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Usability Engineer, Full Time, Blink Interactive
Aug 12 05
Source: direct submission
Company: Blink Interactive
URL: www.blinkinteractive.com
Location: Seattle, WA
Position: Usability Engineer, Full Time
Timeframe: Immediate start
Job Description
Blink Interactive is looking for a full-time candidate to fill the role of Usability Engineer on our User-Centered Design team. We provide a growth-oriented environment with a wide range of clients from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups.
The Usability Engineer responsibilities will include:
• Planning, conducting and analyzing usability testing.
• Writing usability reports and presentations for clients, as well as editing video highlights from usability testing sessions.
• Proposing and delivering evaluations that assess and ensure the usability and effectiveness of interfaces for their intended users.
• Advocating for users while understanding the business goals of clients.
Usability Engineers at Blink Interactive apply a wide range of user-centered design methodologies and cognitive psychology concepts while analyzing user interface issues and end-user preferences. Usability Engineers perform heuristic analysis, cognitive walkthroughs, design user interfaces, and conduct usability testing.
Job Qualifications
Candidates must have:
• Formal education in usability engineering or equivalent hands-on experience to demonstrate an understanding of Usability theory, methods, and practice.
• Experience designing and conducting usability studies.
• A strong business sense, excellent written and oral communication skills, and the ability to work on multiple projects at one time.
• A high comfort level with computer hardware and experience with lab and testing equipment set up.
• Experience or a working knowledge of video editing techniques.
Ideally, candidates will have:
• A working knowledge of browser-based technology constraints/capabilities (e.g. HTML, JavaScript, Flash).
• Experience in user interface design for websites, software and/or web-based applications.
Contact Information
If you are interested in joining our team, please send your resume to: careers@blinkia.com. Resumes should include URLs to current work, if available. We are not offering relocation assistance at this time.