Senior User Experience Specialist
Company: The MathWorks, Inc.
Location: Natick, MA
Posted on: February 24, 2020
Job Description:
Working under the direction of the User Experience Manager, will
be responsible for conducting user-centered design activities related to MathWorks products and web applications;
leveraging human factors in information design concepts to collect and document user requirements, facilitate
user interface design, advocate for users throughout the development process, and test and evaluate user interfaces;
working with development teams to understand their projects user-centered design requirements, and developing
creative solutions for meeting those needs; working collaboratively to brainstorm and design innovative solutions to
complex problems; making recommendations to team members about which usability methods to use to answer their
questions about users and design directions based on projects needs, goals and constraints; conducting user research,
identifying pain points, developing user profiles and creating task lists; contributing to requirements and design
documents; collaborating on paper and functional prototypes; running usability tests, conducting interviews and
site visits, organizing surveys, and performing other usability assessments as appropriate; and helping teams
interpret and understand user feedback, and providing input for design decisions based on that feedback. Education and Experience: Masters degree or higher (or foreign education equivalent) in
Human Factors, Human Factors in Information Design, Cognitive Science, Engineering, or Applied Psychology and two
(2) years of experience in job offered or two (2) years of experience in web-based content management and planning and
designing web-based Information Architecture. OR Bachelors degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Human
Factors, Human Factors in Information Design, Cognitive Science, Engineering, or Applied Psychology and six (6) years of
experience in job offered or six (6) years of experience in web-based content management and planning and designing
web-based Information Architecture. Special Requirements: Demonstrated expertise conducting user research and usability
assessments, including gathering user requirements, conducting heuristic evaluations, and interpreting
and analyzing user feedback using UX methods -- surveys, A/B testing, and affinization; and performing
qualitative and quantitative usability testing. Demonstrated expertise performing high and low fidelity
prototyping to inform design decisions that address user requirements using Adobe Illustrator or Axure according to UI
design principles. Demonstrated expertise developing user friendly visual
representations of data sets; and defining and developing user-centered content standards for employee education and
compliance. Demonstrated expertise managing web-based content and design
projects, including scoping and defining technical requirements and architecture and executing
user-centric designs. [Expertise may be gained during Graduate program.] For the position listed above, interested candidates may search
by job code 23453 for specific job details and requirements and apply online on the Careers Page at
http://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs
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