[Sigia-l] Job Posting: User Experience Designer (Contract), Twin Cities, Minnesota

[SH Ramlet]

Title: User Experience Designer (Contract)

Description:  Provide leadership conducting task analysis and usability
assessments. Work closely with customers, the business teams and the
development teams to play a lead role in user interface design for web-based
applications.. Conduct heuristic evaluations and recommend design
improvements. Present usability results and recommend design solutions to
project managers, business users, developers and testers. Conduct user
requirements analysis and workflow analysis. Design the information
architecture and content of the site and develop a conceptual model to
prototype. Design and prototype interfaces using standard tools. Provide
detailed design document for the development team to construct the site.
Develops user guides.  Gathers and analyzes user requirements. Needs to be
able to identify and document requirements.

Required technical skills:
·         HTML (Dreamweaver)
·         CSS
·         Excel
·         PowerPoint
·         Outlook
·         Visio
·         Word
·         Agile experience
·         Web-based application background for user-centered design work

Details: The User Experience Designer will work with the business group to
define requirements, refine requirements and design the user interface,
including page flow, navigation structure and page layout. This individual
will create critical documentation that serves as communications vehicles
for the business group and the development team. The qualified candidate
will have at least ten years of experience participating on development
teams as the individual who is accountable for the user interface design
specification. He or she should have proven expertise in web application
design. Main Job Duties Responsibilities: The User Experience Designer will
work with the business group to define the user base. He or she will also
work with the current site support team to determine the established
guidelines that apply to visual design and interaction design. The user
experience designer will work with internal and external customers to define
and document requirements for the functional user interface design of web
sites and applications. Given this information, the User Experience Designer
will create the navigation and individual page design that will become the
new user interface. The User Experience Designer will conduct focus groups,
user research and usability testing to validate designs. The User Experience
Designer will work with individuals responsible for visual and graphic
design to ensure the corporate brand guidelines are met for sites and
applications. The User Experience Designer must be able to work with
clients, customers, executive, technical and non-technical personnel at all
levels of the organization. The User Experience Designer will lead and
facilitate discussions and other activities to drive the activities for
their key deliverables. The User Experience Designer will work within a
defined Agile process. Key deliverables include: User Interface
Requirements, User Profiles or Personas, Site Maps, Information
Architecture, Wireframes, Interactive Prototypes, Heuristic Evaluations,
Usability Test Scripts and Analysis, Detailed Design Documentation,
including detailed business rules and details of how users might interact
with the system. Certification is preferred but not required. Mobile
application design experience is a plus. Graphic design is neither a
requirement nor a focus of this role. Programming is neither a requirement
nor a focus of this role.


For more details, please contact mezzodiva at gmail.com