[Sigia-l] Job: Interaction Designer (2 openings), California State Automobile Association, San Francisco, CA, Full Time Permanent

[Tal Herman]

COMPANY NAME:  California State Automobile Association (CSAA)
JOB LOCATION:  San Francisco, California (relocation possible)
POSITION:     Senior Interaction Designer (2 openings) 
JOB DURATION:  Full Time Permanent
CSAA is the AAA Member organization for Northern California, Nevada, and
Utah and is the second largest AAA club, servicing nearly 4 million Members
throughout our territory. We're building a User Experience team to help us
move effectively into the Internet channel in order to expand our Membership
as well as provide better service to our existing Members. In addition,
there'll be opportunities to design and improve employee-facing
applications, both Web-based and purpose-built. This is a great opportunity
for anyone interested in getting in on the ground floor and helping to
establish a new practice group within an existing company. 
Our salary is competitive and we work sane hours. 
I have two positions available, and can take a less experienced interaction
designer for one of those, so don't rule yourself out if you don't think
you're a "senior" interaction designer. 
The Interaction Designer leads user-centered design processes to ensure that
web-based products, applications, and marketing pages are easy to use and
help our customers to meet their needs and our business partners to fulfill
their goals.
Responsibilities :
• Assist business partners in turning high-level business requirements into
more specific project requirements
• Conduct user and task analyses to define user needs (user scenarios,
persona/profile building and interpretation)
• Develop high-level information flows and navigation systems (concept
diagrams, flow charts, site maps, etc.)
• Drive the optimum implementation of functionality through research and
usability testing
• Develop detailed user experience specifications (wireframes, schematics,
storyboards)
• Work with visual designers to ensure look & feel of given initiatives
meets intended user interaction
• Participate in the development of product prototypes for usability testing
and proof of concept purposes
• Participate in usability tests by helping to define methodology,
conducting walks-through, and developing reports
• Represent proposed solutions to business partners
 Qualifications :
• Minimum 3 years web application interaction design and/or information
architecture experience, undergraduate or graduate degree in HCI, Human
Factors, Information Architecture or the like a plus.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the software application design and creation
process, particularly  how it pertains to web development
• Ability to understand and interpret existing site design and style guides
and create effective solutions within those guidelines
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively through various formats
(oral, written, graphic design) with staff as well as business and
technology partners
• Conceptual understanding of various web-related technologies including
HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript
• Working knowledge of interaction design tools including Visio, InDesign,
Photoshop, Illustrator, or similar
• Strong organizational skills 
• Deadline- and detail-oriented 
CONTACT INFORMATION:

You can apply online at <
http://csaa.kenexa.com/csaa/cc/CCJobResultsAction.ss?command=ViewJobDetails&
job_REQUISITION_NUMBER=20096185 > or
<http://csaa.kenexa.com/csaa/cc/CCJobResultsAction.ss?command=ViewJobDetails
&job_REQUISITION_NUMBER=20096186 >

Or, if you'd like, you can email me directly at tal_herman /AT/ csaa.com.
(Don't email me at the gmail account used for this email.) 

If you contact me directly, please send along a resume as well as some
sample documentation you've produced or a link to an online portfolio.