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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs.org.uk/hci/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Usability Engineer - K-12 Education > > Microsoft is seeking an experienced usability engineer to work on our > expanding offerings that support K-12 education. The position provides > the opportunity to work in the early stages of product definition and > design. This product is intended for users who develop curriculum for > school districts and states. It will help store, retrieve, and share > curriculum content modules through the internet and will be an information > repository for administrators and teachers with storage and search > capabilities. > Responsibilities include: planning collaborative design efforts with > customer partners designing and conducting usability tests, and providing > ongoing design consulting to the product development team. You will be > joining a group of 13 usability engineers. > Qualifications: Undergraduate and advanced degrees in psychology, human > factors, or instructional design. In addition, the successful candidate > will have at least 2-3 years industry experience on software products. > Candidates should have a working knowledge of methods for gathering > usability data and effectively communicating these results to development > teams. Experience in secondary education and/or computer-supported > collaborative work is a plus. Must be self sufficient and capable of > leading the usability effort for a major product. Also, must have > excellent oral and written communication skills. Preference will be given > to candidates who are experienced collecting field data and converting it > into design recommendations using methods > like Contextual Design. > > If you are interested in applying for this position, please email your > resume to [log in to unmask] in ASCII text or attached as a Word > document. Please indicate N142u-0899 in your mail. Thank you. > > > suzanne evans > microsoft corporation > > [log in to unmask] > (425) 703-6501 > Microsoft Website: http://www.microsoft.com/jobs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci/ ~~ ~~ archive.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%