Edward Housman | 2 Oct 2011 02:27

[Sigia-l] Check out my photos on Facebook

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Edward Housman | 2 Oct 2011 02:27

[Sigia-l] Check out my photos on Facebook

Hi Sigia-l,

I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as a friend so
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Boettger, Ryan | 4 Oct 2011 20:10
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[Sigia-l] Job Opening: Asst Prof with a Digital/Social Media Specialization, U of North Texas

Please see the below job ad (or visit http://tinyurl.com/3fzk9t9) for a tenure-track position in
professional communication with a specialization in digital or social media, Department of
Linguistics and Technical Communication, at the University of North Texas, beginning fall 2012.

Our department is interdisciplinary, and we invite applicants with diverse doctoral degrees, including
technical communication, rhetoric, linguistics, journalism, marketing, public relations,
information, media, cognitive science, psychology, or sociology. As a tenure-track member of the
faculty, candidates will be expected to teach only courses in technical/professional communication,
primarily at the undergraduate level. Preference will be given to candidates with industry experience.

This is a new position, and it is one of three internally-funded hires that focuses on social and digital
media. This faculty member will collaborate with new hires in Communication Studies and Radio,
Television, and Film on interdisciplinary initiatives related to enhancing undergraduate education
and community and industry engagement.

Please feel free to post or pass this job ad to anyone who might be interested.

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Position

The University of North Texas invites applications for an assistant professor position (tenure track) in
professional and technical communication with a specialization in social and digital media,
Department of Linguistics and Technical Communication, beginning fall 2012.

Qualifications
We’re interested in a diverse pool of applicants with expertise in social/digital media and
professional/technical communication. All applicants must meet the following criteria: (1) Ph.D. by
the time of appointment, (2) documented experience teaching courses in professional/technical
writing, and (3) a record of research or publications that focuses on social/digital media issues.
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Leonard Will | 5 Oct 2011 21:47
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[Sigia-l] ISKO UK meeting on 1 November: Joining up knowledge and information in the health sector

Registration has now opened for our afternoon meeting on Tuesday 1 November:

*Interoperability: joining up knowledge and information in the health sector
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**The complexity of managing information and knowledge in health is 
astonishing. As budgets tighten in the public sector, all of us are 
affected - with patients at the really sharp end. Users and providers of 
information face huge demands for increased efficiency and 
effectiveness. Records must be shared and reused, while being accurate 
and confidential. Please join 
us<http://www.iskouk.org/events/health_nov2011.htm>on November 1^st to 
hear about lessons and challenges for seamless and reliable flows of 
medical and care information. The emphasis will be on clinical 
information directly relevant to patients, but parallels can be drawn 
across the public and private sectors.

You can find out more details of the event and register via the ISKO UK 
site at http://www.iskouk.org/events/health_nov2011.htm.

The event is *free* to ISKO members and to full-time students. The fee 
for non-members is just *£40*. All fees must be paid in advance - there 
is no provision for payment on arrival. Please note the venue is not UCL 
this time - it is the *King’s Fund, London W1G 0AN. *Registration opens 
at 1.30 and we shall start promptly at 2 p.m.*
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The provisional programme includes these topics from leading speakers:

  * joining up knowledge and information to deliver better, safer, more
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OSS | 6 Oct 2011 03:35
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[Sigia-l] [JOB] Senior User-Experience Expert, Herndon, VA

This is a full time, on-site, salaried Senior User-Experience Expert
position located in Herndon, VA paying a salary of $115,000 to $140,000
depending on experience + benefits. No telecommuting allowed. US Citizens or
Green Card holders only please. Local candidates only. Full company details
provided to qualified applicants. Thank you.  THIS POSITION COULD START AS
SOON AS TOMORROW (10/6) AND THEY NEED SOME ASAP! 

