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User Experience Designer, Opsware
May 20 04
Source: SigIA List
Job Title: User Experience Designer
Organization: Engineering
Location: Sunnyvale CA
Description
We are looking for a jack-of-all trades with some killer skills. Our ideal candidate is smart, creative, talented, a quick thinker, good natured, flexible, creative, enthusiastic, well-spoken and who writes well. We will considering trading some experience or schooling requirements in view of your exceptional talent and potential.
You will be responsible for gathering, organizing, and writing UI requirements for Opsware, and then designing the UI.
Responsibilities:
*Review marketing requirements and functional requirements for potential issues, write detailed UI requirements
*Design effective Uis for Opsware products
*Install and run Opsware as part of the UI process
*Work directly for Director of Product Design
*Work closely with engineering, development, support, and quality assurance teams, to ensure that UI is feature complete and appropriate, while delivering on marketing's expectations.
*Assist in planning and scheduling of requirements.
*Use tools and techniques to prototype and model user behavior.
*Provide insightful feedback and use your experience to improve the quality of the product and reduce the complexity of the UI.
*Create web templates that can be implemented.
*Generate and run internal and external usability tests.
Requirements:
*A Masters or Ph.D degree in HF, HCI, IE or another related field and knowledge of industry practices and tools.
*A minimum of two years experience creating true web applications. UI samples (or URLs) must be included with Resume submission.
* Thorough understanding of web technology and traditional application development processes and practices.
* Excellent requirement writing skills, some proficiency in at least a few related skills (e.g.,HTML, CBT content development, JavaScript, requirement gathering, Usability Testing, Graphic Design, prototyping)
*Firm ability to grasp technical details and new technology, and to clearly articulate requirements.
*Interest in making the entire product better, not just the UI
*Ability to pro-actively gather required data from internal sources; manage multiple features in process and provide feedback to engineering in a timely manner.
*Experience with version control and build environments is a big plus
Impress us with your:
* User-interface architecture, knowledge and experience,
*Examples from before and after you have worked your magic,
*Technical training or training design experience,
*Interest in creating elegant UIs,
*Graphic design skills (for web apps, icons, or for documentation), HTML, DHTML, XML, Javascript and browser design knowledge, or other skills which might be useful in a small organization.
Bob Davis
Sr. Recruiter
Opsware, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
bdavis@opsware.com
www.opsware.com