{"id":1458,"date":"2011-09-12T12:20:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T06:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2011-09-12T12:20:38","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T06:50:38","slug":"wanted-ux-researcher-espn-digital-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/wanted-ux-researcher-espn-digital-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted: UX Researcher for ESPN Digital Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re looking for a <strong>Contractor for 6 months<\/strong> (extendable). You get to work on various sports portals from the ESPN network of sites, including ESPNcricinfo.com, ESPNF1.com, and ESPNsoccernet.com. If you have a passion for sports and your profile matches the criteria below, <strong>write to<\/strong> sumank\/gmail<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essential functions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Play a role in developing the information architecture and interaction design of rich and complex interactive experiences on various platforms<\/li>\n<li>Articulate UX concepts and solutions through wireframes and prototypes of varying fidelity.<\/li>\n<li>Develop and document detailed user experience specifications for highly interactive designs.<\/li>\n<li>Will report to the ESPN Digital Media &#8211; EMEA UX team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Basic Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1-3 years in similar role<\/li>\n<li>Experience on front end \/ consumer driven web sites.<\/li>\n<li>Prepared to show documentation and portfolio of sites worked on.<\/li>\n<li>Should possess a firm grasp of web technology trends<\/li>\n<li>Excellent communication and inter-personal skills a must. The role requires engaging various team including Product, Design, Engineering.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Passion for sports<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Write to<\/strong> sumank\/gmail if you are interested!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re looking for a Contractor for 6 months (extendable). You get to work on various sports portals from the ESPN network of sites, including ESPNcricinfo.com, ESPNF1.com, and ESPNsoccernet.com. If you have a passion for sports and your profile matches the criteria below, write to sumank\/gmail Essential functions: Play a role in developing the information architecture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[170,169,207],"class_list":["post-1458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ux","tag-job","tag-jobs","tag-ux"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"jetpack-portfolio-admin-thumb":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Suman Kumar","author_link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/author\/suman-kumar\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"We&#8217;re looking for a Contractor for 6 months (extendable). 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