{"id":15694,"date":"2014-06-13T09:58:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T13:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=15694"},"modified":"2014-06-13T09:58:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T13:58:31","slug":"intern-summer-intern-in-education-technology-ux-user-experience-research-amplify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2014\/06\/13\/intern-summer-intern-in-education-technology-ux-user-experience-research-amplify\/","title":{"rendered":"[INTERN] Summer Intern in Education Technology UX (User Experience) Research, Amplify"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/ch.tbe.taleo.net\/CH14\/ats\/careers\/requisition.jsp?org=WIRELESSGENERATION&amp;cws=1&amp;rid=3508\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ch.tbe.taleo.net\/CH14\/<wbr \/>ats\/careers\/requisition.jsp?<wbr \/>org=WIRELESSGENERATION&amp;cws=1&amp;<wbr \/>rid=3508<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Summer Intern, Education Technology UX (User Experience) Research<\/p>\n<p>Job Description:<\/p>\n<p>Amplify Education is looking for a talented and motivated student or recent graduate\u00a0to join the Amplify Access team as the 2014 Summer Intern in UX (User Experience)\u00a0Research. This is a paid role, designed for someone who is passionate about the\u00a0intersection of education and mobile technology, and interested in learning about\u00a0how products evolve from ideas and plans to commercial software and\u00a0hardware. The Intern will be a key member of the product research and\u00a0development team, participating in key planning meetings, becoming intimately\u00a0familiar with the Amplify Tablet product, and helping support research and ideation\u00a0for the product. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn firsthand about mobile\u00a0product development in the education technology space. The intern will work closely\u00a0with the Director of Research.<\/p>\n<p>Responsibilities of the Intern:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Work as a core member and collaborative contributor to one or more cross-functional agile product development teams<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Spend time with teacher and student users gathering feedback on product\u00a0increments<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Assist our usability research efforts including planning and executing the\u00a0research protocols as well as summarize findings<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Also assist in scheduling, organizing, and running usability testing sessions<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Recruit new teacher and student users for usability testing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Review and summarize education literature<\/p>\n<p>Basic Qualifications of the Intern:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Pursuing a MA or MS or recent graduate in the design of educational\u00a0technologies or related discipline<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 One year of academic and\/or project work with qualitative research methods<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Demonstrated interest in mobile product development in the education\u00a0technology space<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Proven verbal and written communication skills<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Proven analytical and problem-solving skills<\/p>\n<p>Preferred Qualifications of the Intern:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Experience with quantitative research methods is a plus<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Proven organizational skills<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ability to work independently, as well as strong teamwork and interpersonal\u00a0skills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/ch.tbe.taleo.net\/CH14\/ats\/careers\/requisition.jsp?org=WIRELESSGENERATION&amp;cws=1&amp;rid=3508 &nbsp; Summer Intern, Education Technology UX (User Experience) Research Job Description: Amplify Education is looking for a talented and motivated student or recent graduate\u00a0to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intern","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}