User Experience Designer, ACI Worldwide, Waltham MA
Posted June 3, 2014
ACI Worldwide in Waltham, MA is seeking a User Experience Designer (Full-time, perm) to join a team of people who are passionate about UXD!
Open to various levels of experience.
If interested, send resume/portfolio to the recruiter, Gina Friend, at [email protected]. If you have questions about the role, please contact L Hood at [email protected].
Primary Responsibilities
- Design and conduct field research with end-users. Turn data into actionable user and design requirements through data analysis for inclusion in the Product Requirements spec.
- Design and prototype information architecture/UI interaction solutions that reflect an understanding of the balance between efficiency, ease of use, user satisfaction, and business goals.
- Produce comprehensive UX Design Specs that include detailed wireframes and concrete use cases.
- Conduct assessment methods such as usability testing, heuristic analyses, UI reviews, complexity measures, KLM GOMS, etc. Turn data into actionable information through data analysis and formal reports. Communicate findings to x-functional teams.
Requirements:
- Master’s degree in Human Factors, User Experience Design, HCI, Library & Information Science, or related discipline
- Portfolio that demonstrates skills and understanding in user centered design methodologies
- Experience working in a high-tech in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment
- 1-2 yrs for Associate level
- 2-5 yrs for straight UXD level
- 5-10 yrs for Senior level
- Fundamental understanding of
- Field research methods such as interviews, contextual inquiry, focus groups, surveys, roundtable usability testing, etc.
- Usability testing methods, such as formative, summative, moderated, automated, remote, local, RITE, etc.
- Persona development, task analysis, design heuristics, and use cases (abstract and concrete)
- Information architecture concepts, conceptual design, and detail design
- Ability to interpret product requirements from a user-centered as opposed to feature-centered perspective
- Proficiency with standard prototyping tools such as paper, Axure, Powerpoint, Visio, etc. to create screen mockups, lo-mid fidelity prototypes, and communicate conceptual design concepts.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills
- Familiarity with agile development
- Preferred:
- Experience designing for mobile and tablet
- Banking and payments-industry knowledge