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Job type full-time
Full job description
As belkin’s ux manager, you will join an internationally renowned team of product creators, working closely with designers, engineers, and marketers with the ambition to make our products and services the most admired in our highly competitive industryOur team members must be detail-focused individuals with a knack for understanding people, a deep interest in how things are made, and a natural eye for the development of better user interactions, and a never-ending desire to learn.
As ux manager, you will help build a well-equipped team of experts for the belkin division, building on an existing core teamLeaning on our existing heritage in the smart home and networking space, you will be asked to focus primarily on our audio and the wemo brand of smart home products and keep a keen eye on the ux of all other belkin productsUsing user-centered design methods and iterative development, you and your team will seek to deeply understand and clarify the requirements from the perspective of our usersYou will collaborate proactively with the leaders of adjacent disciplines (e.g., industrial design and software engineering, branding/marketing, product management and sales, as well as external partners), to continuously improve the quality of our consumer touch points, to help our products to become the most admired in our industry.
Bring your ambitious curiosity, open mind, and the eagerness to question status quo constructively, and we reward you with deep insights into the entire life cycle related to our product development, business-driven decision makingYou will have the opportunity to work in a hybrid work-from-home + office role, including our in-house ux lab in our brand new, soon to-open el segundo headquarters.
Specific responsibilities include:
Manage belkin user experience (ux) design team to develop excellent and innovative productsThe team includes ux designers, user interface designer, user experience research and beta test coordinator.
Lead the team to achieve user experiences that support the consumer during purchase, setup, and use.
Lead the team to achieve experiences that are intuitive, enjoyable, and consistent across packaging, manuals, products, software, and supportCollaborate with adjacent teams including branding, marketing, industrial design, product management, engineering, quality, and customer advocacy.
Working with user interface and belkin’s creative team members, develop and evolve consistent interaction methods and look & feel, and drive the adoption of this standard.
Working with vp of design and program managers, plan for and track belkin ux projects, helping to ensure that project requests are prioritized and that deadlines are metWithin the ux group, assign projects and tasks to team members and monitor their progress.
Recruit, hire, manage, and mentor staffLead and develop designers on the user experience team.
Lead internal design reviews of ux projects and ensure cross-functional flow of information.
Manage independent contractors and outside design vendors.
Evangelize the benefits of good usability and user experience.
Improve and standardize the user-centered design methodologyUnderstand trends and best practices in the ux/usability world.
Seek a solid understanding of the company’s business objectives as communicated by senior management.
Further expectations :
Understand the marketplace, competition, industry, etcTo ensure optimal design value is achieved.
Support company’s affirmative action initiatives, providing equal opportunity to employees and candidates.
Uphold company’s affirmative action plan and make good faith efforts to achieve affirmative action goals and timetables.
Fulfill responsibilities under iso 9001 and 14001; understand and fully support iso system.
Maintain a safe and clean work environment.
Understand and follow company rules and regulations.
Perform all other duties as assigned and required.
Education and experience requirements:
Bachelor or master’s degree in interaction design, human factors, cognitive science, or related field.
5 to 7 years of related work experience within interaction design, user experience, and/or usability.
Demonstrated effectiveness in influencing optimal design outcomes in a variety of contexts.
Experience leading design reviews and design workshops.
Experience operating within product development processes, especially in consumer electronics, mobile, packaged software, or complex systems.
Additional qualifications:
Passion for user focus – you know that the best way to a great design is relentless user focusYou help teams do their best work by making it possible to collect the data needed to support sound, user-oriented decision making.
Rapid iteration – you make it easy for designers to try out their early work on real people and use the feedback to make a better prototype on the way to an awesome final design.
Team skills – you speak the languages of designers, researchers, engineers, businesspeople, and usersYou are collaborative, participatory, and inspire others to contribute.
Professional skills – you have strong written, verbal, and presentation skillsYou demonstrate care, vision, and planning in everything you do.
What you’re getting into
We’ve got big collaborative spaces for your big ideas, so bring an open mind and leave your suit in the closetWe all are committed to creating unique and rewarding consumer experiencesEveryone is interested in succeeding – for the team, for themselves and for the businessCross-functionally and across the company, everyone has common goals and aspires to be their best.
You will learn something new or at least look at things differently every dayThere are so many smart and creative people around that you’ll be motivated to pursue the ideal.
Team spirit is infectiousBelkin is an extremely open workplace, where communication is essentialNot every idea will be accepted, but you’ll be asked for your point of viewInnovation thrives on multiple and varied levelsAt belkin we challenge conventional wisdom and refuse to accept that something cannot be done.
We are committed to diversityBelkin is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer m/f/d/vWe maintain a drug-free workplace.
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Location:
Playa vista, california
