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ID #17220960
State Illinois
City Northbrook
Job type Permanent
Salary USD Depends on Experience Depends on Experience
Source VIVA USA INC
Showed 2021-07-24
Date 2021-07-22
Deadline 2021-09-20
Category Et cetera
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User Experience Architect

Illinois, Northbrook, 60062 Northbrook USA

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Title: User Experience Architect Mandatory skills:

Adobe, indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Sketch, Adobe XD, Balsamiq, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, Jquery, InVision, OmniGraffle, Axure, User Research, Visio, MS Office, Figma, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Web Trends, UserZoom, Validately, Smaply, JIRA, Slack, usability testing,User Experience Researcher

Description: User Experience ResearcherUX Researchers collaborate with stakeholders in uncovering unmet needs, delights, and opportunity spaces to inform the designs of meaningful user experiences with client products, services, digital devices & systems. This individual will execute a variety of research methods ranging from contextual inquiry, in-depth interviews to interface evaluations and usability testing. This position will either work independently or work within a team on larger projects and contribute to the planning, recruiting, and execute portions of the research, analysis and reporting of insights and recommendations. This individual will be a member of the Discovery team, focusses on consumer desirability with feasibility in mind and follows a human-centered, hypothesis driven approach to frame problems, opportunity areas and develop concepts. Features/concepts are generated according to global CX standards and validated by gaging consumer interest and appeal.Key Responsibilities• Create journey maps, user profiles, user cases/scenarios, and personas that are aligned with project and business goals• Independently plan, conduct, facilitate, and manage both generative and evaluative testing including contextual inquiry, ethnographies, diary studies, iterative design evaluations, usability testing, intercepts, mock-up interviews, heuristic reviews, cognitive walkthroughs, ideations, and team workshops• Leverage customer analytic capabilities in conjunction with primary research techniques to inform UX design and problem solving• Work with the UX research manager along with UX & business partners to create roadmaps of research activities to proactively anticipate business needs and priorities for research, conduct, and adjust research activities to better meet business objectives• Assist in defining and refining UX research processes and promote the importance of such activities to ensure executionJob Qualifications• Three to five years of relevant experience within a behavioral economics, User Experience (UX) interdisciplinary design & research function required• Skillful with planning, executing, and managing both generative and evaluative usability research activities and processes• Proficient with design research, lean UX methods, design thinking, cognitive walkthrough, heuristic evaluations, and ideation and workshop facilitations• Demonstrated competence with creating analytical frameworks to distill and communicate insights and recommendations to UX and business partners in a succinct manner• Experience training peers and other team members in proper testing and reporting techniques• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to quickly build rapport and establish credibility, thrives as an independent contributor in a highly collaborative work environment• Comfortable with ambiguities, problem solving, and guiding team toward decision making by applying user-centered design research principles• Experience with Google/Adobe Analytics, Web Trends, UserZoom, Validately, Smaply, JIRA, Slack, and other usability testing and analytical software preferred, but not required.• Naturally curious, empathetic, humble and passionate about product design and research.• Four year degree (Master’s preferred) in Human Factors/Human Computer Interaction, Cognitive or Experimental/Social Psychology, Cognitive Science or related field, or combined education and equivalent work experience• Experience with Lean Product and Experimental Mindset and design-thinking is a plusQualification RatingNice to HaveClientBI - Collaboration / Teamwork - ExpertBI - Communication SkillsBI - Detail OrientedTS - Adobe Photoshop0 yearsTS - Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)0 yearsTS - Documentation0 yearsTS - HTML0 yearsTS - Human Factors/Human Comptuer Interaction0 yearsTS - Illustrator0 yearsTS - ImageReady0 yearsTS - Information Architecture0 yearsTS - Interaction Design0 yearsTS - Requirements analysis0 yearsTS - User-Centered Design0 yearsTS - User Interface Design0 yearsTS - Visual Design/Graphics0 years

VIVA USA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a professional working environment that is free from discrimination and unlawful harassment. The Management, contractors, and staff of VIVA USA shall respect others without regard to race, sex, religion, age, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, physical, mental or sensory disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or status as a Vietnam-era, recently separated veteran, Active war time or campaign badge veteran, Armed forces service medal veteran, or disabled veteran. Please contact us at for any complaints, comments and suggestions. Contact Details:Please send your resumes and one of our recruiter will get in touch with you. VIVA USA INC.3601 Algonquin Road, Suite 425Rolling Meadows, IL 60008http://www.viva-it.com

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