User Experience Designer
Job Reference: 20-07456
Type: Job Description: Tell us about your department:
The *** Health Squad is looking for a UX Designer to design transformative mobile and cross-platform experiences that help empower people to lead independent, healthier lives.
Project Description:
The Link App provides Caregivers peace of mind and allows Seniors to stay healthy and independent longer.
GreatCall Link keeps caregivers informed about the health and safety of senior family members that have a GreatCall device. It keeps them up-to-date about their loved ones helping them stay healthy, safe and independent.
Position Summary/Job Description:
Help to define the vision for *** health and wellness products and services
Be a key contributor to the product development process including market research, competitive analysis, journey-mapping, wireframing, prototyping and usability testing
Work with internal and external partner teams to align underlying technologies
Create and contribute UI components and design assets to ***s design system to share with stakeholder teams across the organization
Analyze the success of your solutions and iterate quickly on new ideas
Keep up with the rapidly evolving field of health and wellness user experience and consistently bring new ideas to the team
What are the top five skills and number of years of experience required to perform this job?
5-7 years of design experience - 2 year minimum of in-house (non-agency) design experience
Proven ability to formally present and articulate ideas effectively.
Current online portfolio with case studies or customer centric narratives.
End to end design process experience research ship.
Strong IA background with experience in process flows
What are some preferred/nice to have skills the manager is looking for?
Experience in the Health Care Industry
Native Mobile Application Experience
Self-starter who remains current with mobile trends, usability and standards along with the tools and techniques for online experience development.
Prescreening Questions: Must be submitted on resume, no exceptions!
Do you have any Case Studies or Presentations that show us your process in solving customer problems?
Interview Process Overview:
1st Round: 45 Min Screen with HM
2nd Round: 4 Hour Virtual Interview
o Portfolio Review
o Whiteboarding Exercise
o UX Deep Dive
o Meet with Product Management
Additional Job Requirements: Local Candidates Only (unless otherwise specified)
Hiring Manager ***
The *** Health Squad is looking for a UX Designer to design transformative mobile and cross-platform experiences that help empower people to lead independent, healthier lives.
Project Description:
The Link App provides Caregivers peace of mind and allows Seniors to stay healthy and independent longer.
GreatCall Link keeps caregivers informed about the health and safety of senior family members that have a GreatCall device. It keeps them up-to-date about their loved ones helping them stay healthy, safe and independent.
Position Summary/Job Description:
Help to define the vision for *** health and wellness products and services
Be a key contributor to the product development process including market research, competitive analysis, journey-mapping, wireframing, prototyping and usability testing
Work with internal and external partner teams to align underlying technologies
Create and contribute UI components and design assets to ***s design system to share with stakeholder teams across the organization
Analyze the success of your solutions and iterate quickly on new ideas
Keep up with the rapidly evolving field of health and wellness user experience and consistently bring new ideas to the team
What are the top five skills and number of years of experience required to perform this job?
5-7 years of design experience - 2 year minimum of in-house (non-agency) design experience
Proven ability to formally present and articulate ideas effectively.
Current online portfolio with case studies or customer centric narratives.
End to end design process experience research ship.
Strong IA background with experience in process flows
What are some preferred/nice to have skills the manager is looking for?
Experience in the Health Care Industry
Native Mobile Application Experience
Self-starter who remains current with mobile trends, usability and standards along with the tools and techniques for online experience development.
Prescreening Questions: Must be submitted on resume, no exceptions!
Do you have any Case Studies or Presentations that show us your process in solving customer problems?
Interview Process Overview:
1st Round: 45 Min Screen with HM
2nd Round: 4 Hour Virtual Interview
o Portfolio Review
o Whiteboarding Exercise
o UX Deep Dive
o Meet with Product Management
Additional Job Requirements: Local Candidates Only (unless otherwise specified)
Hiring Manager ***
Sr User Experience Designer
Job Reference: 20-07445
Type: As a UX Designer you will work with other designers, researchers, content strategists, product managers and engineers to develop and improve ***s products and services for millions of our customers worldwide, every single day.
