Position Description

The lab has recently received funding from the US government for a multi-year project to develop AI-driven data visualization tools and user interfaces for the exploration of large data repositories.  

 

Your responsibility will be to ensure that the user experience and user interfaces for our tools meet the needs of a broad community of scientists, clinicians, and other stakeholders. You will accomplish this by applying state-of-the-art user research techniques to elicit personas, use cases, and evaluation criteria. You will create wireframes and high fidelity user interface mockups. You will partner with the software developers and researchers on our team as well as national and international collaborators to accomplish our goals. You will also coordinate with the day-to-day work of other UI/UX designers on the team and develop processes and documentation for UI/UX design work in the HIDIVE Lab.  

 

We value diversity, creativity, and initiative in a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary work environment. The HIDIVE Lab has an international reputation for creating high impact data visualization tools and we are driven to solve the most challenging design and engineering problems in biomedical data science. We would love to have you on our team!

 

Typical Core Duties:

• Function as subject matter expert to frame, scope, and lead multiple interdisciplinary projects using a collaborative approach 
• Develop detailed UX specifications and documentation
• Develop and annotate user flows, journeys, and personas 
• Create intuitive interfaces and interaction layers using best practices, the latest web trends and all available tools to augment the user experience 
• Illustrate design ideas with clear storyboards, process flows, sitemaps, prototypes, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups 
• Create text content and images for digital screens 
• Ensure work delivery, including accurate estimation, time management, & communication 
• Manage multiple UI/UX design projects simultaneously in collaboration with developer lead, project lead, R&D manager, and the principal investigator 
• Represent the university internally and externally
• Abide by and follow the Harvard University IT technical standards, policies and Code of Conduct  

 

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ post-secondary education or relevant work experience

Working Conditions

Please note: As mentioned the work may be done fully or primarily remote with the expectation of overlap with working hours during 11 AM - 5 PM ET. 

Additional Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum of 3 years of UI/UX design work including user studies, user interface design, and evaluation  
• Master’s degree in a relevant field preferred but not required       
• Comprehensive knowledge of and hands-on experience with user interface and user experience research and design techniques       
• Knowledge of and hands-on experience with website analytics and analysis (e.g., Matomo and Google Analytics)    
• Expert knowledge of Figma or state-of-the-art user interface design tools       
• Strong graphic design skills and experience in creating visual identities     
• Hands-on experience with GitHub or other collaborative version control systems      
• Working knowledge of the web application development life cycle       
• Experience with IRB protocols for human subjects research    
• Understanding of basics of molecular biology and biomedical research is helpful but not required 
• Motivation for mentoring junior team members, interns, and trainees and collaborating with peers across multiple sites

Additional Information

This is a 12-month term appointment with the possibility of renewal contingent on funding.
The health of our workforce is a priority for Harvard University. With that in mind, we strongly encourage all employees to be up-to-date on CDC-recommended vaccines.
Please note that we are currently conducting a majority of interviews and onboarding remotely and virtually. We appreciate your understanding.
The Harvard Medical School is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.
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