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Alumni Portfolio Info Session

Published on April 12, 2012 in Alumni, Career Resources, Current Students and Events. 0 Comments

Two HCDE alumni, Elly Searle and Chad Driesbach, will be hosting an information session on how to create and present professional portfolios on Thursday, April 19, at 6 PM, in the Allen Auditorium. This event is open to all current and past students of HCDE (or TC).

If you would like to attend this event, please RSVP here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/gbruno/164282

Elly Searle is a graduate of the MS in HCDE and is a passionate user advocate who is brimming with pure win. She punches mediocrity in the mouth by designing to help users do what they want to do. She never writes error messages without first forcing the PM to show her the entire flow, and like the honey-badger, she is fearless and crazy.

Chad Driesbach is a graduate of both the undergraduate and the Master’s programs of HCDE. He took classes both in and outside of the department, including interaction design and visual design classes. Currently, he is an Axure ninja and UX guru for a boutique technology firm. One of his most notable accomplishment is creating an Axure version of Angry Birds. He has lots of thoughts on how to pick classes based on portfolio-quality projects, and how to adjust your portfolio to showcase what the hiring company wants to know about you.

Designing a Research Portfolio Workshop

Published on April 4, 2011 in Career Resources, Community, Employment and Events. 0 Comments

HCDE Alumni Yanina Myaskovetskaya will be hosting a portfolio workshop for HCDE students. No RSVP is required.

6:00 PM, Monday, April 11
Location: Sieg Hall, Room 420

For more HCDE career events, check our events page.

SEBA Career Fair

Published on October 12, 2010 in Career Resources and Employment. 0 Comments

What: SEBA Career Fair
When: October 27, Noon-5pm
Where: Bank of America Arena, Hec Edmundson Pavillion

For details on the event and participating employers, please visit http://uwseba.org/career-fair.html.

SalesForce Technical Career Recruiting Event

Published on October 8, 2010 in Career Resources and Employment. 0 Comments

Salesforce.com is excited to be hosting a Tech Careers Cocktail Reception on Monday, October 11th from 5:30 – 8:00 PM.  We hope you can join us at Mistral Kitchen downtown Seattle.  Bring your business card for a chance to win an iPad!

This is an invitation-only event geared towards Technologists–Developers, Quality Engineers, UI Designers, Performance Engineers, Program Managers, Technical Writers Continue reading ‘SalesForce Technical Career Recruiting Event’

HCDE’s New Career Network

Published on September 17, 2010 in Career Resources, Current Students, Employment, Masters, PhD and Undergrads. 0 Comments

Human Centered Design & Engineering has created a career network with AfterCollege.com. This will be a great opportunity for current students and alumni to learn about amazing career opportunities, network with each other and employers. To learn more, you can visit our network here.

Published on June 22, 2010 in Alumni, Career Resources and Employment. 0 Comments


University of Washington

Office of Research


The University of Washington’s Office of Research has an outstanding opportunity for a Usability Analyst/Visual Designer with a strong background in visual communication and design.

Responsibilities:
The University of Washington receives more federal research funding than any other American public university.  Last year alone, over 5000 proposals were submitted and awards totaled over one billion dollars.  The Office of Research Information Service (ORIS) provides critical guidance, compliance documents, funding information, tracking tools, online application forms, and other related information.  The accurate, timely, and efficient delivery of such information ensures UW’s competitive advantage over peer institutions – making UW a great place to do research.  The Usability Analyst / Visual Designer will be responsible for improving the usability, navigability and credibility of various key Office of Research websites.

The Usability Analyst/Visual Designer will:

  • Identify key performance indicators for user experience, then measure/collect, analyze and report on findings in order to optimize web usage and user satisfaction.
  • Create sites that are visually compelling, easy to understand, and take into account user expectations and unit goals.
  • Apply human–computer interaction and user-centered design principles to graphic elements, page layout, information architecture, and keyword selection to ensure that they are optimized for user performance.
  • Develop templates and design pattern libraries based on style guidelines and graphic elements provided by UW Marketing.
  • Assist with production support requests
  • Manage productive relationships with clients, user groups, and others

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Computer Interaction, Cognitive Psychology, Visual Communications and Design, or similar.
  • 2+ years of experience in visual communications design for the web
  • 1+ years of incorporating user data into design decisions
  • Online portfolio of visual design and usability projects

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

A satisfactory outcome from a criminal background verification may be required prior to hire.

For a Complete Job Description: Req #: 64420
https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=64420&szCandidateID=0&szReturnToSearch=1

How to Apply:  http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/apl/howtoapply.html

Part of the application process for this position includes completing an on-line cover letter assessment as well as the Employment Eligibility Assessment to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process.  The assessment(s) will appear on your screen for you to complete as soon as you select “Apply to this Position” on this job announcement. Once you begin the assessment, it must be completed at that time. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your “My Jobs” page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until the assessment is complete.

As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs.  For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here.

Editorial Internship

Published on May 13, 2010 in Career Resources and Employment. 0 Comments

Real Change seeks a sharp reporter to learn on the beat as s/he helps us round out our award-winning, in-depth coverage of local issues.

Requirements:

  • Previous journalism experience in a campus- or community-based media outlet
  • Passionate interest in issues of social, economic and environmental justice
  • Desire to learn in a fast-paced and challenging setting

    The Editorial Intern will Continue reading ‘Editorial Internship’

    Web Development: Junior Web Developer

    Published on April 14, 2010 in Career Resources and Employment. 0 Comments

    The Stranger has a job list for a web developer. If interested, you can find more information on the position here: Web Development: Junior Web Developer.

    UPA Innovation Roundtable

    Published on February 28, 2010 in Career Resources, Community, Current Students and Events. 0 Comments

    The purpose of our Innovation Roundtable Series is to learn about exciting new groups, technologies and products related to Usability and User Research. To kickoff this series, Microsoft’s Usability Central is hosting an event at their Bravern Offices in Bellevue. The event will start off with light appetizers and a social mixer. Then we will begin the roundtable. Usability Central will be introducing the launch of the Usability Participant Recruiting Association (UPRA) and YouTest…a Participant Recruiting Special Interest Group. It’s a chance to a give your opinions and contribute to the Usability community.

    When: Thursday March 18th
    6:30pm to 7:00pm: Social Mixer w/Light Appetizers
    7:00pm to 8:00pm: Roundtable w/Microsoft’s Usability Central

    Where: Bravern 2 – Microsoft Offices, Bellevue, WA
    11111 Northeast 8th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004-4491
    (425) 456-8780
    http://www.thebravern.com/

    KEXP Internships

    Published on February 8, 2010 in Career Resources and Employment. 0 Comments

    KEXP offers internships in all areas of radio broadcasting. Interns will gain real world experience in a broad array of fields including non-profit fundraising, marketing, sales, web design, sound engineering, and music programming.  KEXP interns will learn skills in business communication, project management, problem solving, audio technology, database management and more. These skills and experiences offer our interns a unique ground-level glimpse of the day-to-day life of a community radio station, while offering relationship building and networking opportunities that will aid in securing future employment in the music industry.

    More information about the internship positions available at http://kexp.org/support/internships.aspx.

    The deadline for applications is March 1st. We can be contacted at internship@kexp.org or volunteer@kexp.org