[Sigia-l] Fwd: WA: usability specialist

[Melissa Riesland]

--- Amanda Powter <apow at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:32:14 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> Usability Specialist, #02-007043
> 
> Amazon.com is looking for a usability
> specialist to join a select group of
> human-computer interface specialists helping
> Amazon.com to maintain and
> improve the industry-leading usability of its
> online shopping Web site.
> 
> Your primary responsibility will be to design
> and conduct user studies of
> existing and proposed Amazon.com Web site
> designs as requested by client
> project teams. Immediately following each test
> session, you will prepare
> an interpretive report that enables the project
> team to make well-informed
> decisions.
> 
> In addition to your primary responsibility, you
> will analyze and
> prioritize top customer issues that the
> customer service department
> uncovers. You will, at times, provide usability
> advice and coaching to
> project teams tackling difficult usability
> issues. You will contribute to
> and maintain documents describing user
> interface standards.
> 
> The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years
> of experience conducting
> Web site usability studies, along with training
> and experience in
> human-computer interaction, experimental
> design, observational methods,
> and data analysis.
> 
> Candidates should have a basic knowledge of the
> capabilities and limits of
> HTML, JavaScript, Perl, Oracle, and other
> standard tools and systems that
> make e-commerce systems run. A working
> knowledge of statistical methods,
> graphic arts, Web page implementation, software
> development, software
> creation and prototyping tools, focus groups
> and surveys, and
> Windows/Mac/Unix/SQL is a plus.
> 
> A bachelor's degree or higher in human-computer
> interaction, usability
> engineering, psychology, or a related field is
> required.
> 
> Compensation includes stock options. 
> External/Internal Candidates
> 
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/static/-/jobs/department/Seattle-Headquarters/016/#02-007043
> 
> Apply Here:
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/static/-/jobs/resume-submit-form/02-007043/
> 
> See: http://www.amazon.com/jobs
> under: seattle, wa headquarters-->software
> development
> 


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