Article on Multimodal Perception and Multitasking by Graham Herrli, SLIS Graduate

Hi class,

You might be interested in reading this posting by Graham, who graduated from SLIS and took a usability independent study class with me.

http://alistapart.com/article/multimodal-perception-when-multitasking-works

Best,
Rong

Director of User Experience Position at Continnum

Hi class,

There is a UX Director position open at Continnum, a Boston-based company.

Below is the job description:

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Director User Experience, Continuum

Position Overview

We are looking for a great candidate to join our fast-paced growing company.  The ideal person is a hands-on leader that is both practical and passionate about great user experience.

Essential Job Functions

·         Working in the Product Management group, be the primary owner of the User Experience for the SaaS and mobile products (thousands of users on a weekly basis).

·         Drive the overall UX strategy in order to create a usable, functionally rich, attractive and ultimately better selling software.

·         Lead a small team of UX designers with clear goals, processes and communication. 

·         Gather requirements by talking to users/stakeholders and understanding product goals and existing product usage.

·         Rapidly create and iterate on wireframes\prototypes and eventually high fidelity mockups or functional prototypes.

·         Help to define user stories by adding user interactions and screen design mockups.

·         Work with Engineering to ensure the technical feasibility of designs and guide the interface through the development process.

·         Organize and run usability testing to elicit requirements and verify designs of the products platform – while ensuring the existing platform and customers continue to be successful.

·         Work cross-functionally with other product groups, service delivery, and engineering to ensure the platform meets the needs of internal and external customers.

Requirements

·         Experience designing web-based commercial software applications. Experience with rich browser-based interfaces; Mobile design experience a plus.

·         Past involvement in all phases of the development process.

·         Proven track record of producing tangible results.

·         Experience with HTML and JavaScript is a plus. Understanding the possibilities and limitations with HTML and JavaScript is required.

·         Graphic design experience is a plus.

Welcome Fall 2015 Usability Class

Hi class,

Welcome to Rong's usability class blog. I look forward to working with you in the fall semester.

I typically post some UX position information or interesting readings about UX here.

See you on 9/8/2015 in class!

Rong