You are like us if:
You are fluent in crafting experiences that work seamlessly across multiple form factors, applications, devices and platforms, from progressive web applications to native iOS and Android mobile apps
You choose the right tool for the right problem, fluidly moving through different stages of the process from sketching to low- and high-fidelity prototypes
You ground your work on research and data insights that help you understand customer needs, and then validate through testing
You put the customer at the center of your thinking, designs and solutions
You believe universal design is the best design, and design for people of all abilities
You believe that two-way feedback is a gift. You actively seek it from others and thoughtfully share it to continually raise the quality of the team and products we create
You think about design as a system, and both use and contribute to centralized pattern libraries and other shared resources as a way to influence both quality and efficiency for all our products
Requirements
Degree in a relevant field (HCI, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, etc.)
Portfolio demonstrating outstanding use of typography, color, imagery, grid systems, and well-crafted animation/transitions
Portfolio demonstrating sound product thinking through navigation, user flows, interaction design and information architecture
While not a requirement, we appreciate experience hand-coding HTML/CSS and JS and a fundamental understanding of responsive web design standard methodologies
You are like us if:
You are fluent in crafting experiences that work seamlessly across multiple form factors, applications, devices and platforms, from progressive web applications to native iOS and Android mobile apps
You choose the right tool for the right problem, fluidly moving through different stages of the process from sketching to low- and high-fidelity prototypes
You ground your work on research and data insights that help you understand customer needs, and then validate through testing
You put the customer at the center of your thinking, designs and solutions
You believe universal design is the best design, and design for people of all abilities
You believe that two-way feedback is a gift. You actively seek it from others and thoughtfully share it to continually raise the quality of the team and products we create
You think about design as a system, and both use and contribute to centralized pattern libraries and other shared resources as a way to influence both quality and efficiency for all our products
Requirements
Degree in a relevant field (HCI, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, etc.)
Portfolio demonstrating outstanding use of typography, color, imagery, grid systems, and well-crafted animation/transitions
Portfolio demonstrating sound product thinking through navigation, user flows, interaction design and information architecture
While not a requirement, we appreciate experience hand-coding HTML/CSS and JS and a fundamental understanding of responsive web design standard methodologies
Web Developer/Designer
Job Reference: 20-07369
Type: Duration:9-12 month(s)
Description/Comment:TITLE: Front End Developer / Tech Lead Level
Location: San Diego will begin remote, then move to on-site as sites open. Please do NOT submit candidates who are not local.
Target MAX Bill Rate: ~***/hr
Full JD Emailed - Contact Yoh if not received
What you'll be doing:
Lead a team of strong technology developers that work with researching and developing a diverse scope of technologies
Participate in defining, scoping and developing user experiences that delight the customer, create exciting new initiatives, solve interesting and unique problems, grow technical insight and collaborate across functional boundaries in defining architecture, APIs, and overall design
Work very closely with Product and Program Management team to create development goals, schedules, define key milestones and measurable metrics on projects and work with team to deliver on those by planning work for each sprint accordingly
Create technical epics/stories based on product requirements on projects and guide development team to deliver on time
Mentor junior software engineers and lead technical/architectural discussions within the team as well as key stakeholders and executives when needed build and lead others to see the vision
Implement best practices and coding standards of the project
Perform code reviews across multiple projects on various technologies
Identify risks and form contingency plans as soon as possible, with the PM at project level
Keep up-to-date with industry trends and developments
Report on project achievements/progress in meetings and deliver technical presentations to the relevant stakeholders
Keep a check on entire projects, lead end-to-end testing of the entire solution.
Work on constantly increasing the productivity of the team and inspire others to be creative problem solvers
MUST-HAVES
B.S. Degree in Computer Science, or related field is required. MS is preferred
10+ years of professional experience in engineering with a demonstrated track record of technical innovation
Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node, React, OOP, REST API and server-side development.
User interface development experience (e.g. Vue, Angular, Ruby on Rails)
You pick the right DB for the right time - experience with relational and NoSQL solutions on AWS.
Experience with a breadth of AWS services Infrastructure and deploying solutions using best practices (EC2, S3, Lambda, Cognito, SNS, SES, SQS, API Gateway, Docker, ElasticSearch, TerraForm, CloudFormation, Jenkins)
Experience creating system architecture and be able to speak to its pros/cons thoroughly
Be able to select appropriate technologies based on project needs
Ability to rapidly prototype and adjust in response to customer feedback
You should be very comfortable with both Linux-based and Windows environments.
You should enjoy researching information and digging deep to solve problems.
You should have a good breadth of knowledge and be comfortable in quickly bringing idea to solution.
