Job Description
Role Summary: Common tasks, qualifications and special skills
Technical
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Demonstrate expert skill in and application of design principles (feature function allocation, metaphor, menu/object structure, windows usage, layout, style,
information design)
- Possess expert understanding of UCD process
- Demonstrate advanced skill with and application of UI design tools
- Possess familiarity with usability evaluation methods, metrics, and data and how they are applied in the UCD process
- Demonstrate understanding of the software development process and how UCD integrates into it
Execution
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Understand systemic design issues at the information architecture and design language levels, where problems impact multiple product lines or divisions.
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Demonstrate detailed technical and business understanding of several product domains; considered an expert in some product line areas or business domains; familiarity
with competitive products
- Assess industry trends and their impact on F1Studioz servicesand competitive advantages or disadvantages.
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Create interaction prototypes, standards, style guide documents, and user model definitions across product lines, as well as architectural direction white papers
Teamwork/Leadership
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Keep abreast of emerging UI technologies (e.g., languages, methods, standards) that have adoption or traction with F1Studioz competitors and assess the value added to
F1Studioz to embrace or ignore those emerging area
- Follow through with design changes from usability efforts that span multiple projects.
- Provide UI guidance on complex and advanced topics to multiple projects
- Lead UI design reviews at the cross-corporation architectural and planning level
- Supervise contractors and interns as necessary
- Demonstrate mature and responsible attitude to all aspects of assigned position
- Exercise flexibility and adaptability towards achieving the overall objectives of the group/division
Qualifications
- Possess 4-5 years experience which is required, while 4-8 years work experience is preferred
- Possess B.A. or M.A. degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field
Core Skills
- Strong problem solver with a great eye for aesthetics.
- Act as an end user advocate to help the customer to understand the value of end users to their business.
- Ability to work directly with customers to build ideas from scratch to MVP.
- Ability to challenge developers and thrive for pixel perfection.
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Ability to articulate design ideas, design solutions, problem statements to product stakeholders, customers and internal customers effectively both verbal and written.
Core Business Competencies
Responsibilities
- Analyze, design, develop for business or end user applications
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Perform testing and Communicate with Quality Assurance as necessary to discuss minor changes to product functionality and to ensure quality and consistency across
specific products
Job Requirements
- Possess B.S. or M.S. degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area
- Perform duties and tasks which are varied and complex requiring independent judgment
- Demonstrate fully competent in own area of expertise
- Perform project lead role and/or supervise lower-level personnel
Product Mastery
- Demonstrates a sound knowledge of F1Studioz total service offerings and can position benefits and value to customers
- Clearly analyze key customer technical requirements
- Conducts one-on-one discussions with key decision makers and determines the best approach to meet a customer's needs.
Technical/Professional Depth & Credibility
- Demonstrates a sound knowledge in a narrow (specialist) area
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Solves problems within own technical/professional area across a variety of generally related topics or in an area of specialization
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Maintains awareness of developments in relevant disciplines; quickly applies the knowledge; identifies resources for needed assistance.
Communication
- Conveys information, thoughts, and opinions by writing or speaking in a persuasive manner appropriate to the audience
- Listens carefully and attentively, and clarifies and confirms the understanding of others' messages
- Demonstrates an understanding of the implicit (emotional) message as well as the explicit message of any communication
Customer Focus
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Builds customer confidence, is committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets achievable customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer
problems, ensures commitments to customers are met, solicits opinions and ideas from customers, responds to internal customers.
- Responds proactively to the needs of customers. Ensures customer satisfaction by regularly measuring it.
Building Relationships
- Frequently initiates and pursues professional relationships
- Works well with others in achieving goals and building productive relationships
Teamwork
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Provides feedback and coaching, rewards hard work and risk taking, takes mentoring roles, challenges and develops employees, accepts mistakes, provides
visibility/opportunity.
- Helps in hiring to a greater extent.
Results Orientation
- Displays strong tenacity and drive to see things through to successful conclusion
- Demonstrates a sense of urgency, a propensity for action, and confidence in the likely success of plans and initiatives
- Delivers results that meet or exceed expectations
Personal Drive
- Pursues achievement of goals with energy and enthusiasm
- Seeks new experiences and challenges
- Is aware of personal strengths and weaknesses and seeks self-improvement
- Remains determined in the face of obstacles or pressure
Initiatives
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Identifies opportunities and problems, proposes solutions. Successfully drives change. Is willing to raise tough issues. Tackles problems and takes independent action,
seeks out new responsibilities, acts on opportunities, generates new ideas, practices self-development.
- How have you improved the team, product & company? Needs to be well thought out.
Adapting to Change
- Supports change, and encourages others to respond positively to change
- Demonstrates flexibility in working with a variety of working styles, new situations, and team members
Culture Alignment
- Adhere to f1 core culture of simplicity, empathy and agility.