Triangle User Experience

Do you conduct searches that span across multiple days or weeks?

If so, we want to talk to you!

We are conducting a research study to learn about how people conduct searches for information on the Web that take place across multiple days or weeks and that involve collaborating with other people.

We are looking for people in three groups:

* UNC academic researchers (faculty, post-doc,
Ph.D. candidate – post proposal, research scientist)

* Corporate workers who have a business role that involves
searching for and sharing information

* UNC faculty and staff who have conducted on-going searches
for medical information for themselves or a family member

In order to qualify for the study, you must meet the following criteria:

* Be at least 18 years old
* Speak English fluently
* Be in one of the three groups listed above
* Have conducted on-going searches for information on a topic
across multiple days or weeks and shared the results of these
searches with collaborators (or with family members for
the medical information group)

The study consists of a questionnaire and an interview that will take about one hour.

For participating in the study, you will receive a $20 Visa gift card.

If you qualify and are interested in being in this study, please email:

uncwebstudy@gmail.com

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Teradata is looking for an expert JavaScript developer to join their Raleigh office. Teradata develops business applications inlcuding Customer Relationship Management and Demand Chain Management.

The developer is expected to have deep knowledge of Javascript and Ajax frameworks. Expert knowledge of available JavaScript libraries and frameworks is required.

Ability to work in an Agile Software Development Model is a plus. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously is desired.

Contact: alex.chapman@teradata.com with your resume.

Local company is looking for someone with the ability to design the user experience – from accessibility and navigation through accomplishment of key tasks.  Any UI or systems programming experience is a plus, but not required.  Package includes salary and equity compensation, family medical and dental coverage, and a 401(k).

Contact: Kendra Andrews (kandrews@hirenetworks.com)

Overview

Lulu is looking for a passionate User Experience designer who is detail oriented with strong product design and analytics skills to develop the most user friendly interfaces for our growing family of digital marketplace and print on demand products. You should be able to make creative decisions on the fly, think through product metrics, and collaborate with engineering and product groups to drive next generation of user interactions. As a User Experience designer for Lulu.com, you are a tireless advocate for the needs of our customers. Your job is to mold Lulu’s products and tools into finely-tuned, engaging experiences that are both engines of productivity and sources of delight. You are driven to understand business opportunities, use metrics to make decisions, have a fundamental grasp of Industrial Design principles and relish the challenge of designing solutions.  [apply online at Lulu's career site]

Responsibilities

• Work with product group, users, graphic designers, and our engineering teams to design and mockup screens, workflows and interactions.
• Participate in product brainstorming sessions and lead the user interfacing product design sessions from conceptualization to completion.
• Research competitive solutions and alternative designs
• Participate and assist with user testing and interpretation for your projects and other UX designs
• Document, communicate, cajole, evangelize and interpret new ideas and user needs across various parts of Lulu
• Use Ominiture and other metric platforms in the company to understand the key performance metrics of the product. Use these metrics to identify opportunity and to measure success of newly launched interfaces.
• Attend events to meet real, live lulu users and learn about their needs
• Build out quick mockups, and create new screens and workflows, and improve existing pages
• Contribute to User Interface standards and best practices at Lulu.

Qualifications:

• Believe in designing customer experiences, not just usable interfaces
• Strong background in industrial/product design and a good grasp over product metrics
• Comfortable working in a highly-collaborative work environment
• Ability to clearly communicate ideas and designs to both developers and business stakeholders
• Be comfortable with constructive criticism and leveraging it to make your designs better
• Familiarity with current trends in user experience design and the web, and an eye for for emerging trends
• Expertise in OmniGraffle, Visio, Photoshop, and other design tools
• A sponge-like brain that soaks up new ideas
• Solid background designing and developing usable consumer-oriented web-based interfaces
• Familiar with current trends in web development: AJAX, web standards, semantic HTML, etc.
• Working understanding of HTML/CSS/Javascript
• Strong visual design sense
• BS or MS in industrial/product/interface design or equivalent experience
• Strong online design portfolio, including wireframes, mockups, user flows, or other IA

Bonus Points:

• Experience in using site analytics to track site usage and define UX performance metrics
• A solid grounding in the foundational principles of product design and visual design
• Information architecture, industrial design, or other formal design background
• Experience with agile development practices such as XP and Scrum
• Expertise in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Familiarity with PHP, ActionScript, and/or Flex
• Familiarity with MVC-based web development
• Internationalization and accessibility experience
• Experience with usability testing, ethnography, contextual inquiry
• Technical writing
• Writing/blogging experience

We are currently looking for a JAVA UI DEVELOPER for an immediate hire in RTP, NC. If you have a through knowledge of front end Java development, then this is the position for you! The successful candidate will design, develop, and support graphical user interfaces for software solutions.

