Jobs
Naviscent seeks energetic, self-motivated, customer-centered-design-astute web designers, researchers, and developers to join our team. These roles demand confident, client-focused people who thrive in a high-energy environment. If you have the ambition to succeed here, please apply after reviewing each jobs’ requirements.
Naviscent is a dynamic and fast-paced company offering industry leading Web design and research services. These services include interface design, information architecture, visual design, usability research, market research and site development. Our success comes from the great people who work here. Our ability to keep on the cutting edge of research and design is critical to our client base of Fortune 1000 customers.
At Naviscent, we know that our company and our projects are only as good our people. Our work is always challenging and exciting, because we bring all of our knowledge and creativity to each client engagement. At the end of every project, our people get to see their design recommendations implemented and feel the satisfaction of seeing their hard work put to use.
Naviscent is looking for smart, creative, optimistic, and flexible people who thrive on success and enjoy working with a team. Everyone in our company sees the company’s success as their own success.
Naviscent is an equal opportunity employer and offers benefits including health, vision and dental coverage, as well as paid time off for sick and vacation days.
Please email your cover letter, resume and link to your portfolio to “Jobs AT naviscent.com”
| Position | Location | Number of open positions |
|---|---|---|
| User Interaction Designer | SF/Bay Area | |
| NYC | ||
| Usability Researcher | SF/Bay Area | |
| NYC | ||
| Project Manager | SF/Bay Area | |
| Visual Designer | SF/Bay Area | |
| NYC | ||
| Ethnographer | SF/Bay Area | |
| NYC | ||
| Business Development Manager | SF/Bay Area | |
| Market Researcher | SF/Bay Area | |
| Business Analyst | SF/Bay Area | |
| NYC | ||
| Flex RIA Developer | SF/Bay Area | |
Web Designer
Naviscent is looking for smart, creative, optimistic, and flexible people who thrive on success and enjoy working with a team. Everyone in our company sees the company’s success as their own success.
The position of Web Designer includes but is not limited to the following:
Responsibilities
- Design highly interactive medium- and high-fidelity Web browser-based and Flash-based prototypes to test design concepts
- Work closely with market and usability researchers to successfully meet project goals
- Provide input into client proposals, reports, and presentations
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Identify and secure new opportunities for revenue growth within existing accounts and new prospects
- Serve as team leader as appropriate
- Travel as required to complete assigned projects
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience in Web Application and Web Site Design
- EXTENSIVE Experience with the customer-centered design process
- Expertise in AJAX, XHTML, CSS, Javascript
- Adobe/Macromedia Flash and Flex experience a plus
- Proven knowledge of Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
- Ability to manage design projects
Visual Designer
Naviscent (www.naviscent.com) is a privately held web research and design consulting company. We are looking for smart, creative, optimistic, and flexible people who thrive on success and enjoy working with a team. Everyone in our company sees the company’s success as their own success.
Naviscent currently works on projects that require web research and/or design (development, usability, design, etc.) expertise. As a thriving, fast paced, consulting firm, we seek talented individuals who can work with clients on new user interfaces for web applications and web sites.
The position of Visual Designer includes but is not limited to the following responsibilities:
- Design very highly polished, clean and compelling visual interfaces for Web sites and Web applications
- Work closely with market and usability researchers to successfully meet project goals
- Provide input into client proposals, reports, and presentations
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Identify and secure new opportunities for revenue growth within existing accounts and new prospects
- Serve as team leader as appropriate
- Local travel as required to complete assigned projects
Successful candidates will meet most if not all of the following:
- 5+ years experience in Visual Design for web applications
- Experience with the customer-centered design process
- Bachelors or Masters in Fine Arts degree
- Proven knowledge of Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
- Ability to manage design projects
Project Locations: San Francisco/Bay Area
Tax Terms: 1099 or W2
Keywords: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, web, visual design, project management, contractor, consultant, freelance, telecommute, virtual, San Francisco, Bay Area
Interaction Designer
Naviscent is looking for smart, creative, optimistic, and flexible people who thrive on success and enjoy working with a team. Everyone in our company sees the company’s success as their own success.
