[Job] Senior User Interaction Designer - UC Berkeley

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Job Title: Sr User Interaction Designer

Requisition: 007772

Department: ETS EducTechnology

Location: Main Campus-Berkeley

Salary: Hiring Salary Range: $59,676 - $85,656 (range mid-point). Two-
year contract position with the possibility of extension. Full benefits.

First Review Date: 01/03/2008

This requisition will remain open until filled.

  Job Description:

UC Berkeley is looking for an energetic and teamwork-focused Senior
User Interaction (UI) Designer to play a key leadership role on the
international open source Kuali Student Services System Project
http://www.kuali.org/communities/ks/. This role is part of a dynamic
team of UX designers, business analysts and developers at UC Berkeley
who are working to develop the next generation of user-centered open
source academic systems for higher education.

Responsibilities:

As an integral part of the Educational Technology Services User
Experience (UX) Team, the incumbent will be the primary UX expert for
the Kuali Student Services System project http://www.kuali.org/
communities/ks/. He or she will lead the UX effort for Kuali Student,
participating in meetings and design activities with an international
multi-institutional team of software developers and business analysts
who are working to define requirements for the functionality and
usability of Kuali Student Systems.

As the primary UX design resource for Kuali Student, this position ro
receive working priorities from one or more of the Kuali Student
Project Managers and works closely with the systems architecture and
functional team leads to establish UX work priorities and activities.

The Senior User Interaction Designer will design the User interface &
user interaction layer and UI components for the Kuali Student
Service modules. This work will include a range of activities
including, but not limited to, user experience research, interaction
design, and visual interface design. The incumbent will work in
conjunction with cross-functional teams of business analysts and
system architects to produce user-centered interaction components and
interfaces for both end-users and administrators from a wide range of
institutional models.

The incumbent will utilize aspects of the user-centered design
process needed for various phases of the project.  Activities may
include completing user research, creating user models (such as
personas and scenarios); performing usability evaluations, and user
testing; using and creating design patterns and UI components; layout
and visual design; creating wireframes and working prototypes; and
generally applying their deep knowledge of best practice design
principles.

The incumbent will work in partnership with the Fluid Project (http://
fluidproject.org)  in establishing and contributing to these best
practices and will represent Kuali UX activities to the Fluid
project   (http://www.fluidproject.org).

The ideal candidate will also have experience in managing and
overseeing User Interaction design and development activities and
mentoring staff such as business analysts to carry out a variety of
UI activities. The incumbent will establish and articulate which user
centered design methods are best applied to specific projects, ensure
adherence to these methods, and guide the project leadership in
regards to the resources necessary to accomplish these tasks.

The Senior UI Designer collaborates with users, user interaction and
interface designers, instructional designers, project managers, and
educational technologists across the Fluid and Kuali projects.  The
Senior UI Designer will translate functional requirements into wire
frames and prototypes that programmers use to build web-based
applications. The position is responsible for specifying the user
interaction and functional behavior of Kuali Student applications, as
well as conducting user testing to ensure their usability. The Senior
UI designer is engaged in each project to which they are assigned
throughout the development cycle, using their expertise to define
which activities in the UX toolkit are required for each activity.
The incumbent will work closely with the project manager to ensure
product direction is in alignment with project goals and timeline.

Requirements & Qualifications:

 Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience in IT related field
 Masters degree in related field (Design or Information Science) is
desirable
 Five years of work experience in software development
 Three + years of experience in developing and managing client
relationships
 Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and
facilitation skills required
 Must be able to communicate abstract design ideas clearly using
storyboards, wire frames, flowcharts, and working prototypes. 4 years
experience in web design and production
 Demonstrated expertise and knowledge of XHTML and CSS
 Knowledge of XML and related implementations including XML Schema
and XSLT
 Demonstrated expertise using the following types of applications:
o Graphics applications such as Adobe Creative Suite and Fireworks
o Web design applications such as Adobe Go live, Dreamweaver and BBEdit
o Diagramming and flowcharting applications such as Omnigraffle and
Visio
 Javascript, Flash and AJAX experience desired
 PHP/mySQL experience a plus
 Demonstrated understanding of W3C and Section 508 web standards
 Strong understanding of user-centered design methodology and
usability testing

Other: Please submit cover letter with your application.

This position has been designated as sensitive and may require a
Criminal Background Check. We reserve the right to make employment
contingent upon successful completion of a Criminal Background Check.

Allison Bloodworth
Senior User Interaction Designer
Educational Technology Services
University of California, Berkeley
(415) 377-8243
[email protected]
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