Other opportunities to contribute include:

Designing, developing, and writing complex and original software code, application dependent routines, and solutions deliverables
Providing support for released solutions and maintaining existing solution deliverables by making necessary changes
Exercising independent judgment regarding methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria as you work on multiple solutions concurrently
Performing development-level testing of entire solution, which includes verifying, tracking, and fixing “bugs,” as well as modifying solution design as necessary
Working with multiple operating systems and anticipating technical anomalies and enhancements for various environments
Transferring and verifying entire applications across multiple environments
Designing, developing, and ensuring the quality of various prototype and demonstration systems
Assisting with the writing of external and internal documentation

Essentials

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
5 years of programming experience in an applications development
Experience with the Java programming language
Web application development experience
Experience with user-interface frameworks such as Google Web Toolkit (GWT), Adobe Flex, Java Swing, and/or Eclipse SWT
Exposure to Service Oriented Architecture, specifically Web services
Knowledge of the Windows and UNIX operating systems and application/web servers

Additional

Experience with web-based reporting environments
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work independently as well as with a team
Ability to think analytically and to effectively communicate problems and fixes
Good problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Familiarity with relational database systems and SQL is a plus
Familiarity with master data management and data governance concepts

We work with the best companies in the Triangle – You should too.

The Select Group is the award-winning, full-service Triangle recruiting partner that’s redefining the recruiting process. We specialize in placing candidates in contract, contract-to-permanent, and permanent positions in technology (IT), engineering, sales, marketing and executive management.

We’re all about relationships. We take the time, the time to understand your skills, your work style, your employment preferences.

We believe in the perfect match: you and your job. Find the job you love and you’ll never have to work again.

The Select Group continues to be recognized nationally and locally as one of the most innovative, fastest growing companies in the region. Recent acknowledgements include Inc. 500, Best Places to Work, #1 Triangle Small Business, Top Technical Staffing Company, and Top Executive Staffing Company. We’re all about you – You talk. We listen.

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All interested candidates, please send your updated word resume to Elisha at Elisha@selectgroup-rtp.com today! We will be contacting all qualified candidates this week!

Senior Flex Developer with significant Object-Oriented Analysis and Development experience in an ASP (Application Service Provider) / SAAS (Software as a Service) environment. The ideal candidate will

Have proven abilities as Flex and ActionScript Developer
Demonstrate a strong programming basis in at least one other major OO language and enterprise application development environment such as Java(Java EE), C++/C# (.NET)
Possess proven knowledge of Object Oriented principles and design patterns
Have strong knowledge about RIA technologies, frameworks and tools
Previous experience creating Flex UI communicating through BlazeDS/LiveCycleDS with Java EE Application Less..
REQUIRED SKILLS

Technical

Detailed knowledge of Flex, ActionScript 3
5+ years of Java/C++/C# development experience in a commercial environment
Understanding of Object Oriented Analysis, Design and Programming concepts
2+ years Flex and ActionScript development experience
Strong UI development experience leveraging OO technologies, or high proficiency in Ajax/DHTML/JavaScript will be considered in lieu of Flex experience
Working experience with at least one of the following IDEs: FlexBuilder or Eclipse,
Working knowledge of SQL and working experience with a major RDBMS such as SQL Server or Oracle; SQL Server 2000/2005 preferred
Experience with XML technologies, including DOM, SAX2, XPATH and XSLT
HTML, DHTML, CSS, advanced JavaScript
Working experience in FlexUnit, JUnit, Ant, XDoclet and CVS/SVN (or other major revision control system), Bugzilla (or other defect tracking system)
Knowledge of Unix/Linux (shell scripting, common command line programs)
Soft skills
Ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders throughout the business and other team members, both verbally and in writing.
Ability to work independently and effectively in a fast-paced environment
Ability to independently develop a software module end-to-end.
Ability to work from both abstract requirements/specifications as well as well-documented functional specifications.
Experience and ability to work with and mentor junior programmers.

We work with the best companies in the Triangle – You should too.

The Select Group is the award-winning, full-service Triangle recruiting partner that’s redefining the recruiting process. We specialize in placing candidates in contract, contract-to-permanent, and permanent positions in technology (IT), engineering, sales, marketing and executive management.

We’re all about relationships. We take the time, the time to understand your skills, your work style, your employment preferences.

We believe in the perfect match: you and your job. Find the job you love and you’ll never have to work again.

The Select Group continues to be recognized nationally and locally as one of the most innovative, fastest growing companies in the region. Recent acknowledgements include Inc. 500, Best Places to Work, #1 Triangle Small Business, Top Technical Staffing Company, and Top Executive Staffing Company. We’re all about you – You talk. We listen.

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All interested candidates, please send your updated word resume to Elisha at Elisha@selectgroup-rtp.com today! We will be contacting all qualified candidates this week!