Job: Usability Analyst
Usability Analyst - 08001868
SAS Institute, Inc.
Job Description
As a world leader in business intelligence and analytics software, SAS is seeking to expand its usability community. You will contribute as a senior member in this community, which prides itself on a strong user-centered design philosophy. With the support of your usability colleagues, as well as development and product management, you will translate sets of requirements for web and/or rich client applications into highly usable screen designs and flows by
• Gathering user data by employing the methodologies of task analysis and participatory design, by using data from surveys and focus groups, and by obtaining additional information about users from your usability, development, sales, and product management colleagues
• Teaming and collaborating with the UI community to generate design solutions and ensuring consistency within and across products
• Involving the development team in the design process to ensure that solutions can be implemented
• Working with product management to validate designed functionality
• Interactively testing your designs using low- and/or high-fidelity prototypes
• Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data and presenting findings and recommendations to the product team
• Generating and maintaining UI specification documents
• Performing other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Essential
• Bachelor’s degree in human computer interaction or cognitive, experimental, or human factors psychology
• 8 years of experience in the design of web and/or rich-client applications
• 8 years of experience with user-centered design methodologies
Equivalent Essential
• Associate’s degree in related field plus 10 years of the stated essential experience
• High School Diploma plus 12 years of the stated essential experience
Additional
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to actively and enthusiastically collaborate with team members
Preferences
• Advanced degree in human computer interaction, cognitive, experimental, or human factors psychology, or a related design field such as product design or visual communications
• Experience with accessibility issues
• Knowledge of the Business Intelligence domain
Additional Information
To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.
The level of this position will be determined based on the applicant’s education, skills and experience.
Resumes may be considered in the order they are received.
To apply online, go to http://www.sas.com/jobs/USjobs/