The position requires expert design skills as they apply to information
architecture, user workflow, usability, and website/web app interaction. The
candidate must possess a thorough understanding of interaction design
principles and best practices, with a strong understanding of how visual and
interaction design work together to create a user experience. The candidate
must have strong analytical skills and be able to understand and apply both
qualitative and quantitative data. He/She will be well-versed in user
research practices and understand how they are best used within a fast-paced
environment. Looking for highly organized candidate with significant
experience managing multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines effectively
under pressure while balancing speed and quality. Ideal candidates will
possess strong collaboration and influencing skills, excellent grammatical
skills and the ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing.

 
RESPONSIBILITIES: 

- Develop detailed wireframes, flowcharts, mockups, and other product
deliverables to effectively communicate designs and product requirements 
- Employ user-centered design practices to create world-class interactive
web experiences 
- Define, develop, and document all front-end design requirements for all
projects 
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Ben Clarfelt | 6 Oct 2011 11:28
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[Sigia-l] User Experience, Central London, £40k-£45k (Client Side-Mobile and Tablets)

Hello,

I’m not just saying this but I’m genuinely really excited about this unique
User Experience Role I’m currently recruiting for. If you’re looking for a
User Experience role designing for purely tablet, mobile, e reader
applications for one of the best known media and publishing company out
there then read on.

Working for a new really exciting digital part of the .com team, my client
is looking for a fantastic all round User Experience consultant to be
instrumental in their applications for both mobile and tablets. Currently a
team of 17 people, split between half commercial and half technical
abilities you will completely own and champion the User Experience. 

Role involves gathering business and user requirements, reviewing and
interpreting statistics and other research data and help creating effective
and innovative user interfaces.  

This is a hands on role involving both strategy, research and UX Design.
Expected to carry out quantitative research, more gorilla type user testing.
Important you can be dynamic and smart in your testing and research skills.

Clients next two projects are going to involve an android tablet app and
HTML 5 app.

Opportunity to completely own and champion the UX role, taking it and
completely making it your own. Not looking to hold your hand, want a self
starter who can solve their UX problems with innovative ideas. Worth stating
that this may be a lone UX role in the team, however there are other
separate UX teams in the company who you will get the opportunity to work
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Dean Aston | 7 Oct 2011 12:02
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[Sigia-l] Client Side - UI/UX Designer - Mobile, Tablet, Applications - Full Lifecycle UCD Projects - up to £50,000 per annum


Calling UI/UX Designers!!!

This role is really interesting. My client is a world renowned electronics
manufacturer. In order to establish a competitive edge, they develop mobile
and tablet products which have customer centred design at the centre of the
initial design concept. Within this competitive industry my client focuses
on some clear strategic objectives. These include, investing in new
technology, creating innovative products and creative solutions for their
end-users. With an impressive history of international strategic
acquisitions, my client has transformed into a top-selling electronics
manufacturer. They have secured a reputation for being one of the most
reputable companies in the world. Through continuous investment (Top-100
Advertiser) with a recorded marketing spend of £20,000,000 they have grown
into a multi-national conglomerate corporation. Some fantastic ideals drive
the business forward. Corporate Social Responsibility is at the centre of
their internal philosophy and their growth plans are coined within the motto
‘inspire the world and create the future’. 

I am looking for a mid-weight Mobile UI Designer who will work
collaboratively with other designers and researchers, to develop usable
Mobile Interfaces for features, services and applications. This role will
require you to engage your creative thinking ability since you will be
involved at the conceptualisation stage within each stream of projects. You
will be involved in the discovery phases of each project, to help define the
brief and work through-out the lifecycle to produce the deliverable. The
role is weighted more toward the production of the deliverables, but you
will gain deep satisfaction from working in a collaborative environment,
managing external partners, producing high quality deliverables which form
the basis of your joint initial concept with other partners within the
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Todd Zaki Warfel | 7 Oct 2011 22:45
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[Sigia-l] A new way to collect and analyze qualitative research [Product Announcement]

If you do any type of qualitative research, you're going to want to check out this app.

