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Usability Specialist, Macromedia
Dec 07 04
Source: CHI-Jobs
Hi -
We have the following full-time, regular position open on our Usability
Team here at Macromedia in our San Francisco, CA office. As a member of
our Usability Team, you'll spend your time working with our customer-
focused product teams at all phases of the product development cycle,
and leading those teams in building more usable products.
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Work closely with product teams to define products that fit with
our customers’ goals and workflows.
* Educate product teams about user-centered design activities that
can be done at different phases of the product development cycle,
and lead product teams through these activities.
* Define, develop, lead, and analyze and report on results from
usability tests, contextual inquiries, design walkthroughs, paper
prototypes, interviews, surveys, and other usability methods.
* Develop new usability methods as necessary.
* Help identify, prioritize, track, and manage the resolution of
usability issues.
* Improve the usability of a variety of Macromedia technologies and
products including web publishing, communication, and training.
* Some travel required.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
* Minimum of three years experience using usability methods to
improve desktop applications, web applications, and/or general
consumer products.
* Proven ability to lead product teams in a variety of user-centered
design activities including developing personas and usability
goals.
* Proven ability to define and carry out a variety of usability
evaluations, report on results, and manage the resolution of the
high priority issues.
* Able to define and manage both individual projects and usability
agendas for an entire product development cycle.
* Able to schedule your own time and multi-task among projects.
* Able to work independently (when defining usability evaluations)
and as part of a team (when leading user-centered design activities
for a product team and managing the resolution of usability
issues).
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
* Enjoys working with a variety of users including general consumers,
business users, and web designers and developers.
* Enjoys working with new technologies.
* A passion for great experiences on the web. (That’s our business!)
* A degree in Human Factors or related field.
ABOUT MACROMEDIA
Experience matters. Macromedia, Inc. (www.macromedia.com) is motivated by the belief that great experiences build great businesses. Our software empowers millions of business users, developers, and designers to create and deliver effective, compelling, and memorable experiences—on the Internet, on fixed media, on wireless, and on digital devices.
SEND YOUR RESUME TO
Deb Galdes
Usability Manager
dgaldes@macromedia.com
415-832-5983