Senior User Experience Architect
Description
Overview:
Join our innovative Creative Lab to help create
user-centric technology that is intuitive, usable, cool, and elegant.
You’ll work with developers and designers to map out and deliver amazing
user experiences to further evolve the Esri brand.
Our
Creative Lab is a small, stealth team of designers, writers, and
strategists, working closely with the Executive Creative Director. Our
job is to help promote Esri’s solutions, maps, apps, and incredible
geochicness around the world. We love bold ideas, big ideas, fun ideas,
smart ideas, and even challenging ideas. In other words, we love ideas.
Period.
Responsibilities
- Create
information architecture diagrams, user experience workflow diagrams,
wireframes, proof-of-concepts, and interactive prototypes
- Create holistic design solutions that address business, brand, and user requirements
- Effectively communicate conceptual ideas, design rationale, and the specifics of user centered design process
- Foster collaboration and present cohesive interaction, design, and user experience approaches to a non-design audience
- Ensure consistency between the various customer-facing platforms created by Esri
- Work
in partnership with business stakeholders, graphic designers, and
developers to design end-to-end experiences using participatory and
iterative design techniques
- Act as a UX evangelist, ensuring
others understand the value of UX activities and help develop and drive
user experience strategy
- Stay up to date with new technologies and trends in the web design space
- Serve as a mentor for other user experience designers
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s in human factors, interaction design, psychology, or a related field (master’s preferred)
- Minimum of five years of related work experience in interaction design, user interface design, and user experience research
- Demonstrated skill set in design, development, and research
- Experience working with cross-functional teams including business development, product management, and engineering
- Strong
ability to create information architecture diagrams, user experience
workflow diagrams, wireframes, proof-of-concepts, and interactive
prototypes
- Familiarity with user interface guidelines and best
practices for major platforms (iOS, Android, web) and an understanding
of the limitations and tradeoffs of using various development
technologies and standards (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, etc.)
- Ability
to create pixel-level mockups and/or clickable high fidelity prototypes
based on an existing style guide, using tools such as Balsamiq,
Fireworks, or Photoshop
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a
highly collaborative team to listen effectively, to respect others’
perspectives and contributions, and to offer and accept feedback openly
- Outstanding
verbal and written presentation and facilitation skills, with the
ability to quickly adapt the content to the audience
- Organized,
able to think beyond what is asked for, and able to juggle multiple
projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced, often evolving
environment (even if it’s always sunny outside)
Recommended Qualifications
- Experience with internationalizing websites and mobile apps
- Experience working in an agile product development environment
- Belief that all ideas are good (or at least worth considering)
Portfolio Submission
Please
include a link to your online portfolio or samples of recent work and a
link to your blog. Samples must demonstrate design skills and a mix of
low fidelity and high fidelity UX deliverables.
BONUS POINTS: Tell us what inspires you—books, websites, cars, etc.
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