[Sigia-l] (Job) Sr. User Experience Designer - Full Time - Chicago

[Rossanne Wankovsky]

Position Overview
Sr. UE Designers are responsible for working with clients to develop meaningful interactive experiences.  This role requires strategic thinking, UE team leadership, and acute communication with all members of the project team.  Your past experience with activities and deliverables associated with user centered design allows you to add value to consumer, transactional and corporate web initiatives.  Conducting user, stakeholder and competitive research will drive personas and scenarios that will result in conceptual concepts, annotated wireframes, interactive models, prototypes and functional specifications.  You will be exposed to web 2.0 paradigms and methodologies that will transform linear UE thinking into a multidimensional experience.

Responsibilities

 *   Plan, coordinate and conduct user research, contextual and ethnographic studies, participatory design and usability testing
 *   Conceptualize and design user interfaces and information architecture using participatory design
 *   Produce personas, scenarios, process flows, annotated wireframes, design prototypes, and functional design specifications for complex transactional web applications and portals
 *   Produce scalable taxonomies and metadata tagging for enterprise content management systems
 *   Effectively aggregate and communicate research findings, conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale both verbally and visually
 *   Shepherd the design process, drive decisions, track issues, and assist in estimating resource needs and schedules
 *   Conduct usability testing and incorporate recommendations into the design
 *   Work closely with development teams to QA development and implementation
 *   Participate as a contributor to an interdisciplinary team that includes other user experience designers, project managers, business strategists, and technical leadership
Required Experience

 *   At least five years of user interface design experience
 *   Strong knowledge of user interface design processes and methodology, particularly as applied to web-based applications
 *   Excellent communication and organization skills - must be able to function as a thought leader as well as an individual contributor
 *   Proficiency with design and prototyping tools such as Visio, InDesign, and Dreamweaver
 *   Knowledge of capabilities and limitations of web technologies such as CMS, HTML, JavaScript, Flash, and CSS
Strongly Desired Experience:

 *   Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction or a related design or behavioral science discipline
 *   Experience with web 2.0 and rich internet concepts and delivery methodologies
To apply for this position, please send your resume to rwankovsky at roundarch.com<mailto:rwankovsky at roundarch.com>.

Thank you.
Rossanne

rossanne wankovsky + recruiting manager + R O U N D A R C H + bus 312.529.2508 + mob 630.401.2787

Roundarch is a leading provider of user-centric Web design and technology services specializing in the synergy between user experience and application development to solve complex issues for large organizations.  Clients include Fortune 500 companies and government agencies such as Motorola, The Hershey Company, Avis, A&E Networks and the United States Air Force. Founded in 2000, Roundarch has offices in New York, Chicago and Boston.  For more information please visit www.roundarch.com<http://www.roundarch.com/>