UI Engineer

DESCRIPTION:

Benetech is a non-profit social enterprise that develops technology to address pressing social needs. Today we build software and other technology for literacy, for human rights and environmental groups. We combine a social conscience with Silicon Valley’s talent to develop technology that has a lasting impact on critical needs around the world.  We are a technology company where social benefit, not profit, is the bottom line.

Benetech was founded 20 years ago and has 60 employees, most of which work out of our Palo Alto headquarters (walking distance from Caltrain and Stanford University).

Benetech’s flagship project, Bookshare, opens new doors for people with visual and reading disabilities. Bookshare is the world’s largest accessible library of scanned books and periodicals. Bookshare offers more than 60,000 books in its online collection and gives people who can’t read traditional printed books, access to a dramatically expanded world of information. You can think of Bookshare as Amazon.com meets Napster, meets Talking Books for the Blind – but legal! This project is funded by the U.S Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, to provide this service to all U.S. qualified students for free.

Benetech is seeking a part time User Interface Engineer who will play a critical role as a front-end designer & developer for Bookshare.org and other Benetech products and sites. The UI Engineer will design and improve the site information architecture, visual design and user interface controls in collaboration with Product Management and Engineering.

This is a part-time, freelance position, for up to 80 hrs/month, for 6 months.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Minimum of 5 years experience with web user interface design/development of consumer web applications and/or e-commerce sites.
  • Mastery of and passion for interaction design.
  • Demonstrated experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX libraries, cross-browser development practices and browser degradation strategies.
  • Experience with design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Visio, and Dreamweaver.
  • Experience rapidly building and testing UI prototypes – moving concepts into detailed wireframes, flowcharts, and mockups.
  • Bonus Points:
    • Experience with managing focus groups and user testing
    • Experience with dynamic template solutions, such as Freemarker.
    • Experience with implementation and use of web analytics products to guide site design.
    • Experience with SEO.
    • Understanding of accessibility issues and ARIA is highly desired.
    • Experience designing mobile user interfaces is a plus (e.g. iPhone or Android).
    • Experience/familiarity with agile development methodology, working with QA, familiarity with bug tracking systems (e.g. Jira), and experience with any brand of revision history management tool (we use Subversion).
    • Understanding of content management systems and integration within a dynamic web engineering environment.
    • Interpersonal Skills & Critical Success Factors.•Ability to manage multiple inputs and speak up when problems and questions occur.
    • Comfortable sharing ideas in a group of diverse people
    • Thorough documentation of technical work.
    • Prompt turn-around; able to make changes within 24 hours if necessary.
    • Meticulous, thorough with page edits and code changes.
    • Superb self-management skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with little supervision.
    • Driven to make a difference in society

Company: Benetech, Inc
Contact Information: To apply, submit your resume and a cover letter at http://benetech.jobscore.com. Please be sure to include a cover letter with your resume. Also include links to work you have done and specify what specific challenges you undertook.

URL http://www.authenticjobs.com/jobs/5188

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Full-time Customer Support Reps.

DESCRIPTION:

Come join the Ruby Lane team! We’re looking for a smart, talented individual who enjoys working in a flexible, interactive online atmosphere. If that’s you, read on:

Ruby Lane is currently looking to fill a full time, salaried, work-from-home Customer Support position. The ideal candidate is a self-starter, goal-oriented, self-disciplined, and has the ability to perform a variety of tasks working in a small, well established company.

Ruby Lane is the premier online source for Antiques, Collectibles, Fine Art and Jewelry, hosting over 2000 individually owned online sellers from around the world. In this niche market, we enjoy an excellent level of brand loyalty and rely on highly automated systems as part of our success. Our staff is spread out across the U.S. and in Europe, most of whom are virtual single-person satellites.

If you have the qualifications and would like to be considered for this position, please email your resume to the e-mail address below, by following the instructions at the bottom of the ad. We will respond to those submissions that most closely meet the required qualifications, which are listed below.

U.S.-based applicants must reside in one of these States: CA, FL, GA, IL, OK, PA, TN, TX. Applicants from the United Kingdom are also welcome.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Handle customer support questions and complaints via email, Live Chat Support and telephone.
  • Provide outstanding customer support with tact, impartiality and professionalism.
  • Other customer support related duties, as assigned.
  • Minimum of 2 years Customer Support experience, preferably in a Corporate, online environment.
  • Immediate availability.
  • Articulate, with strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to learn quickly and maintain a high volume workload in an organized manner.
  • Ability to multi-task and simultaneously work on a variety of assignments in a fast-paced environment.
  • Maintain a calm, professional demeanor at all times, and work well with others.
  • The successful candidate must be comfortable working solo (physically) from a single “satellite” location, in a “virtual office” as opposed to in a group setting.
  • Have above average computer skills, such as the ability to install and quickly become proficient with unfamiliar software.
  • Own a recent model PC platform computer (Windows XP or higher), or a recent model Mac, and have a functional, high speed Internet connection (Cable or DSL). The computer must not be shared, but dedicated to your own personal use. A cellular phone is also required.
  • Desire for long term employment and commitment.
  • Familiar with, and enjoy the dynamics of e-commerce.
  • Saturday hours (8 hours) are a requirement of the job. A day off during the Monday thru Friday working week will be made available.
  • Occasional business travel will be required.

If you have the above qualifications and you’d like to be part of our enthusiastic team, while working from the privacy and comfort of your home office, we invite you to contact us.

In the interest of efficiency and because of the varied word processing programs, please do not send your submission as an attachment to your email. Instead, please paste your resume and cover letter into the body of the email itself.

Resumes sent to the e-mail address below will be considered starting April 16, 2010.

Company: Ruby Lane
Contact information: jobs1ATrubylane.com (replace AT with @ when contacting this e-mail address)

URL: http://www.genuinejobs.com/jobs_detail.php?id=3783

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 Part-Time Medical Transcriptionist

DESCRIPTION:

WordZXpressed is a busy, well-established medical transcription company in Atlanta, GA, needing a part-time home-based MT (throughout the U.S.) with at least 1 year as a medical transcriptionist. Must be knowledgeable of names of medications. Multispecialty experience is helpful.

Flexible schedules. Good income potential based on production; hourly compensation during initial employment period. Benefits available to full-time employees. Only applicants meeting the experience requirements will be considered. No offshore applicants

REQUIREMENTS:

  • high-speed Internet (DSL or cable modem only), Windows XP, Vista, or Windows7, Word 2003 or Word 2007
  • Antivirus program with daily virus definition updates, a medical spellchecker, and an available USB port.
  • Recommended Computer Specifications: Pentium 4 equivalent or higher, 1GB RAM or higher (2GB+ recommended).
  • File Transfer Method: wav files via high-speed internet

Compensation: Competitive rate based on 65-character line plus spaces
Company: wordZXpressed, Inc.
Contact information: jobs@wordzx.com

URL: http://www.genuinejobs.com/jobs_detail.php?id=3784