NEW!!!! User Experience (UX) Designer -- Web 2.0 Collaboration Applications

Cisco Pulse is an exciting new product being incubated in Cisco's Emerging Technologies Group that plays a key role in Cisco’s Medianet and Enterprise Social Software strategy. Cisco Pulse helps companies harness the collective expertise of their workforce by making it quick and easy for employees to find the people and information they need to get their work done. We are seeking an outstanding UX professional that will drive interaction design and information architecture for our user centered design process. The candidate must be skilled at collecting Web 2.0 best practices internally and externally, distilling end user requirements in the form of vivid use cases and personas, and driving our user research activities.

The candidate must be a natural collaborator, bring a passion for elegant design, and be skilled at incorporating new and innovative technologies. Given Cisco Pulse is at the "start up phase" of its life cycle, employing an agile development model is extremely important. Candidates must quickly grasp complex issues, execute effectively under aggressive deadlines, and make data driven recommendations.

Responsibilities:
• Works closely with Product Management to distill market and product requirements into detailed use cases and interaction models
• Collaborates closely with engineering and visual designers to craft high fidelity wireframes and clickable prototypes
• Drives all usability testing and user research efforts associated with our user centered design process
• Act as a subject matter expert on the underlying information architecture of our application

Key Requirements:
• Requires BSCS or BA in Design plus 7-10 years related experience.
• Strong knowledge of Web 2.0 applications (Social Networks, Search, Tagging, Portals)
• A deep portfolio of work the demonstrates the ability to translate marketing requirements into compelling web applications
• 3+ years experience designing web applications (AJAX, Dojo, Flex, REST)
• Works effectively with limited supervision in a fast paced "start up" environment
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills

Preferred:
• Attention to detail and a good eye for aesthetics
• Experience leading cross functional teams