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User Experience Consultant for Conchango (No 3 in Top 100 NMA)

• Company:
  Conchango (Bima Member)
• Posted:
  18th Apr 2008
• Location:
  London, Egham and Client Sites
• Salary:
  Attractive Salary + Bonus + Full Benefits + Training
• Contract Type:
  Permanent
• Start Date:
  ASAP
• Duration:
  Permanent
• Ref:
  BIMA/UE

Key Skills

user experience, usability, ue, ia, information architect

Details

Established in 1991, Conchango has an impressive list of blue chip & international brand clients including M&S, Tesco, Boots, HMV, Lloyds TSB, Bank of Ireland, Kensington Mortgages, Chevron, Virgin Mobile & Virgin Atlantic to name a few. Conchango provides clients with competitive advantage by helping them improve business results through innovative use of technology.

Job Summary

This role will provide the opportunity to work in a fast moving, creative & challenging environment building world class interactive digital solutions. This person will typically be working as part of a multi-skilled team including project management, strategic, technical & creative design personnel looking at all aspects of the solution.

We need people that passionately believe that the end user should be placed at the core of the project universe. That person will be able to relate & engage the end users on all projects, encouraging honest & realistic input & feedback on legacy systems, concepts, designs & prototypes.

We need people that can, & will, think on their feet. This person is happy to be exposed to new industries & business situations. This person is refreshed & excited by the challenge of an exponential learning curve.

On a daily basis you will be expected to produce quality work that pushes the boundaries & decisions that you are required to make may not be covered by a detailed chapter in a guru’s lifestyle brochure. You will need to be capable of creating an experience that meets & exceeds the rule of best practice but also creates a new & improved benchmark for our others in our industry.

We need people that can ‘walk the walk’ & ‘talk the talk’ with the smartest marketing executives & technology specialists. This person will need to understand & sympathise with technical boundaries but is able & willing to think outside of these constraints; pushing & driving the entire team to design, develop & deliver a truly satisfying user experience.

Duties

• User Experience Expert - able to design the information architecture & user interaction for complex & highly branded interactive digital solutions.
• Client facing - able to communicate effectively at a high level in client organisations, be able to document & present work on their own.
• Strong project skills - able to put together presentable user & process flows & wireframes & to contribute to other project documentation such as functional specifications.
• Excellent end user interaction - able to work with end users in test or interview environments to carry out research, or testing on paper or working prototypes.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Experience in the field, or a formal background in one or more of the following;
o Cognitive Psychology
o User Interaction Design
o HCI & Usability Principles
o Ergonomics
o Research or Testing Methodologies
• A great track record and a passion for creating digital experiences
• A detailed understanding of the principles, techniques & legislation associated with accessibility of interactive media
• An excellent understanding of the technology required to build interactive applications on the web or other media
• An understanding & empathy with branding & marketing

Desirable Skills

• Experience in the Retail, CPG, Financial Services or Energy market
• Detailed understanding of RIA technologies
• Knowledge & experience of internet trends
• Knowledge of UML

Required Competencies

• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• To be able to establish rapport & good working relationships with clients
• Ability & willingness to learn new technologies
• Good documentation skills
• Team player
• A “can-do” attitude
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise
• Travel throughout the UK is an integral part of the job as you will be working on customer sites during elements of each project

Training
Conchango provides formal training for its consultants within a career development programme. Formal training is provided on a highly customised basis & the best trainers and thought leaders are bought in from around the world to provide the best training possible in their discipline. Courses are tailored heavily around project needs & an individual’s career plan. All consultants are provided with relevant training, which may be course-based, online, book based or workshop ba

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