Ability to make fast and informed decisions and work under pressure and aptly deal with ambiguity
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum Team
Experience with Git/GitHub and managing code on multiple branches is expected
Excellent technical, diagnostic, problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
Strong leadership and organizational abilities.
Excellent communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience on high volume/large data services
AWS certifications
Integration with any machine learning projects or research teams
Experience with video processing pipelines
Experience with 3D modeling, AI, AR/VR, Mixed Reality, Image sensing technologies, IOT is preferred
Experience with native mobile development (iOS/Android) is a plus
Description/Comment:TITLE: Front End Developer / Tech Lead Level
Location: San Diego will begin remote, then move to on-site as sites open. Please do NOT submit candidates who are not local.
Target MAX Bill Rate: ~***/hr
Full JD Emailed - Contact Yoh if not received
What you'll be doing:
Lead a team of strong technology developers that work with researching and developing a diverse scope of technologies
Participate in defining, scoping and developing user experiences that delight the customer, create exciting new initiatives, solve interesting and unique problems, grow technical insight and collaborate across functional boundaries in defining architecture, APIs, and overall design
Work very closely with Product and Program Management team to create development goals, schedules, define key milestones and measurable metrics on projects and work with team to deliver on those by planning work for each sprint accordingly
Create technical epics/stories based on product requirements on projects and guide development team to deliver on time
Mentor junior software engineers and lead technical/architectural discussions within the team as well as key stakeholders and executives when needed build and lead others to see the vision
Implement best practices and coding standards of the project
Perform code reviews across multiple projects on various technologies
Identify risks and form contingency plans as soon as possible, with the PM at project level
Keep up-to-date with industry trends and developments
Report on project achievements/progress in meetings and deliver technical presentations to the relevant stakeholders
Keep a check on entire projects, lead end-to-end testing of the entire solution.
Work on constantly increasing the productivity of the team and inspire others to be creative problem solvers
MUST-HAVES
B.S. Degree in Computer Science, or related field is required. MS is preferred
10+ years of professional experience in engineering with a demonstrated track record of technical innovation
Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node, React, OOP, REST API and server-side development.
User interface development experience (e.g. Vue, Angular, Ruby on Rails)
You pick the right DB for the right time - experience with relational and NoSQL solutions on AWS.
Experience with a breadth of AWS services Infrastructure and deploying solutions using best practices (EC2, S3, Lambda, Cognito, SNS, SES, SQS, API Gateway, Docker, ElasticSearch, TerraForm, CloudFormation, Jenkins)
Experience creating system architecture and be able to speak to its pros/cons thoroughly
Be able to select appropriate technologies based on project needs
Ability to rapidly prototype and adjust in response to customer feedback
You should be very comfortable with both Linux-based and Windows environments.
You should enjoy researching information and digging deep to solve problems.
You should have a good breadth of knowledge and be comfortable in quickly bringing idea to solution.
Ability to make fast and informed decisions and work under pressure and aptly deal with ambiguity
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum Team
Experience with Git/GitHub and managing code on multiple branches is expected
Excellent technical, diagnostic, problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
Strong leadership and organizational abilities.
Excellent communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience on high volume/large data services
AWS certifications
Integration with any machine learning projects or research teams
Experience with video processing pipelines
Experience with 3D modeling, AI, AR/VR, Mixed Reality, Image sensing technologies, IOT is preferred
Experience with native mobile development (iOS/Android) is a plus
Web Developer/Designer
Job Reference: 20-07368
Type: Duration:9-12 month(s)
Description/Comment:TITLE: Sr. Front End Developer
LOCATION: San Diego preferred / flexible
DURATION: 12 months expected
TARGET MAX BILL RATE: ~***/hr
We build engaging, innovative, user focused applications/prototypes for our end customers. Our engineers are helping to bring to life some of our next generation ideas and features. Some of our exciting and innovative solutions are based on technologies ranging from AI/Client, 3D, AR/VR, Volumetric Capture, Mocap, Android/iOS, UI/UX design to various Web technologies.
Responsibilities will include investigating and prototyping early technologies, defining and developing engaging user experiences leveraging those technologies, and testing the experience with internal and global teams from Sony Pictures, Sony Music, and Sony Professional Services and directly with consumers and business partners.
Were looking for an individual with an inquisitive and creative mindset, capable of foresight into disruptive industries and game-changing ideas, who is a quick and voracious learner, open minded, wants to follow best practices, and enjoys engineering creative solutions with good reliability and quality. