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User Research Specialist, Adobe
Oct 12 04
Source: CHI-Jobs
Company: Adobe Systems
URL: http://www.adobe.com
Location: San Jose, CA
Position Title: User Research Specialist
Duration: Full-Time
About the company:
Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems Incorporated (www.adobe.com) builds award-winning software solutions for network publishing, including Web, ePaper, print, video, wireless and broadband applications. Its graphic design, imaging, dynamic media and authoring tools enable customers to create, manage and deliver visually-rich, reliable content.
Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Adobe is the second-largest PC software company in the U.S., with annual revenues exceeding $1.2 billion.
Responsibilities:
Candidate will be primarily responsible for conducting hands-on research for Adobe products, which may include ethnographic observation, interviews, usability studies, diary studies, contextual inquiries, web-tracking, and heuristic evaluations. Candidate will collaborate closely with researchers, designers, and product teams to ensure the design and development of user-centered products.
Qualifications:
MA, MS or PhD in Social or Cognitive Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field. 3 or more years experience in research methodologies and/or data collection and analyses.
Must be highly effective and efficient at identifying and implementing both strategic and tactical user research activities.
Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to actively engage with senior management, product teams, and users.
Must have passion and enthusiasm for developing great, user-centered products. Business user /enterprise research experience a plus, as is experience with web-tracking.
Please send your resume to hecollin@adobe.com.