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Earth Economics is seeking a full-time Software Development Engineer who also possesses strong database engineering skills for a team building the world’s largest database, website and computational engine for calculating the economic value of ecosystems and their services (see http://eartheconomics.org/Page150.aspx for more details).
This is an extraordinary opportunity for someone who wants to help create a tool that will literally change how we value the Earth.

Responsibilities & Specific Duties:

 Develop full suite of web-based tools on Amazon Web Services
 Design business intelligence and site analytics modules, reports, and dashboards
 Implement guest and paid user accounts, profiles, storage and security
 Implement secure connectivity with third party services
 Ensure that all code is fully internationalizable and in compliance with appropriate security, ISO and accounting standards
 Define and publish APIs
 Design and tune the RDMBS
 Create, test, and maintain streamlined systems for CRUD, capacity planning and management, code version control, backup and disaster recovery, and implement automated process, task, and monitoring tools
 Respond quickly to bug reports and new feature requests
 Work closely with Project Manager and team on scoping, scheduling, tracking, and communicating progress of work
 Assist in coordinating the work of other development team members

Minimum Qualifications and Education:

 3+ years as full-time SDE, and familiarity with full product life cycles
 Experience with one or more of C++/Java/C#, and two or more of Python/PHP/Perl/Javascript/RoR, and proficiency with one or more of the above.
 Experience in design and deployment of databases
 Experience in *NIX environments, and fluidity with shell scripting and regular expressions
 Strong security skills
 Adept at Agile software development
 Experience with database design and modeling tools such as ERwin
 Enthusiastic and positive can-do attitude and enthusiasm for fast-paced collaborative teamwork
 Passion for making a real difference in the world
 Ability to travel / carpool to Tacoma once or twice weekly for staff meetings (core dev team is based in Seattle area)
 Ability to travel nationally and internationally to attend or present at conferences
Additional Qualifications:
The ideal applicant will have 3 or more of the following qualifications:
 BS or higher in CS, EE, Math, Statistics or related technical fields
 1+ year experience with Amazon Web Services
 1+ year experience with Google Maps, KML and Fusion Tables
 Deep knowledge of XML
 Strong Perl scripting skills
 Experience designing and deploying Business Intelligence tools and dashboards
 Experience with security and accounting audits
 Familiarity with Statistical / Econometrics software (e.g., S, R, SAS, SPSS / Stata, Eviews, Gretl)
 Coursework, degree(s), publications or equivalent experience in econometrics or environmental / geophysical sciences
Application materials:
 Cover letter describing your interest in and fit for the position and project
 Resume
 2-4 SDE project examples with description of your roles, responsibilities and achievements
 Please include your solution to this [commonly asked] question: "In the programming language of your choice, write the code that detects whether a single-linked list has loops." Include a couple of sentences explaining your choice of language and your implementation. Also include your thoughts on potential improvements.
 3 professional references

To apply, submit all application materials in a single email with your full name and “Software Developer” in the subject line to ccooley@eartheconomics.org .
About Earth Economics:
Earth Economics (EE) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Tacoma, Washington USA, with a Seattle-area based development team.
We’re a visionary organization that has been working for over ten years to transform the way the Earth is valued. We currently provide custom reports, economic and policy analysis and training for a wide range of local, national and international NGOs, businesses, and governments. EE is an equal opportunity employer that offers a competitive benefits package,
schedule and telecommuting flexibility. New team members become part of multicultural teams at EE and have the opportunity to work with diverse constituencies around the world.
For more information, please visit http://www.eartheconomics.org .

Position:
Senior Usability Testing Analyst – Portland, OR
24 Seven Talent is seeking a Sr. Usability Testing Analyst to assist our Fortune 100 client in identifying and ehttp://tiny.cc/1auvcw valuating user issues and incorporate feedback and best practices into innovative and effective application design. This is a 12 month project that will have a direct impact on the business of one of the world’s largest sports brands located in Portland, OR.
 
In this role, the successful candidate will oversee and coordinate usability projects and design and conduct user research including user profiles, field observation and surveys. This mentor will also coach the analysis group and work in a team environment with other IT professionals to ensure applications add value to business operations.

