Product Interaction Model Designer – FILTER

Web Site: http://www.filtertalent.com/findjobs/searchjobs.asp

Location: Redmond, WA

Posted: July 30, 2008

Job Description:

From paper planes to paper prototyping.

Are you a real ideas kind of guy or gal? Someone who can take a concept and improve it exponentially (even when it's already pretty darn good)? FILTER is looking for a Product Interaction Model Designer for a 3 month (plus) contract position in Redmond. In this position, you'll leverage user research, marketing focus groups, and 1:1 usability sessions to create appropriate interaction models for the next version of a widely used and universal software program. You'll work with both static Photoshop illustrations and dynamic Flash prototypes to deliver the prototypes and mockups used to drive research and testing. You'll also be responsible for communicating requirements and proposed functionality to the engineering teams.

Feeling like this job would be over your head? We're not necessarily looking for someone in a senior position provided that you're full of ideas, have a fresh and innovative outlook and a willingness to tackle the job. Candidates straight out of HCI grad school or within 3 years of college graduation will be considered if they demonstrate exceptional skills and attitude. If you've got prototyping nailed (from paper to high-fidelity) and a strong conceptual mind, then don't be shy. We'd love to hear from you.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
* Taking customer research and translating it into interaction concepts
* Driving brainstorms with the marketing and engineering teams to develop innovative interaction models
* Documenting interfaces – perhaps in Visio or PowerPoint
* Working with illustrators in the team to create mock-ups
* Testing basic mockups, updating the interaction
* Improving the look and feel of certain web experiences, marketing landing pages
* Storyboarding the user experience, screen-by-screen
* Assisting the user research with “what-if” and “A-B testing” mock-ups
* Delivering concepts to the engineering teams and working with the team through implementation

SKILLS YOU’LL NEED
* Strong foundation in HCI and prototyping concepts (from paper prototyping to high-fidelity prototyping)
* Excellent familiarity with Jacob Nielsen’s usability heuristics
* Solid understand of heuristic reviews, cognitive walk-throughs, usability studies, etc.
* Decent hand-drawing / sketching abilities
* Web and in-the-box software UI experience
* Program management and collaboration skills
* Brainstorm organization skills

A BIT ABOUT FILTER
FILTER is a full-service creative resources company that connects industry-leading companies with the very best creative talent throughout the West Coast. Offering both creative staffing services and interactive media design and production, FILTER helps clients to make their ideas a reality and complete their projects with more speed, flexibility and cost efficiency. The company is headquartered in Seattle and has branch offices in Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. FILTER has been serving clients for the past two decades, which include top technology and services companies as well as many of the leading design, advertising and interactive agencies.


To apply, please send resume (.pdf, .doc or .txt only) and a brief email including samples and/or URL and contact information to: applyps@filtertalent.com

Subject line: SM_InteractionDes_2153

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FILTER is an equal opportunity employer.



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