding of variety of design, project management, and development processes and methodologies including Agile development methods
- Demonstrate ability to work confidently with Program Management, Development, Product Planning, Brand, Marketing and Usability
- Understanding of mobile design and current mobile design trends
- xcellent communication, presentation and organizational skills
- Possess ability to think conceptually about design and information architecture
- Understand the array of technical constraints, user goals and business requirements that shape current and future products
- Proficiency with Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and ability to quickly produce elegant and easily understood diagrams, wireframes, and other artifacts
- Fluency with web standards and technologies, including CSS, XHTML, JavaScript, Ajax and cross-browser compatibility.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Strong organizational skills and an attention to detail
- A minimum of a BA/BS degree in Interface Design, Interaction Design, Communication Design, Architecture or equivalent experience
This is a contract position. Please email your portfolio to lane.larue@rampgreen.net
Published on 04-20-2010