We do quite a bit of qualitative research as part of our design process. Much like the rest of you, we've used a
combination of spreadsheets, word docs, post-its and scrap books to collect our notes. I've never really
enjoyed analyzing 2000 lines of qualitative data in a spreadsheet, or on post-its. At best, you get a few
people in a room to subjectively recall what stood out and loosely identify some themes. At worst,
decisions are made by whoever has the longest title on their business card, highest pay, or shouts the
loudest. 

For years, I've been wanting a better way to collect, analyze and prioritize the qualitative data we
collected. I got tired of waiting and partnered with an old friend to build something. Something for
myself, my team and our field. 

In the coming weeks, we're going to be launching an app built specifically for collecting and analyzing
qualitative data. It's designed for real-time collaboration, sharing information, and making
team-driven decisions. It's the first analytics platform for qualitative data that gives you a way to
quantify your decisions based on value and feasibility. 

We've been using it for over a year internally and it's been a life changer. We've cut our analysis time by a
factor of 8-10 and in the process increased our confidence level in our findings from 70% to 90-95%. We've
even been able to track full circle from initial observation through design. We've been able to make
data-guided design decisions based on the overall customer/business value and technical feasibility. 

We've still got a few spots open in our beta program. You can sign up to find out when we launch at
http://getreframer.com. 

PS. We won't share your email address with anyone—we'll only use it to let you know when we publicly
launch. 

Cheers!
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Ben Clarfelt | 11 Oct 2011 17:25
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[Sigia-l] 7 Freelance User Experience Role/London/£350-£450

Hey, 

I’m currently overloaded with 7 User Experience contracts all to start
within the next week be it Thursday 13th October or the week commencing
Monday 17th October. These User Experience contracts are all for leading
digital agencies across London and range in length from 3 weeks to 3
months.. Opportunity to work on some incredible brands, real portfolio
strengthens from leading telecommunication companies, financial institutes
to globally recognised electronics and technology companies to name just a
few. 

You will be expected to be a senior, hands on UX contractor who can take my
clients user and business requirements turning them into wireframes,
clickable prototypes to help solve my clients problems with innovative
solutions. Other projects may be looking at complex user journeys from 3rd
party websites and help make the journey not only simpler but also much
cleaner and overall a better user experience. 

If you are a UX contractor and are free in the near future then I would love
to hear from you. 

Day rates are varied but range from £350-£450.

If you’re interested then please send your CV to ben <at> zebrapeople.com or give
me a call on 0207 729 4771.

Location; London.

Thanks Ben

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carolmtaylor | 12 Oct 2011 16:28
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[Sigia-l] Corey McPherson Nash (Watertown, MA) is seeking an Information Architect w/2-3 years experience


Corey McPherson Nash (www.corey.com) is seeking an Information Architect to join our UX team on a contract
basis with a potential for permanent employment. The information architect uses various methodologies
to research how users interact with current and proposed experiences, understand clients' business
goals and processes and architect experiences based on research and UX best practices. 

We're one of Boston's leading and established branding and design firms. We work with lots of well-known
and about-to-be-well-known clients in the education, consumer, healthcare, services and non-profit
space. And we want you to make sure that our thoughtful brand strategy is executed in site architecture and
UX throughout a variety of interactive channels. An Information Architect strives for excellence and
maintains a professional demeanor with clients, with partners and with colleagues; communicates
concepts clearly and concisely; demonstrates involvement and open communications in all aspects of the
workplace; and contributes to the overall esprit of the firm. This individual demonstrates
imagination, flexibility and creativity in his/her thinking and work, has strong problem-solving 
 skills, and works efficiently within allocated budgets. 

Responsibilities: 

* Plan and execute UX research including stakeholder interviews, heuristic evaluations, competitive
audits and task analysis. 
* Assist with interaction workshops, usability test sessions, development of content taxonomies and
reports. 
* Collaborate in creation and maintenance of user profiles, personas, task flow diagrams, site maps and
wireframes. 
* Develop moderator guides and site prototypes to support usability testing. 

Qualifications 

* 2-4 years prior experience in HCI, information architecture and user research. 
* Undergraduate or graduate degree in design, computer science (HCI) or design-related discipline. 
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