[Sigia-l] JOB: Manager of User Experience, REALTOR.org

[Hilary Marsh]

The National Association of Realtors is looking 
for a user experience leader to join our Web 
team. We want someone with vision, experience in 
change management, and the ability to talk about 
user experience in terms that nontechnical 
colleagues can understand.

If you're interested, please email me. And please 
feel free to pass this notice along to colleagues 
who might be interested.

Many thanks,

Hilary Marsh


Company: National Association of REALTORS
Job Title: Manager of User Experience, REALTOR.org
Location: Chicago
Description: The Manager of User Experience 
ensures that REALTOR.org provides information 
that NAR members and other audiences can find, 
understand, and use, that meets the association's 
goals, and that employs current Web functionality 
and technologies to present a current, 
interactive experience.

Responsibilities:
- Evolve information structure to reflect the 
association's changing needs and increased 
complexity of information and use.
- Oversee search engine results, taxonomy, and 
metadata, and inform marketing and SEO efforts.
- Conduct/oversee user research and usability 
testing and collaborate on research priorities 
and methods.
- Help determine analytics reporting methods and software.
- Interact with the site's visual designer to 
ensure that the design effectively reflects the 
goals of both the site's visitors and the 
organization.
- Help determine the site's direction and priorities.

REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in design, HCI, 
cognitive science, or related field, or 
equivalent experience.
- 5+ years as a key member of user experience team.
- Ability to collaborate with team members to 
translate user needs into useful, efficient 
presentation of information and applications.
- Ability to interact with the technical team to create workable solutions.
- Familiarity with field and lab-based usability research methodologies.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Skill with Visio or other IA tools.

Tact and teamwork are imperative in interacting 
across the association to achieve mutual goals.

If you are interested, please contact me directly.

Hilary Marsh | Managing Director, REALTOR.org
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® | 430 N. Michigan Ave.  | Chicago, IL 60611
312-329-8341 | hmarsh at realtors.org | http://www.realtor.org