Essential Functions:
• Design and conduct user research regarding applications including user profiles, personas, field observation, and surveys.
• Develop a usability test plan which addresses the project objectives
• Develop and implement all user testing and user feedback sessions, determine appropriate testing protocols commiserate with the issue/design problem at hand, design and implement testing, gather user feedback and deliver the findings back the team. These recommendations should result in a reduction of usability issues and in quantifiable improvement ratings and conversions.
• Collaborate with other members of the design teams to ensure user needs and business process requirements are incorporated into system design solutions.
• Research design problems and use findings to create prototype solutions and interactive designs.
• Mentor less senior analysis teammates in usability skills and interaction design.
• Participate in a self-directed team environment. Collaborate with team members on business requirements and solutions.
• Communicate critical, high-risk, advanced and/or cross-functional design and solutions to project SME’s inside and outside the organization.
• Communicate and document system design to the business in business relevant language.
• Contribute to style guide and user experience pattern library

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Bachelor’s degree in behavioral science, human factors, human computer interaction, instructional design, technical communication, educational psychology or the equivalent combination of education and experience. Masters degree and/or certifications in usability desired.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and execute usability tests and other UX research; provide analysis and specific and prioritized recommendations
• 5+ years experience developing forward-thinking UX solutions
• Have expert skills in user-centered design methods
• Demonstrate ability to translate business needs into intuitive interfaces
• Knowledge of interface design principles as well as usability research, theories, and methodologies.
• Experience with prototyping tools including Action script and Flash.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written); communicate effectively with peers, end users, and all levels of corporate management. Excellent active listening and presentation skills.
• Solid technical writing and editing skills.
• Solid project management, time management, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to mentor and guide others in problem solving and usability skills.
• Ability to establish business relationships and work effectively with business and client contacts in a dynamic self directed team-based environment. Strong interpersonal skills.
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Position:

Freelance UI / UX Designer

Description:

Earth Economics is seeking a Freelance UI / UX Designer for a team building the world’s largest database, website and computational engine for calculating the economic value of ecosystems and their services (see http://eartheconomics.org/Page150.aspx for more details).
This is an extraordinary opportunity for someone who wants to help create a tool that will literally change how we value the Earth.

Responsibilities & Specific Duties

• Create interaction design deliverables including: site maps, concept diagrams, user personas or profiles, user scenarios, storyboards, wireframes, task flows, and nomenclature
•Develop and document design concepts, style guides, and interaction pattern libraries
• Create and/or select appropriate images, backgrounds, color schemes, icons, buttons, and navigation tools
• Manage design process, including UI/UX requirement gathering, with business analysts, engineering team, and a select panel of target users
• Work closely with in-house analysts and the select panel of target users on work flow to optimize user experience
• Help respond to user feedback during design phase
• Assist with incorporation of implicit organizational messaging in interface design
• Design and brand displayed and printed system output report formats
Minimum Qualifications
• 3+ years UI and UX experience in successfully deployed web-based systems
• Sufficient knowledge of web technology to design technically viable solutions and supporting materials for easy handoff to primary interface programmer(s)
• Excellent skills with wire-framing for design prototype
• Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite or equivalent tools
• Strong portfolio demonstrating compelling yet flexible design sensibility
• Familiarity designing for accessibility and localization
• Must be based in Seattle metropolitan area
• Ability to travel / carpool to Tacoma once or twice weekly for staff meetings (but core dev team is based in Seattle area)

Application materials

• Cover letter describing your interest in and fit for the position and project
•Resume
• 2-4 Project Examples with a detailed description of your role in the UI/UX design process.
• 4 professional references

To apply, submit application materials in a single email with your name and the position description in the subject line to ccooley@eartheconomics.org.

About Earth Economics
Earth Economics (EE) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Tacoma, Washington USA, with Seattle-area based development team.
Earth Economics is an equal opportunity employer and offers schedule and telecommuting flexibility. New team members become part of multicultural teams at EE and have the opportunity to work with diverse constituencies around the world.
For more information, please visit www.eartheconomics.org .

POP Is looking for a Senior Interaction Designer for a three-month contract opportunity in Los Angeles.

This person will work part-time on-site at our Los Angeles client's location and will occasionally need to travel to Seattle. The Senior IxD will work with a multi-discipline team to develop a multi-channel digital experience based on a defined strategy.  
 
