User Experience Manager

by on October 24th, 2008

User Experience Manager
Position Details
Job Title: User Experience Manager
Department: Products & Marketing
Reports to: VP Products & Marketing
Location: Amsterdam HQ

About eBuddy

eBuddy created the world’s first, independent, web browser-based instant messaging service in 2003. Its patent-pending technology enables more than 15 million monthly global visitors with AOL, Google Talk, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo Messenger accounts to chat in one interface on their computer and mobile phone. eBuddy is a privately held, Amsterdam based company backed by Prime Technology Ventures and Lowland Capital Partners.

Job Description

We’re looking for a full-time User Experience Manager for our Amsterdam office. You will work on the interactive behaviour, visual appearance, and assistive capabilities of our groundbreaking products. You will work as a core member of the Product Team to create a great user experience through design and research. The Product Team is a cross-functional group of people comprised of Marketers, Business Intelligence Specialists and Product Owners who together shape the future of all eBuddy products.

You love figuring out what motivates people across the Globe to use applications and products, you understand how to create the most simple but effective optimized user experience – and then don’t stop until the implementation meets your high standard of quality. You will work in close cooperation with the Product Owners in a creative process to identify, conceptualize and optimize new functionalities, features and products. As this is a team-effort, you are open to discuss your designs to reach the ultimate goal of enlightening the end-user. During the development of our products, you are available for the development team to optimize the user experience.

Responsibilities:

Developing, executing and analyzing User Experience research
Help create innovate software product experiences that meet business, project, and design goals.
Set up, maintain and analyze User Experience measurements
Create wireframes, prototypes and application flows for the development department
Help develop and guard the eBuddy Identity both online & offline
Advise internally on user experience design matters

Skills:

You have completed a study relevant to User Experience
You have at least 2 years of experience in a similar company
You strive for the highest possible quality of work
You are creative, result driven, and communicative; you can persuade and motivate people
Deadlines do not scare you
You master the English language in speaking and writing
You can use Illustrator, Photoshop and Flash
You have a basic understanding of Javascript, CSS and XHTML

We offer: