Webinar: Online Communities & Panels
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Usability Specialist
Overview
A real revolution is happening in the way organizations engage with their customers which is pushing market research to become more captivating and Vision Critical, a BC-based technology company, is leading the charge. Vision Critical is the world’s leader in providing the technology and expertise to help companies recruit, engage and learn more from their own customers.
Vision Critical’s marquee customers include top 500 companies within their industries: MuchMusic, Nestle, Indigo, Stop & Shop, Bloomingdales, NHL, Baby Einstein and Sirius Satellite Radio. Our technology has been awarded Microsoft Gold Certification and talked about in business magazines like Fast Company and Vancouver Magazine.
Since January of 2006, the employee count has increased over 150% in all areas of the company including departments of: IT, corporate, R&D and client services. We are looking for people with a passion for research, technology and design. Our extreme growth has created an immediate opening for:
Usability Specialist
Responsibilities
- Usability testing
- User research
- Use case development
- User interface design, documentation, and prototyping
- Contributing to refinement of our user-centred design process
Requirements
- 3+ years of related industry experience, including experience in usability testing
- Related formal qualification
- Well-versed in user-centred design methods and techniques
- Proficient to expert in tools such as OmniGraffle, BBEdit, Photoshop
- Experience with Morae or VisualMark a plus
- Experience working with developers and dev tools (e.g. Subversion) a plus
- Superior analytical and process-oriented skills
- Detail oriented with excellent organizational and multi-tasking abilities
- Proactive and self-motivated
- Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Can't find what you're looking for? We're always looking for smart, motivated people to join our team. Send your resume to us so we can let you know when a new position becomes available that you may be a fit for.
To check out job opportunities with our sister company, Angus Reid Strategies, click here.