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with a creative team of Interaction Designers, Content Strategists, Designers and Developers
• Create and document information architecture concepts with site maps and wireframes that illustrate site structure, flow, general layout, navigation controls, and informational relationships
  

QUALIFICATIONS

• Combine strong problem solving and tactical expertise with strategic thinking abilities
• An engaging online portfolio that includes some of the following: B2C or B2B websites, online community portals, desktop software, mobile applications or product interface design
• Demonstrated experience in information visualization, diagramming and interaction design
• A proactive, constructive, and committed attitude; demonstrates great follow-through
• Excellent time management skills demonstrated by the ability to execute on multiple projects while working on a tight deadline
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and project management skills
• Extreme attention to detail
• Proficiency in Visio
• A minimum of four years of experience in the user experience field, preferably at a digital agency
• A bachelor’s degree in Information Science, Library Science, Human Factors or related subject, master's degree preferred
• Willingness to travel up to 25 percent of the time
  

Can apply via our careers website: http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?k=Job&c=qIZ9Vfwv&j=o2bkWfwd <http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?k=Job&amp;c=qIZ9Vfwv&amp;j=o2bkWfwd>

Company: POP
 
Position Title: Experience Lead
 
Location: Downtown Seattle
 
Interested candidates should apply online at: http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?k=Job&c=qIZ9Vfwv&j=oeM5VfwK <http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?k=Job&amp;c=qIZ9Vfwv&amp;j=oeM5VfwK>

 
Job Description:
The Experience Lead is responsible for developing and implementing project strategies from strategy through launch and managing team members within the discipline and on projects. This role reports to the Experience Director.


Responsibilities

Client Work

• Plans, schedules, and leads strategic, research and user experience activities and deliverables during Discovery and Design phases of projects, including assessing business goals, garnering and analyzing market intelligence, conducting user research, developing personas and journeys and designing interaction documentation such as wireframes.
• Assists Client Partners and Program Managers in managing client needs and expectations.
• Leads and mentors Interaction Designers, ensuring both the delivery of high quality work and the growth of individual contributors.
• Works with cross-discipline teams to develop, design and execute a project’s strategy from concept through launch.

 
New Business

• Represents POP’s User Experience capabilities in new business pitches.
• Writes relevant portions of new business proposals, helps estimates budgets and allocate resources.
• Professional Development
• Builds knowledge in the UX field and seeks to become a knowledge leader.
• Publishes in relevant publications and speaks at industry events

 
Team Building and Management

• Leads team initiatives to their successful completion.
• Responsible for the management, growth, development and performance of team members.
• Facilitates knowledge sharing and discussions within the team to improve thinking, process, communication and client work.
• Serves as a role model in motivating and challenging team members.
• Participates in recruiting and hiring new team members.

 
Qualifications

• Strategic thinker with the ability to put plans into action.
• Deep experience building compelling user experiences. Portfolio includes a wide sampling of the following: B2C or B2B websites, online community portals, desktop software, mobile applications or product interface design.
• Client-facing experience, preferably with Fortune 500 clients.
• Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, facilitation, people and project management skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Extreme attention to detail.
• A passion to push the boundaries of technology.
• A minimum of six years of experience in the user experience field, preferably at a digital agency.
• A minimum of two years managing or mentoring junior team members.
• A bachelor’s degree in Information Science, Library Science, Human Factors or related subject; Master’s degree strongly preferred.
• Willingness to travel up to 30 percent of the time.

Looking for a Contract Information Visualization Designer to work full-time onsite in Hillsboro, OR, on a project involving business intelligence, KPI dashboards and visualization of social data. They are looking for someone with 3+ years of experience but I suspect they will forego that for a strong candidate. Contact Jon.Meads@Usability-Architects.com for more information.

The User Experience Specialist is a member of the e-Business group in the Commercial Aviation Services (CAS) Information Services organization. The e-Business group is responsible for envisioning, designing and delivering capabilities and experiences across the MyBoeingFleet web portal and other digital and mobile channels and touchpoints in support of the CAS organization. MyBoeingFleet provides Boeing customers, maintenance service providers, regulatory agencies, and internal support teams access to technical and non-technical information through research, collaboration, and procurement tools essential to operating and maintaining Boeing aircraft.

The User Experience Specialist partners with project teams to create effective, usable and satisfying user experiences with information technology. Performs user-centered design activities that actively involve users throughout all phases of a project to ensure product usability. Conducts user research through interviews, field studies and surveys. Defines user requirements and usability goals. Creates user interaction design alternatives. Conveys designs by building prototypes. Conducts usability tests, heuristic evaluations or other reviews to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the designs. Diagnoses usability issues and refines designs or recommends changes.

