User Experience Design Manager

Category: Direct Hire Positions, Jobs

Posted on: January 23rd, 2012

Location: Basking Ridge, NJ

Salary:

Description:

Please send resumes to melissa@useredge.com

User Experience Design Manager

Location: Basking Ridge, NJ

Relocation Assistance: Available

 

Responsibilities

Individual will have responsibility for defining strategy, user experience and visual and interaction design for our strategic applications and device user interfaces. Work will be across company teams, as well as primary user experience and interface for strategic developers.

Individual must build core competency for the business focused on application user interface that provides seamless, market leading experiences, to our customers. Individual must be able to interact with leading technologists and designers, within the wireless industry, as well as with experts outside the traditional wireless ecosystem.

Work includes making decisions for the company regarding user experience, and rapidly executing on decisions, based on ongoing evaluations of new technologies, market research information, competitive insights and usability data.

Individual must manage multiple internal and external organizations through the company’s processes leading to execution of UI requirements, and overall integration of user center design principles against multiple challenges.

- Design, Development & execution of mobile application user experiences – Develop market leading UI application experiences that embrace the company’s overall UX strategy.

- Management of internal stakeholders involved in application User Experience and user interface design work; new product launches, and communication of application UI strategy and design work and status to all levels of management.

- Develop and maintain relationships with key strategic partners who support application development.  Includes identification, design, and support for development community’s general needs (e.g. Digital Interaction Guidelines for development community.)

Qualifications

Ongoing – Effectively support the company culture including our core values as well as maintaining general understanding of overall business environment.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

MBA required with 10+ years experience in industry or PhD in Human Factors or HCI or related field required with 10+ years of work experience in user interface strategy development and /or execution

In-depth knowledge, and experience in developing, significantly positive, market impacting application UI designs required

In-depth knowledge of wireless devices, and UI technologies required

In–depth knowledge of alternative consumer electronics industry UX desirable

Proven ability to interact with large teams and manage complex projects

Excellent written and oral communication skills

We are an equal opportunity employer m/f/d/v.

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