Interface Your Fears
« Human Factors Engineer & Usability Specialist, KOHL Group | Jobs @ OK/Cancel | Director of User Experience, Chicago, IL »
User Interface Analysis & Design, Verizon Labs
Aug 23 05
Source: CHI-Jobs
If you are interested please reply to joel.angiolillo at verizon.com
-Dave Philbin
Job Opening: User Interface Analysis & Design - Verizon Labs, Waltham, MA
The User Centered Design Group in Verizon Labs is looking for a full-time, on-site contractor to join our 40-member department in Waltham, MA. We are looking for an individual who can research, design, prototype and evaluate user interfaces for TV and broadband services. Good writing and communication skills are essential, as is the ability to work with a wide range of disciplines in a team setting. Some travel may be required. The ability to deliver high quality results quickly and consistently is assumed.
Minimum length of contract will be 3 months. Maximum is 2 years.
Job Description: The new members of our team may be asked to:
Prototype new user interfaces,
Explore new technologies and their application to real-world services,
Conduct competitive analyses,
Draft user interface specifications,
Negotiate requirements with developers and product managers,
Design, run and analyze usability studies with a sample of consumers,
Manage field trials,
Work closely with vendors to implement new services.
Background: Candidates must have both:
Academic training in human factors, cognitive psychology,
industrial psychology, human-computer interaction,
telecommunication engineering or systems engineering. Training
in experimental design and analysis (usability testing) is
important.
Work experience on user interfaces design in one or more of the
following industries:
TV (broadcast, cable, or satellite)
Interactive Gaming
CD-ROM or DVD Production
Video Telephony
Interactive Kiosks
Skill Set: We are looking for candidates who have demonstrated both creativity and recognized success in the following:
Researching, writing and negotiating customer requirements
Designing, setting up, running and analyzing usability studies
Designing and prototyping using one or more of the following tools:
Director, Fireworks, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, HTML, XML, Visio.
Candidates who meet the qualifications above are invited to submit their resume and cover letter to: joel.angiolillo@verizon.com