Job openings/Interaction Designer (project)

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Job Title

Interaction Designer

Employment Duration

February 15, 2009 to April 16, 2010

About the Wikipedia Usability Initiative

The Wikipedia Usability Initiative was realized by a grant from the U.S.-based Stanton Foundation. The goal of this initiative is to measurably increase the usability of Wikipedia for new contributors by improving the underlying software on the basis of user behavioral studies, thereby reducing barriers to public participation. This position is part of the program team for the initiative.

For more information, please see the press release.

Job Purpose

The core responsibility of the Interaction Designer is to bridge the gap between potential contributors and MediaWiki software by identifying the obstacles of editing Wikipedia, and providing the interactive design which makes editing intuitive and self-explanatory in order to promote contributions by new users.

Reports to

Program Manager

Job Summary
  • Lead strategic design effort of the usability project by identifying obstacles by leading user studies
  • Interpret the behavioral data obtained from the usability studies to create effective work flows utilizing storyboards and mock-up designs
  • Implement new designs in collaboration with the technical team
  • Plan and conduct user tests, and summarize the results
  • Collect early user feedback from the Wikipedia community and obtain consensus
  • Collaborate effectively with the technical team to deliver the final products
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Information Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, or similar experience
  • 5 Years experience as a key member of a UI team participating in the complete product development lifecycle of several successfully launched web and/or software applications
  • Experience in conducting user testing and research, and understanding of how to leverage user research effectively
  • Outstanding design skills including screen layouts, information design, and product design, and must have a great eye for detail
  • A refined ability to innovate and visualize concepts
  • Experience with HTML and CSS
  • Knowledge and/or experience with JavaScript and PHP a big plus
  • An understanding of internationalizing and localizing software products a big plus
  • Familiarity with wiki software a plus
  • Knowledge and experience in mass collaboration and/or wiki projects
  • The ideal candidate will be creative, highly motivated, and able to operate effectively in multiple cultural and language contexts.

Please provide a link to your portfolio in your application.

About the Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a US-registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible non-profit charity dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's 10 most visited websites, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikinews and the Wikimedia Commons media repository. The organization has received numerous honors for its work, among them the Webby Award, the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica, the Japan Advertisers Association's Web Creation Award and the World Technology Award in Communications Technology.

The Wikimedia Foundation was created in 2003 to manage the operation of Wikipedia and its sister projects and is based in San Francisco, California. It currently employs 33 staff members. Wikimedia is supported by local chapter organizations in 27 countries or regions.

Apply

Please send a CV and cover letter to jobs(at)wikimedia.org before January 25, 2009. Please put the position title (Interaction Designer) in your subject line.

Applications that do not include a cover letter will not be considered. This position will be filled in February 2009. We will probably not reply to any candidates prior to February, so please do not interpret our silence as a lack of interest.

Please copy and paste the text of your CV into the e-mail, in addition to attaching the file.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we regret that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

San Francisco, CA. Due to the nature of this grant, we are only able to consider local candidates at this time.

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