Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Arizona World Usability Day - November 14, 2013

2013 World Usability Day

2013 Arizona WUD Celebration
     
Thursday, November 14, 6-9 p.m.
PayPal
9999 N. 90th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85258


Keynote Presentation

"The Role of User Experience in Healthcare Safety and Quality"
Russ Branaghan, Ph.D.
Director of Cognitive Science & Engineering
Arizona State University

UX Seminar
"UX Sketching: Pen Before Pixel"
Kevin Goldman
29th Drive

Networking and food beginning at 6 p.m.

Registration required: AZWUD.eventbrite.com

Follow us at worldusabilityday.org, arizonaupa.blogspot.com, Twitter and Facebook
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Local Sponsors

UX/UI Design Position at Freescale Semiconductor, Chandler



Freescale is looking for an energetic, creative and technically savvy designer to work within our team. The UI Designer will work within a collaborative cross-functional project team to design portals, applications and Web properties. 

The UI Designer will contribute to the visual design and positively impacts the overall user experience while following a user-centered design process and considering appropriate technology platforms.

Responsibilities:

  • Primarily responsible for high-quality user interface designs, graphics, mock-ups and layouts for both new and existing Web applications and emerging platforms.
  • Designing, developing and implementing new websites and landing pages
  • Designing on various platforms such as browsers, tablets and smart devices
  • Creating intuitive user interfaces and interaction layers using best practices, the latest Web trends and all available tools to augment the user experience
  • Creating wireframes, mockups, sitemaps, storyboards, prototypes and user flows
  • Understand user workflow/interactions and translate business and product requirements to interface design and support the development teams through the product release process
  • Delivering awesome designs within given time and budget constraints with input from multiple disciplines such as brand identity, marketing and IT
  • Work closely with brand teams to create UI designs that represent a consistent and positive brand experience for the user
  • Work closely with usability team to ensure designs meet the needs of the external users, incorporating feedback when given
Skills Needed:
  • Very strong portfolio (B2B samples required)
  • 5 years design and interactive work experience with enterprise business applications and software
  • UI/UX design experience for a large company
  • Proficient to expert in: Illustrator, Photoshop, Visio, Microsoft Office, HTML, CSS, Javascript
  • Previous experience with mobile application design
  • Experienced in wireframe tools (Balsamiq, Fireworks, Axure, etc.) and iOS or Android development.
  • Understanding of After Effects, Flash and OmniGraffle. Mapping or Geospatial software design
  • Excellent analytical and process-oriented skills
  • Ability to work in a demanding and fast paced environment
  • Enthusiastic, highly motivated and very detail-oriented individual
  • Clear and concise communicator with excellent collaboration skills

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