Position: User Experience Research Student Internship

Description:
The Lotus User Experience group (IBM) is seeking a User Experience Research student intern to work locally in Research Triangle Park, NC. The length of time for the internship is beginning Summer through the end of 2010 (with potential option for extension). A Spring start date is preferred. The Lotus User Experience Research team seeks to understand the voice of the customer to answer high-risk design and business questions using traditional and nontraditional research methods. The qualified candidate must be enrolled in a Human Factors (or related) graduate program and pursuing an advanced degree (Masters/Doctorate). A thorough understanding of HCI and research methods is required and usage/understanding of social media is desired.

Send resumes to Brian Utesch at butesch@us.ibm.com. Follow up interviews will be scheduled for candidates who best fit the requirements of the position.

Job: Software and User Experience Developer

We’re looking to fundamentally change the transit status quo by placing helpful technology in the lives of riders around the world. To do that we need a top developer to spearhead a new development project that will seek to build a cutting edge community focused transit site.

Working with others at TransLoc, you will build this new site from the ground up by creating the architecture and interaction models that define the daily experience of thousands of users, and then implementing them. A major component of your work will be to focus on the user experience of the web application, primarily focusing on the usability and user interface of the site but also working on the visual design. You will also be responsible for the architecture of many aspects of the software and will code many of the components.

In short, you will be responsible for developing our new product, from concept to delivery.

Required skills include

Experience designing web applications (in a software architecture sense)

* Experience with scalable architectures
* Actionscript 3 with Flex
* Python 2.4+ and Django
* MySQL (for content storage and retrieval)
* Standards-compliant HTML & Javascript
* Strong working knowledge of user experience (UX) design (schooled or self taught), including familiarity with
* Interaction models, usability and user interface design
* Wireframes, mockups and prototyping

Ideal applicants will also have

* An eye for good visual design
* Familiarity with community driven sites and especially crowdsourcing
* Experience with PHP

If this sounds like you we’d love to hear from you. Please send your resume and a brief description of related projects you recently worked on with sample designs (screenshots, wireframes, mockups, etc.) and the thought process behind them to work@transloc.com.

We are seeking candidates with immediate availability.

About TransLoc

At TransLoc we have set the stage for best-in class web access to real-time transit information, helping thousands of riders in their daily commute. For the past several years transit riders have come to depend on our system for a safe, comfortable and convenient wait for the bus. We’ve quickly become a leader in the field but we know our impact on riders can be even greater.

We are growing rapidly and we’re looking for the best talent to enhance our current service and to pursue new projects. Working with us can offer you an uncommon opportunity to

* build next-gen internet apps
* play with real-time data from hundreds of moving vehicles
* make stuff that impacts riders every single day
* lead projects

Everyone here has genuine enthusiasm for public transit and its role in shaping the future, and we encourage the same in all applicants. At TransLoc we foster independent thinking and creativity, so we value strong time management and an openness for active collaboration in our startup environment.

We’re located in downtown Raleigh, on Moore Square. All applicants must be willing to work from our office.