This list is for people who want to discuss issues, theories, methods, etc. about interaction design practice. http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/ Custom http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29631 Rochelle Rubin Rochelle Rubin. Hi all- Global Interactive Marketing Agency is in need of a freelance Internet Content Strategist. Familiarity with Financial Services is a plus. Role Description: Begin thinking about tagging strategies that will support customization and personalization Understand the lay of the land in terms existing content on the site of a large financial institution and other public properties under consideration and make recommendations regarding integration and content gaps. Messaging strategy (i.e. for range of prioritized audiences) Start Date 6/23/08 End May 30, 2008 9:38am http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29596 LimeBits LimeBits. LimeBits is developing an innovative software platform intended to empower people to share their own creations and to collaborate on group creations. You'll join the LimeBits team and help overturn the ancient traditions of software development. Your community interaction design, leadership, and management skills will guide LimeBits's outsource developers and motivate and excite our open-source volunteers. As a key member of the team, you have a blue-sky opportunity to lead us in * Designing and establishing community/team interaction processes to apply and demonstrate LimeBits's share-and- May 29, 2008 4:35pm http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29576 Andrei Herasimchuk Andrei Herasimchuk. Seems like it's high time to get the Jobs, Events and Plugs postings their own email list and make sure people know how to set their subjects lines so they got filtered properly. Having these things constantly pop into one's a mail client is getting really tedious. Just my two cents. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. andrei at involutionstudios.com c. +1 408 306 6422 May 28, 2008 3:16pm http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29574 Hester, Greg Hester, Greg. Comsys, a leading IT consulting services organization, has an immediately available 6+ month contract opening in Alpharetta, GA, for a User Experience Architect. Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Human Computer Interaction, Information Design, Industrial Design, or related degree. Masters Degree in related field is a plus. 2+ years work experience in Information Architecture or related field A design portfolio including problem statements, design rationale, concepts, wireframes, and end product is required. Excellent user experience design utilizing an iterative design approach Excellent May 28, 2008 1:33pm http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29573 Hester, Greg Hester, Greg. Comsys, one of the nation's leading IT Consulting Services companies, has an immediate opening for a Usability Experience (UX) Architect. This is a 3 month contract to perm opportunity for our customer in downtown Atlanta. The UX Architect's primary responsibility will be to strategize, create and design the user experience for our customers clients web sites and interactive applications. This will include, but isnt limited to, interactive features, functionalities, information presentations, navigational structures, and data. You will work with clients to understand their business models an May 28, 2008 1:32pm http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29572 Hester, Greg Hester, Greg. Comsys, a leading IT consulting services organization, has an immediately available 6+ month contract opening in Alpharetta, GA, for a User Experience/User Interface Professional. Candidate must be able to travel up to 25%. Candidate will be required to travel 25% to domestic sites including but not limited to Seattle, California, Chicago, etc. Candidate will be gone for 1 week at a time. Qualifications: User Experience Research Skills Experience developing research plans, research protocols, and participant screeners Experience moderating usability sessions Effective data collection and May 28, 2008 1:29pm http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29571 Hester, Greg Hester, Greg. Comsys, a leading IT consulting services organization, has an immediately available 6+ month contract opening in Alpharetta, GA, for a User Experience/User Interface professional. 25% domestic travel is required for this position. There will be travel required for 1 week at a time to Seattle, Washington, California, Chicago, etc. Must be able to travel up to 25%. Education and Experience o A proven track record providing a significant contribution to multiple projects, demonstrated through a portfolio of deliverables showing: Excellent information architecture through wireframes and proce May 28, 2008 1:27pm http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29570 Fritz Schneider Fritz Schneider. COMPANY: The Mechanical Zoo The Mechanical Zoo is home to a new type of search that makes it easy to find subjective information. Our team includes experienced entrepreneurs, ex-Google engineers, and a philosophy professor working together in downtown San