{"id":423,"date":"2008-07-09T18:10:02","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2008\/07\/09\/job-method-directer-user-experience\/"},"modified":"2008-07-09T18:10:02","modified_gmt":"2008-07-09T14:10:02","slug":"job-method-directer-user-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2008\/07\/09\/job-method-directer-user-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Job @ Method &#8211; Directer User Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Content-Disposition: inline;<\/p>\n<p>Hi Everyone,<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;m trying to help fill this Director, User Experie=<br \/>\nnce position at work. Its a great opportunity for someone looking to move th=<br \/>\neir career forward.<\/p>\n<p>I joined the company about 3 months ago. Its a go=<br \/>\nod place with good people and projects.<\/p>\n<p>Quick company overview:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The studio has about 30 people<br \/>&#8211; Current clients include: Charlie =<br \/>\nRose, Scholastic, PBS<br \/>&#8211; The Company is very Design Centric (not your typi=<br \/>\ncal interactive agency)<br \/>&#8211; Big on teamwork<br \/>&#8211; Competitive pay and excell=<br \/>\nent benefits<\/p>\n<p>Job description below. Feel-free to email me if you have any<br \/>\nquestions. Also, feel-free to share the description with anyone you<br \/>\nthink might be interested.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<br \/>Anthony<br \/><font><\/p>\n<p>*******************<\/p>\n<p><font>Job descript=<br \/>\nion<\/p>\n<p>Position: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Director, User Experience (UX)<br \/>De=<br \/>\npartment: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; UX design&nbsp; <br \/>\nReports To: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VP UX (primary), General Manager (secondary)=<br \/>\n &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Partners To: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Visual Des=<br \/>\nign, IT, Business Development&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Overview<\/p>\n<p>=<br \/>\nA Director, UX leads and ensures adherence to a best practices, human-center=<br \/>\ned approach to UX design at Method. With the VP, UX, the Director, UX will d=<br \/>\nefine and promulgate industry-leading practices for all aspects of Method&#8217;s =<br \/>\nUX practice. A Director, UX, will ensure that those principles are carried o=<br \/>\nut in Method work, by developing appropriate work plans during the business =<br \/>\ndevelopment process, by modeling those practices in project work, and by ove=<br \/>\nrseeing and mentoring other UX designers, ensuring quality deliverables and =<br \/>\nhelping junior designers understand and model Method practices.<\/p>\n<p>Responsibilities include:<\/p>\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Leading initiative=<br \/>\ns for developing and refining UX best practices and processes.<br \/>o&nbsp;&amp;nb=<br \/>\nsp;&nbsp; Working with the VP, UX and other Method personnel to develop effe=<br \/>\nctive, collaborative processes for delivering strategic and innovative solut=<br \/>\nions to business problems and client needs. <br \/>\no&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; During the business development process, working with c=<br \/>\nlient services personnel and other discipline leads to create project plans =<br \/>\nthat support best practices and deliver against the client&#8217;s goals. <br \/>o&amp;nb=<br \/>\nsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Executing, and lead other UX designers in executing, quality=<br \/>\n deliverables for all aspects of UX work, including user research and analys=<br \/>\nis, requirements definition, conceptual design, content planning, interactio=<br \/>\nn planning, interaction specification, and quality assurance. Creating proje=<br \/>\nct deliverables that clearly and persuasively communicate the UX strategy an=<br \/>\nd the reasoning behind it.<br \/>\no&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mentoring UX designers and Senior UX Designers in devel=<br \/>\noping their UX skills and, with the VP, UX assisting them in growth along a =<br \/>\nplanned career path.<br \/>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participating in recruiting and =<br \/>\nscreening potential members of the UX staff.<br \/>\no&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Creating user experiences that can be mapped directly t=<br \/>\no the business and user requirements of the project.<br \/>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =<br \/>\nRepresenting the user experience requirements of the project to other team m=<br \/>\nembers and to the client.<br \/>\no&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Working collaboratively with project teams to develop u=<br \/>\nser experience approaches that take into account requirements and feedback o=<br \/>\nf other team members. Also, providing appropriate feedback to team members t=<br \/>\no ensure that user experience requirements are met.<br \/>\no&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Staying abreast of industry best practices for UX desig=<br \/>\nn and processes, and for any project, gathering sufficient information to su=<br \/>\npport appropriate UX design for the given platform and&nbsp; technology.&amp;nbs=<br \/>\np; <\/p>\n<p>Skills\/Qualifications include:<\/p>\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8+ years experience in UX consulting, spanning mult=<br \/>\niple industry verticals and at least two of the following mediums:<br \/>=95&amp;nb=<br \/>\nsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Large scale consumer or B2B websites<br \/>=95&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp;nbsp=<br \/>\n; Interactive web applications<br \/>=95&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Desktop Software<br \/>\n=95&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mobile<br \/>=95&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10&#8242; UI<br \/>=95&nbsp;&amp;n=<br \/>\nbsp;&nbsp; Product interface design<br \/>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Proven experience=<br \/>\n leading UX teams<br \/>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An understanding of how to implemen=<br \/>\nt design thinking to influence business outcomes.<br \/>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Abi=<br \/>\nlty to plan, carry out, and analyze user research (ethnography, workshops, i=<br \/>\nnterviews, usability sessions, etc.) effectively to define user needs, attit=<br \/>\nudes, and expectations.<br \/>\no&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BA or MA in Interaction Design, Cognitive Science, or H=<br \/>\nCI, or related experience<br \/>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Effective communication ski=<br \/>\nlls (both in conversation and in writing), especially focused on running wor=<br \/>\nkshops and presenting and defending UX designs and decisions<br \/>\no&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ability to work with technology experts to uncover and =<br \/>\nunderstand technology requirements and capabilities as they relate to user e=<br \/>\nxperience.<br \/>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fluency with standard UX design tools, suc=<br \/>\nh as Adobe CS3, Visio, OmniGraffle, Office, etc.<\/p>\n<p>THE (NOT-SO) FINE PRINT <br \/>Method is a multi-disciplinary studio with =<br \/>\noffices in New York and San Francisco. We combine user-centered design resea=<br \/>\nrch, an ability to incubate ideas at a strategic level, world-class design t=<br \/>\nalent, and rock star developers to create comprehensive design systems. We t=<br \/>\nhrive on tackling the toughest challenges and designing elegant, functional,=<br \/>\n effective solutions that address our customers&#8217; business and branding needs=<br \/>\n. We believe that customer experiences happen at multiple touch points, so o=<br \/>\nur deliverables range from print collateral to Web sites to kiosks to handhe=<br \/>\nld devices and beyond. Our clients include Adobe, Comcast, Cooper-Hewitt, Ni=<br \/>\nke, TiVo, TED Conferences, Gucci, Sony, SFMOMA and many more. <\/p>\n<p>Method (www.method.com) is an equ=<br \/>\nal opportunity employer headquartered in San Francisco. We are committed to =<br \/>\ndiversity in the workplace. We provide a full set of benefits to our full-ti=<br \/>\nme employees including full medical\/dental\/vision coverage, 401k and profit-=<br \/>\nsharing programs. Not to mention we&#39;re really fun to work with.<\/p>\n<p>TO APPLY<br \/>If you are interested, please send a resume and links to pr=<br \/>\nevious work and portfolio to jobs-ny@m=<br \/>\nethod.com.&nbsp; Please write Senior UX Designer in the subject line. On=<br \/>\nly applicants called to an interview will be contacted.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nbe296b3d9de53741@lists.nyu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content-Disposition: inline; Hi Everyone, I&#39;m trying to help fill this Director, User Experie= nce position at work. 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