Summary:
The User Experience Technologists at Universal Mind create visions. They approach development tasks with a keen sense of design. They are people who embrace complex problems. They express themselves with creativity and code. They are design-focused thinkers and sculpt solutions with technology. The UX Technologists at UM create. They create wireframes and apply visual designs. They leverage Flex, Flash, AJAX and AIR with UX best practices. They actualize prototypes that cast a vision for the solution. They challenge the status quo and quickly generate working models to test and elicit feedback. They create the interactive product for the user’s experience. The User Experience Technologist at Universal Mind exudes a passion for design and how design impacts people’s lives.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
The UX Technologist candidate should have a background in visual communication and 3-5 years of professional experience in user experience design. They should be comfortable in all parts of the user-centered design process including: research methods, user interviews, personas, wireframes, information architecture diagrams, screen designs, interaction designs and UI specifications. The UX Technologist should also excel at technology implementations with experience in design centric products such as Flash, Flex, AIR, and AJAX. Excellent oral and written communications skills are required. The candidate must be self-motivated, possess the ability to take art direction and constructive criticism, have effective time management and organizational skills and be detail oriented.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create prototypes of solutions in rich-internet technologies (Flex, Flash, AIR, AJAX)
• Generate new and innovative UX design concepts
• Listen and formulate solutions through observation
• Understand common design patterns and how they are leveraged in production
• Understand popular frameworks and how they are leveraged in production
• Design and produce deliverable materials on time and with minimum supervision
• Present design concepts and solutions in a clear and effective manner
• Generate designs through information gathering, ideation and best practices
• Participate in the testing of developed software.
• Create and maintain documentation
• Enhance the discussion of design focused thought and trends through participation in industry blogs, articles, and events
• Collaborate effectively with team members and throughout the organization
• Perform other related UX team duties as required