The position of Interaction Designer includes but is not limited to the following:
Responsibilities
- User Experience audits and evaluations
- Concept generation and modeling
- Site Structure definition
- Process flow generation
- User profiling and scenario generation
- Wireframe design
- Solution prototyping
- Written and verbal communication
- Team leadership
- Group facilitation
- Estimations for proposal and project execution purposes
- Presentation of concepts and progress to clients
Qualifications
- BA/BS in design related field
- 5+ years experience in interaction and information design
- EXTENSIVE Experience with the customer-centered design process
- Visio (or Omnigraffle) and Dreamweaver experience required
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
- Able to effectively lead a project team to successfully complete the project’s objectives
- Proven knowledge of various research tools
- Experience in new business development and proposal writing desired
- Ability to design and manage usability research projects
Usability Researcher
The position of Usability Researcher includes but is not limited to the following:
Responsibilities
- Perform heuristic site evaluations
- Plan, direct, coordinate, and execute usability research projects to successfully meet project goals
- Recruit research participants and schedule research activities
- Prepare client proposals, reports, and presentations
- Conduct advanced analysis of quantitative and/or qualitative data
- Demonstrate knowledge of clients’ industry issues in order to provide expertise
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Serve as team leader as appropriate
- Travel as required to complete assigned projects
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree or PhD Preferred
- 5+ years experience in usability research
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
- Able to effectively lead a project team to successfully complete the project’s objectives
- Proven knowledge of various research tools
- Experience in new business development and proposal writing desired
- Ability to design and manage usability research projects
Research Project Director
The position of Research Project Manager includes but is not limited to the following:
Responsibilities
- Plan, direct, coordinate, and execute market or usability research projects to successfully meet project goals
- Take responsibility for, and manage, primary client interface with and emphasis on project execution
- Prepare client proposals, reports, and presentations
- Conduct advanced analysis of quantitative and/or qualitative data
- Demonstrate knowledge of clients’ industry issues in order to provide expertise
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Identify and secure new opportunities for revenue growth within existing accounts and new prospects
- Serve as team leader as appropriate
- Travel as required to complete assigned projects
Qualifications
- MBA Preferred - BA/BS in Marketing or related field required
- 7+ years experience in primary market research
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
- Able to effectively lead a project team to successfully complete the project’s objectives
- Proven knowledge of various research tools
- Experience in new business development and proposal writing desired
- Ability to design and manage market and/or usability research projects
Market Researcher
The position of Market Researcher includes but is not limited to the following:
Responsibilities
- Conduct quantitative market research studies
- Plan, direct, coordinate, and execute research projects to successfully meet project goals
- Source research participants and schedule research activities
- Manage statistical analysis
- Conduct advanced analysis of quantitative and/or qualitative data
- Prepare client proposals, reports, and presentations
- Demonstrate knowledge of clients’ industry issues in order to provide expertise
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Serve as team leader as appropriate
- Travel as required to complete assigned projects
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree or PhD Preferred
- 5+ years experience in market research
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
- Able to effectively lead a project team to successfully complete the project’s objectives
- Proven knowledge of various research tools
- Experience in new business development and proposal writing desired
- Ability to design and manage usability research projects
Flex RIA Developer/Software Engineer
Naviscent (www.naviscent.com) is a privately held web research and design consulting company. We are looking for smart, creative, optimistic, and flexible people who thrive on success and enjoy working with a team. Everyone in our company sees the company’s success as their own success.
Naviscent currently works on projects that require web research and/or design (development, usability, design, etc.) expertise. As a thriving, fast paced, consulting firm, we seek talented Flex Developers who can work with a clients on their new on-demand applications.
Successful candidates will meet most if not all of the following:
Project Locations: San Francisco/Bay Area, NY metro area
Tax Terms: 1099 or W2
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Keywords:
User-experience, UI, web application, on-demand application, SaaS, ASP, software, Flex, Flash, Java, Actionscript, MXML, rich internet application, RIA, Flex Effect, Flex skins, Flex CSS, contractor, consultant, freelance, client, telecommute, virtual
Ethnographer
The position of Ethnographer includes but is not limited to the following:
Responsibilities
- Conduct ethnographic research to deepen customer insight and define new areas for innovation
- Recruit research participants and schedule research activities
- Conduct ethnographic research including interviews, observations and video ethnography
- Analyze data using standard qualitative methods, including drafting fieldnotes, coding data and developing thematic narratives
- Develop models and frameworks that communicate patterns, processes, regularities and meanings observed in user research
- Work with project teams to develop design concepts and user scenarios
- Report research results through project briefs, story boards and PowerPoint presentations
- Participate in the development of new research methodologies
- Help to develop a general understanding of user research among various product designers, engineers and other non researchers
Qualifications
- Master’s or higher degree in a related field (anthropology, sociology, social psychology)
- 3+ years field research experience
- Expertise in ethnographic research
- Ability to translate raw findings into strategic and/or product insights
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
- Ability to work with interdisciplinary team members.
Business Development Manager
You have the opportunity to develop new business for a rapid growth web research and design consulting firm. As a Business Development Manager for Naviscent, you will be marketing usability research; market research; interaction design; development services to F1000 companies. Though the possibilities are unlimited, this job isn’t for everyone. The successful candidate will be a new business developer; as well as, part strategist, evangelist, and interactive solutions consultant.
To be successful, you need to have a passion for customer centered design. Naviscent is looking for someone with sales/account experience at an agency who knows how to combine technology and creativity to deliver solutions. When you’re not meeting with new clients and presenting them with the most innovative online design and development options, you’re working to cultivate and grow existing accounts. To do this, strong team skills will be essential. You also need a proven, successful track record; self motivation and a drive to not only succeed but to deliver the best work possible
Naviscent is a privately held web research and design consulting company. We are looking for smart, creative, optimistic, and flexible people who thrive on success and enjoy working with a team. Everyone in our company sees the company’s success as their own success.
