***Must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder***

***Must have a Bachelors Degree***

***Must be willing to travel 100%***

Prestigious Professional Services Firm is currently seeking Usability and User Interface Consultants and Managers with strong web technology development experience. Candidates will assist the application design team with gathering functional and user requirements, creating user profiles and scenarios, planning and executing focus groups, and user interviews. They will lead the design of the information architecture and user interface, planning and execution of usability tests, developing UI prototypes, and documenting user interface design standards and guidelines. Their responsibilities also include communicating user centered design objectives and goals to client executives and other development teams, and mentoring junior team members on user centered design principles and processes.

**Managers need strong leadership and a minimum of 2 years project management experience over User Experience and Web Technologies** -More description on bottom

Job Description:

User Experience Specialist will assist the application design team with gathering functional and user requirements, creating user profiles and scenarios, planning and executing focus groups, and user interviews. They will lead the design of the information architecture and user interface, planning and execution of usability tests, developing UI prototypes, and documenting user interface design standards and guidelines. Their responsibilities also include communicating user centered design objectives and goals to client executives and other development teams, and mentoring junior team members on user centered design principles and processes.

Key Responsibilities may include:

• Conduct front end analysis, interviewing, focus groups, requirements gathering
• Use storyboarding, user scenario development, high-level use case definition, user and task analysis, to capture and develop user requirements and integrate elements into user interaction designs.
• Create, evaluate, and modify high and low-fidelity prototypes to support development process. Facilitate iterative testing of prototypes.
• Design highly usable interfaces for multiple channels - Internet, handheld PDA, tablet PC, and touch screen kiosks, etc.
• Design and develop usability testing plans

Basic Qualifications:

• UI design, Visual design, 2D/3D graphics, Prototyping, HTML 5, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, Usability research, Some Mobile experience preferred

• Minimum of 3 years experience with User Interface Design and Usability 
• Minimum of 2 years experience with web development technologies such as HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, Flex or Silverlight
• Minimum of Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Skills:

• Preferable degree in related discipline: Human Factors, HCI, ID and Computer Science with specialty in User Interface Design, Graphical Design or equivalent
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate user-centered design principles into the architecture and design of user interfaces
• Skilled in user & task analysis, user research techniques, storyboarding, information architecture and wireframing
• Proficient with Adobe PhotoShop and Axure
• Demonstrate written and oral communications skills and the ability to articulate ideas effectively

Management Experience Required: 

Key Responsibilities may include:

This role requires a comprehensive understanding of user interface technologies and user centered design concepts and is a client facing consulting role. Client facing consulting responsibilities to include:  

• Create workplans
• Organize and lead teams
• Manage issues
• Identify cross team dependencies
• Conduct front end analysis, interviewing, focus groups, requirements gathering
• Use storyboarding, user scenario development, high-level use case definition, user and task analysis, to capture and develop user requirements and integrate elements into user interaction designs.
• Create, evaluate, and modify high and low-fidelity prototypes to support development process. Facilitate iterative testing of prototypes.
• Design highly usable interfaces for multiple channels - Internet, handheld, tablet PC, and touch screen kiosks, etc.
• Design and develop usability testing plans
• Plan, coordinate, and facilitate usability tests
• Provide recommendations based on test results
• Provide heuristic analysis of existing user interfaces
• Optimize processes with user-centered design concepts
• Lead training classes on usability, interface design, and information architecture
• Promote user centered design principles throughout the organization
• Serve as a resource of human factors based knowledge and design
• Ability to meet travel requirement (100% - Monday-Friday)

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 6 years experience with User Interface Design and Usability 
• Minimum of 6 years experience in user research techniques such as usability testing, contextual inquiries and focus groups
• Minimum of 3 years experience with web development technologies such as HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, Flex or Silverlight
• Minimum of 2 years experience in project management (e.g. project planning and estimating)