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UX Architect, X1 Technologies
Oct 14 04
Source: Experience Design
Position title
User Experience Architect
Company
X1 Technologies / www.x1.com
Location
CA - Los Angeles
Company Description
It is often easier to locate obscure information on the World Wide Web than it is to find an email or file on your own computer. This is absurd. X1's mission is to make all information easily accessible.
X1 is PC software that uses an advanced indexing process that lets you find any word in any email message or file on your computer, in under a second.
X1 is being developed by a team based in Pasadena, but including bright programmers and business people throughout North America. The program is the brainchild of entrepreneur Bill Gross, who conceived and developed a similar product, called Lotus Magellan that was published in 1989. Several members of the original Magellan team have joined Bill to bring out X1.
Bill Gross is the founder of Idealab. Idealab's mission is to turn innovative ideas into successful technology businesses.
Position Purpose
The User Experience Architect at X1 will apply principles of user-centered design to develop user interfaces for the X1 products. You will have knowledge of customer tasks, product functionality requirements, user interface architecture, 3rd party and our competitors’ user interface designs, as well as industry interface standards. In this role you will work with a cross functional product development team to define functional, interface, and design requirements for X1’s products. The position calls for someone with strong application design experience, ability to work on multiple projects, and a desire to bring X1’s vision of next generation information management into being
Accountabilities
•Produce design specifications, storyboards, scenarios, and design prototypes.
•Create, evaluate, and modify low-fidelity prototypes to support development process. Facilitate iterative testing of prototypes.
•Create process flows, screen prototypes, and functional specifications.
•Review user experience design to ensure it complies with business needs.
•Identify changes in scope or functionality as they arise.
•Incorporate customer and market feedback into future product requirements.
•Conduct usability research and translate findings into product improvements.
•Conduct, and participate in, concept generation activities, including the development of user profiles, user scenarios, organizational models, task models, prototypes, and feature lists.
•Work in multidisciplinary teams to map user research, test findings, and input from product managers to business objectives.
•Successfully communicate conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale, both verbally and visually.
•Work with development teams to ensure that the technical development adheres to the user requirements.
•Work closely with the QA Lead to create a functional test plan of the integrated "beta" release, and with the Project Manager to plan user acceptance testing.
Requirements/Qualities
•BA, or equivalent, in Information Architecture, Human Factors Engineering, Cognitive Science or equivalent, and/or in visual, architectural, or industrial design.
•Minimum of 4 years as a key designer of desktop software for the retail market.
•Proven communication and organization skills, with the ability to work well in a team setting.
•Knowledge of enterprise content management products.
•Strong skills in rapid prototyping and iterative design process.
•Expert knowledge of interface design standards and best practices.
•Deep understanding of the perspectives and needs of the customers for each supported project (e.g., business goals, pain points, frequency of feature use).
•Understanding of product management practices, such as competitive market research, customer needs analysis, business case definition, for emerging software products.
•Group facilitation and stakeholder interviewing.
•Experience with graphical diagramming tools, such as Visio, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
•Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
•Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
•A passion for creating products that resonate on an emotional level.
Contact
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