Recruitment
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Role: Usability Practitioner
Salary: Market Rate (based on experience) plus profit share
Start Date: June 2008
Number of Roles: 1
Experience: Junior or Senior
SimpleUsability Ltd, founded in 2001, is at the forefront of a new generation of usability agencies applying human behavioural skills and ebusiness expertise to a broad portfolio of customers.
We have a fulltime eye tracking studio in the vibrant Round Foundry Media Centre, at the heart of Leeds. If you enjoy the new media lifestyle, then you will love working with us. You will have the opportunity to play an important role in shaping the rapidly evolving eye tracking industry.
We believe in recruiting the right people for our business and will invest time and effort to sharpen up your skills if you feel there are any gaps. This role is for people that want to develop themselves and shake up an industry.
Please leave your comfort blankets at home.
Summary of minimum job requirements:
- Demonstrable passion for web and user centred design.
- Degree in HCI, Human Factors, Psychology or other usability-related field.
- In-depth knowledge of usability practices and principles.
- Experience of creating usability testing scripts & surveys.
- Experience of moderating usability studies.
- Experience of Analysis & Reporting of usability studies.
- Aptitude for self learning and quickly picking up new software and techniques.
- Skilled in verbal and written communication, both formal and informal.
- Have excellent teamwork skills.
- Have ability to work in a cross-disciplinary environment.
- Have excellent numerical and verbal reasoning skills.
- Must be prepared to travel, UK, Europe & USA.
- Hands on attitude and keen to work in an expanding business.
- Self starter with good self-discipline.
Summary of desirable (but not required) characteristics:
- Experience of recruiting users for studies.
- Ability and willingness to develop new approaches to usability testing.
- Experience of eye tracking technology.
- Experience of Rapid/Paper prototyping.
- Experience of Heuristic analysis.
- Experience of Statistical analysis.
- Experience of Morae.
- Interest in helping eco / green businesses online.
- Experience of website traffic and analytics.
- French, Dutch or German language skills.
- Your own blog/flickr/myspace type thing.
Benefits:
- Flexible & fun working environment.
- ADSL connection.
- Mobile phone.
- Generous profit share.
- Generous share in 'proceeds of a company sale' scheme.
Email your CV to us at recruitment@simpleusability.com. Your interest will be treated in absolute confidence.