User Experience / Interface designer position available at Tk20, Inc.

[Melissa Garland]

Tk20, Inc is an industry-leading provider of assessment and accreditation solutions for colleges and universities across the United States. Our educational software delivers a comprehensive set of tools, including a sophisticated reporting system, to support increased visibility of program activities and promote unit improvement. The success of this fast-growing company stems both from the quality of the application and from the expert guidance provided to customers to ensure comprehensive adoption and ongoing utilization of the system.

Tk20 is based in Austin, TX and is looking to hire an User Experience/ Interface Designer responsible
for creating wireframes and coding HTML mock-ups of our web-based software. The ideal candidate will understand user-centered design (UCD) methodology and best practices and will be able to translate the requirements gathered by Product Consultants into an interactive prototype. He or she will also have a basic understanding of web accessibility guidelines.

Responsibilities:

• Gather business, interface and data structure requirements for interactive Web and Mobile applications.
• Collaborate with the development and product teams to control product look-and-feel across all products and to ensure the best user experience.
• Prepare interactive mock-ups
• Produce project deliverables such as mock-ups, wireframes, and user-interface elements.
• Create and maintain design style guide across all company’s products.
• Participate in usability testing.
• Develop, document and employ user interface best practices and interaction patterns.

Requirements:

• Online portfolio with samples of previous software interface design
• Experience with heuristic analysis and usability testing processes.
• Ability to multi-task
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and cross-browser compatibility issues

Bonus Skills:

• Knowledge of Javascript and jQuery or other javascript libraries
• Knowledge of progressive enhancement design techniques
• Thorough understanding of web accessibility standards and requirements
• Knowledge of WAI-ARIA

[Melissa Garland]

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