Imagine working on a campus ranked among the top leading research universities in the United States.  Imagine working with a team of IT professionals who develop the best technology innovations in higher education.  UCSD's commitment to excellence has resulted in national recognition for both our technology solutions and our management philosophy.  Individual integrity, mutual respect and trust comprise the foundation for our success.

This position will lead the definition of user interface design - the visual layout, presentation and information flow- for UC San Diego web applications/services developed by Administrative Computing & Telecommunications (ACT).

Responsibilities include:

• Working with campus-wide committees to address UC San Diego-specific needs to ensure user interface strategy compliments and is compliant with publication and other institution-specific content standards/conventions.
• Analyzing, developing and maintaining design methodologies (i.e. guidelines, documentation, libraries) based on standards (ISO, W3C, Section 508) to promote best practice, consistency, and streamline development.
• Participating in the application development process, fulfilling design requirements and introducing efficiencies to streamline the development process.
• Gathering functional requirements as part of multidisciplinary teamwork (i.e. work with clients, project teams, developers and toolset) to ensure that constituent needs are met and that user-centered aesthetically pleasing design and navigation is achieved.
• Developing solutions and providing teams with design specifications, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes.
• Making formal and informal presentations to management outlining research and recommendations.

Qualifications:

• B.S. or B.A. degree and a minimum of three to five years in User Interface Design, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction or like field.
• Experience in user-centered design demonstrated knowledge of web design skills, web architecture principles and familiarity with web accessibility norms, guidelines including standards (ISO, W3C, Section 508 ADA).
• Experience using graphics and prototyping software ability to prototype the visual layout of web-based applications including the interaction between visual interfaces and web-based applications/ services.
• Understanding of Internet technologies, including web tools and third-party applications (typical tools and technologies: JavaScript, AJAX, .NET, Flash, HTML, XML, SSL, CSS and others) proficient with HTML and HTML editors.
• Experience writing design specifications from which programmers develop user interfaces for web- based applications/services experience in written and verbal communications that express complex or technical content in understandable terms.
• Demonstrated leadership and skill in effective verbal communication.
• Experience with the software development process, including requirements gathering, analysis and design, selection of tools and techniques, release and version control and testing methodologies.

Special conditions of employment:

• Background check required

If your experience and skill-set matches this opening, please send your resume and a cover letter to: actjobs@ucsd.edu specifying the job title and job number in the subject line. We are looking forward to hearing from you soon.