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<job>
  <company>Karsh Hagan</company>
  <company-url>http://karshhagan.com/</company-url>
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  <description>We are looking for a Senior User Experience Strategist to join our rapidly growing, highly collaborative advertising/branding/marketing agency to help craft interactive experiences that connect the sales process and loyalty loop for our clients.
 
At Karsh Hagan, we live by our motto (really): have fun, make money, do good work, and build our clients&#8217; businesses.
 
We are looking for a self-starter who can think big, sell ideas, and execute in a collaborative work environment. Someone who wants to mentor, teach, evangelize UX, and grow this position beyond the base expectations as the agency and client base also grows. 

 
If that sounds like you...let&#8217;s talk. @KarshConnect

 

 
Responsibilities:

 

* Lead discovery meetings, conduct client interviews, and gather requirements to help define the user experience

* Develop UX strategy, conceptual user experience, user personas, use cases, user stories, and overall content strategy

* Conduct research and analysis, usability audits, competitive audits and online focus groups

* Document the project through: click paths, site maps, content outlines, IA, wireframes, presentations and requirements

* Plan the entire user experience sales cycle from banners, to website, to member web apps, to mobile and social

* Play a key role in presenting to clients and internal teams

* Be a part of the overall team as a catalyst integrate the UX role into the businesses

* Aid account and project management teams to create proper documentation for project briefs

* Collaborate with the content team to develop the content for the overall experience

* Collaborate and mentor cross team members, specifically the creative team, to improve the overall quality of the work product

* Participate in project estimates and planning


 
Skills/Requirements:


 


* Expert in user centered design and design patterns

*  Solid knowledge of Omni Graffle, Visio, and Keynotopia

* Love of emerging technologies and the strategy behind them

* Must know user interface technologies, HTML, CSS, JS, JQuery

* Familiar with back-end technologies PHP, .net, MySQL, SQL, Ruby

* Familiar with mobile technologies, Phonegap, iOS, android

* Experience with testing methodologies, A/B testing and multi-variant testing

* Experience working in a fast past agency environment

* Understanding of web based software, CMS, web apps, CRM, social platforms

* Familiar with lead nurturing, decision tree development

* Solid understanding of social media technologies

* Expert in measurement strategies, Google Analytics, Site Catalyst

* 5+ years experience in UX and IA

* College level degree required,  BA in computer science, interaction design is preferred

* Great communications skills and presentation skills
</description>
  <id type="integer">1171</id>
  <instructions>Please send resume to:  employment@karsh.com</instructions>
  <location>Denver, CO</location>
  <title>Senior User Experience Strategist</title>
  <url>/jobs/1171</url>
</job>