For more information and to apply, see
    http://jobs-boeing.com/search/12-1005712
UPDATED: Closes 4/6/2012

If you are interested in this role, please send your resume or email to Tyrel Lucke (tyrel.lucke@compucom.com) at CompuCom.  Thank you.

Usability Researcher

Location:  Redmond, WA

Start:  ASAP

Contract Length:  3 months, very likely to extend

This Team is a multidisciplinary organization whose charter is to design world-class end-to-end experiences that are desirable, thoughtful, consistent and easy-to-use.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Do you want to play an active role in shaping the next wave of mobile user experience? We are looking for a Contractor Design Researcher with strong skills in experimental research design and experience translating user data into actionable product insights. The role involves running regular lab studies to support the research team. Researchers are responsible for the quality of the product throughout the entire product cycle, beginning with gathering customer & competitive insight, translating those insights into design opportunities, then iterating and validating the product direction through research.

 

Qualifications:

- A minimum of an BSc. in Social, Cognitive, Behavioral or Experimental Psychology or equivalent industry experience.

- Experience designing and running original experimental research

- Ability to understand and articulate the underlying behavioral or cognitive cause for a usability issue with a product

- Experience delivering usability data to influence interaction, visual and motion design

- Ability to visualize data and customize presentations for various non-research audiences

- Ability to inventory and evaluate the competitive landscape for a product

- Ability to work as part of a cross-functional team with limited supervision

- Strong oral and written communication skills

 

Pluses:  Candidates who have experience working with mobile operators like AT&T and T-Mobile; someone who is able to work independently and does not require constant monitoring; the contractor needs to be flexible as they will be supplementing the work of all the other FTE’s.

If you are interested in this role, please send your resume or email to Tyrel Lucke (tyrel.lucke@compucom.com) at CompuCom.  Thank you.

If you are interested in this role, please send your resume or email to Tyrel Lucke (tyrel.lucke@compucom.com) at CompuCom.  Thank you.

Usability Researcher (intermediate- to senior-level)

Location:  Redmond, WA

Contract Length:  4 months to start, possible to extend

JOB DESCRIPTION:
This Team builds real-time communication and collaboration solutions that span client, server, and internet-class services.
This position will support the collaboration and online meetings offering of the product.
The position will report to a UX Researcher. The role requires very tight integration with the Design, PM and UR teams. The job is primarily focused on research activities and the candidate must have the necessary skills and experience to work independently.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Planning, scoping and conducting iterative usability assessments of the upcoming release of the product, as it moves from concepts to the final design.
• The assessments can use a variety of methods such as focus groups, formative usability lab studies, site visits, benchmark studies, online surveys and polls, etc. depending on study requirements, time and resources.
• In total, the candidate can be expected to run up to 2 studies per month, including at least one 1 intense full-size study such as a benchmark or field study.
• Analyzing data, preparing solid reports and presenting results to the product team.
• Depending on the specific requirements, the candidate can be asked to produce various deliverables, including reports, presentations, video clips, story boards, etc.
• Working with the Design, PM, Development, and Test teams to influence product decision-making and integrate insights of the user studies into product specifications.

The candidate MUST satisfy all the requirements below
• Advanced degree or industry experience in Human-Computer Interaction, Behavioral Science, Design or related disciplines
• Established experience in software or hardware development industry as a User Researcher, UX specialist or similar;
• A proven track record designing and conducting usability studies end-to-end, including analyzing and reporting results;
• A proven track of record turning research results into actionable design deliverables, including wireframes and design principles;
• Strong technical aptitude to understand technological challenges of some of the products and work successfully with highly technical product teams.
• Breadth of research methods and be able to suggest and implement those that work best for specific study requirements and constraints.
• Be organized, self-driven and able to work under tight deadlines and changing requirements.

Additional Notes from the manager:

Mainly qualitative research.  Classic usability role, a lot of qualitative research, time in the lab, time with the team to figure what needs to be researched, some quantitative and different types of research.  Maybe some surveys, some visits to customers (less so), the product needs a bit of infrastructure in order to test so they usually use internal employees as participants.  The position will offer a variety of research in order to keep the researcher interested. 

2-3 weeks study process usually.  The manager doesn’t like the researchers to write huge / long reports, he prefers shorter / concise reports.

If you are interested in this role, please send your resume or email to Tyrel Lucke (tyrel.lucke@compucom.com) at CompuCom.  Thank you.