March UX Meetup – March 8, Wilde Roast Cafe, 6-9 PM

Please join us for the next Twin Cities UX Meetup on Monday, March 8.

First, we’ll discuss the Interaction10 conference. Some TC UXers who went will offer their take on the big ideas that came out of it and how they can apply those ideas to their work. If you want to get a sense of what went on behind the #ixd10 hashtag, now’s your chance!

Then, after we talk, stay and play Social Mania, the new game from Christian Crumlish and Erin Malone, the authors of Designing Social Interactions. We have an early beta version in our possession—you can’t even buy this yet. Play with us, and you get to join a product team and design social products. You know you want to.

This special two-part UX meetup will run from 6 to 9 PM. Feel free to drop in for the parts you’re most interested in.

DATE & TIME
March 8, 2010 (2nd Monday of the month)
6-7:30 PM – Interaction10 talk
7:30-9 PM – Social Mania

LOCATION
Wilde Roast Cafe parlor room
518 Hennepin Ave. E. • Minneapolis, MN 55414
612.331.4544

UPDATE – Monday 3/8 – looks like we’ll need to postpone the Social Mania game, but the Interaction10 discussion is still on. See you there!

[JOB] Interactive Designer at Deluxe Corp

Deluxe Corp is looking for a print & web designer.

Here’s some key bullet points from their job description.

  • Design and produce Internet/web, landing pages, HTML emails and Flash projects
  • Presents wireframes, design concepts and rationale to management for all interactive projects
  • Works with creative and eMarketing team from initial concept to final deployment
  • Work with outside vendors on producing creative/interactive projects or digital assets
  • Highly proficient in Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, HTML, XHTML, Action Scripting and other Web applications dealing with coding (Mac/PC)
  • Proficient in InDesign and other print applications?Highly proficient in web development (Flash, CSS, JavaScript, XHTML)
  • Highly proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and other types of interactive applications
  • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Visio like products
  • Knowledge and experience in print applications’

More info in the full job description

UX Bookclub – Feb 8, 2009 6-8pm – The Web Content Strategists Bible by Richard Sheffield

Please join us for our next UX Book Club discussion Monday, February 8, 6-8 p.m. at Wilde Roast in NE Minneapolis.

We’ll be discussing a The Web Content Strategist’s Bible: The Complete Guide To A New And Lucrative Career For Writers Of All Kinds. The author, Richard Sheffield, will join via video-conference.

When reading the book, please write down your answers to these topics/questions and bring them with you — they will drive our discussion (yes, you can still join us if you haven’t read the book):

What did you like about the book?

What did you dislike or perhaps not understand?

Will this book influence how you work or think about work?

DATE & TIME
Monday, February 8
6pm – 8 p.m.

LOCATION
Wilde Roast Cafe
518 Hennepin Ave. E. • Minneapolis, MN 55414
612.331.4544

No January 2010 UX Meetup – ColdStart Instead

Apologies for the delay, our plans for the January UX Meetup have unfortunately fallen through – so we’ve decided not to fight it and instead, return in February (announcement post forthcoming).

But it’s winter in Minnesota – and you need to get out more – so come over to CoCoMSP the new collaboration and co-working space in Lowertown St. Paul on Monday, January 11th 7-9pm for the inaugural ColdStart Happy Hour.

ColdStart is an initiative – by Todd Emmel and me – bring together our local startup tech community more frequently and more informally.

RSVP at http://coldstart.eventbrite.com

December UX Meetup – December 14, 2009, Glueks, 6-8pm

The next Twin Cities UX Meetup will be Monday, December 14. We’re discussing how UX at an agency compares to in-house UX. Kevin Farner from Gomoll Research and Design will facilitate.

Ideas for topics might include:

Types of projects
Types of work —IA, content strategy, content development, SEO….
Project management approaches
Project teams
UX teams
Titles & roles
Timelines
Deliverables
Logging hours

DATE & TIME
December 14, 2009 (2nd Monday of the month)
6-8 p.m.

LOCATION
Gluek’s Restaurant & Bar – Backroom
16 N. 6th Street, Minneapolis
612.343.9790

[Job] Senior Product Manager Syncada (US Bank & VISA)

Syncada is looking for a Sr. Product Manager Job Description [doc]

This particular product manager manages all instances of user interface….

Responsible for managing the entire product lifecycle: building, launching and delivering products to market….

Develop detailed requirements document that specifies solution requirements and acts as the contract with development

5-7 years experience in Product Management and/or software design, preferably in the financial services or supply chain providers or proven success in financial process change management. Direct experience launching web-based products or services…

 Experience in software and product design, user interface design, storyboarding, focus groups, product requirements gathering and documentation. Track record of influencing the product development process through customer insights…

If those bullet point pique your interest – review the full Syncada Sr. Product Manager Job Description [doc] and apply.

[Job] Wanted to Social Media Strategist to Join Medtronic’s Global eMarketing Team

REQUIRED SKILL SETS:

Minimum of 10+ years web/online marketing and/or Agency experience, with minimum 3 years developing and directing online community and communications initiatives; experience on either client and agency sides a plus
Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business or a related field; MBA preferred
Proven track record in social media including blogging, blogger relations, podcasting or other means of evangelizing on behalf of a large enterprise

Expertise and in-depth knowledge of social media channels including but not limited to:

  1. Communication channels (e.g., blogs, internet forums, micro-blogging (twitter), social networking sites (e.g., Facebook, MySpace), event sites (e.g., Meetups))

    2. Collaboration Channels (e.g., Wikis, Digg, epinions)

  2. Multimedia / Sharing Channels (e.g., Flickr, YouTube)

    3. Successful track record in the development and integration of social media relations with traditional public relations outreach communications programs

for more info – contact vnauen@genesis10.com

[JOB] Worrell Needs a User Experience Designer

This is easily my 2nd favorite job posting ever on MNteractive.

“We are seeking a User Experience (UX) Designer…We want you to write the description for this position. For lack of a better term, we’ll call this a reverse job description. Your description should be perfectly tailored to you. This is your opportunity to inspire us.“

In addition to the reverse job description, there’s a few things they’re looking for – here’s the checklist:

  1. Write “UX 2009″ in the subject line of your email.
  2. Your reverse job description
  3. A cover letter
  4. A résumé
  5. A few relevant work samples
  6. A link to your website, if applicable

To get you started, I’ll take care of the first one for you

Mounds View: “A Lake That’s Seen Better Days”

A neighboring suburb’s struggles with branding and marketing made the front page of my neighborhood newspaper this week.

From the article “Mounds View continues discussing new tagline” by Kate Garlock, it sounds like a case of equal parts design by committee and crowdsourcing.

Both of which are fine, well-worn strategies and both have a significantly lower upfront price tag than the alternative – hiring a branding firm specialized in municipalities.

Seems to me the question is whether Mounds View is looking for a single all-encompassing solution that will serve the city well for years to come – or a quiver of potentially giggle-inducing, community-owned solutions.

The opportunity exists to pull off the latter. It will take as much commitment, organization, and leadership as going back to square one and bringing in the professionals.

Sevnthsin Looking for Backend Developer

Sevnthsin wants you…
if you’re a backend developer, that is. We’re looking to expand our team and want to meet enthusiastic, experienced backend developers looking to work with our fun, flexible team here at Sevnthsin.

http://jobs.sevnthsin.com