Francisco. URL: http://themechanicalzoo.com/ JOB LOCATION: San Francisco, CA JOB TITLE: User Experience Designer JOB DURATION: Full Time JOB DESCRIPTION: At The Mechanical Zoo our work is focused on the user. We've made a commitment to an active program of user research from the very start, employing qualitative and quantitative method May 28, 2008 1:14pm http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29569 Bouchard, Robert Bouchard, Robert. Junior Interaction Designer/Information Architect Permanent Hire: $75k Atlanta, GA (near the airport) Our client is a world class organization seeking a Junior Interactive Designer/Information Architect to join their team. We are interested in speaking to you if you are the type of individual that can thrive in a compelling and challenging environment. We are seeking a Junior Interactive Designer who has prior experience working for an enterprise level company on a complex, transactional website. Please apply if the requirements below meet your work experience. A Kforce Representative will May 28, 2008 12:43pm http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29568 Bouchard, Robert Bouchard, Robert. Information Architect 6 months Contract Alpharetta, GA Qualifications: * Bachelor's Degree in Human Computer Interaction, Information Design, Industrial Design, or related degree. Master's Degree in related field is a plus. * 2+ years work experience in Information Architecture or related field * A design portfolio including problem statements, design rationale, concepts, wireframes, and end product is required. * Excellent user experience design utilizing an iterative design approach * Excellent critical thinking, complex problem solving skills, and analytical approach * Strong writing, May 28, 2008 12:41pm http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29567 Bouchard, Robert Bouchard, Robert. User Experience Researcher 6 months Contract Alpharetta, GA Skills * Experience developing research plans, research protocols, and participant screeners * Experience moderating usability sessions * Effective data collection and analysis methods for usability studies (both quantitative and qualitative) * Experience translating user research findings into design solutions Information Architecture Skills * Ability to distill and organize large amounts of complex information into simple, useful, and usable designs * Ability to apply modular and systematic approaches to user experience design Gen May 28, 2008 12:41pm http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29566 Bouchard, Robert Bouchard, Robert. Human Factors Design Engineer/User Interface Analyst 3 Months Contract to Hire Alpharetta, GA The Human Factors Design Engineer/ User Interface Analyst is an analytic problem solver who can synthesize user research, user interface design principles and business requirements into intuitive solutions for health care applications. The User Interface Analyst is primarily responsible for leading User Research, User Interface Design, and Usability Evaluation activities within an iterative product lifecycle. User Research activities include planning and conducting field studies at client sites t May 28, 2008 12:39pm http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29552 Jay Rogers Jay Rogers. Hello IxDA-ers.  We're looking for a person of excellence to lead our UI efforts at our Sydney development office.  I just went down there for the first time in April, and it's a pretty groovy place. cross posting to agileusability and experiencedesign, sorry for dupes. Here's the facts about the position: Vignette Corporation is looking for talented interaction designers to joing a growing User Experience team.  We're taking our user centered design practice to the next level, and our ultimate goal is to build a May 28, 2008 9:28am http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29548 Shannon Caddigan Shannon Caddigan. Interaction Designer - Large, Consumer Site Title: Interaction Designer Location: San Francisco Compensation: to low 100's + bonus A well-known, large, consumer site with millions of consumers is seeking an Interaction Designer to lead user-centered design processes to ensure that Web-based products, applications and marketing pages are easy to use and help its customers to meet their needs and our business partners to fulfill their goals. The Interaction Designer will deal primarily with the redesign of browser-based enterprise software, including employee-facing sales and service in May 28, 2008 8:26am http://www.howardesign.com/exp/ixd/index.php?post=29478 Falkenburg, Nancy Falkenburg, Nancy. contact: nancy_falkenburg at intuit.com JOB LOCATION: Mountain View, CA JOB TITLE: Group Manager, User Experience Design JOB DURATION: FTE JOB DESCRIPTION: You will: * Lead a team of Experience Design managers, designers, and researchers to define Shop, Buy and Use experiences that delight our customers * Work with the team and key stakeholders to understand and promulgate a strong vision for user experience * Collaborate across functional areas and segments to plan innovative changes to experience design methodologies, strategy, development processes, and organizational capabilitie May 25, 2008 5:26pm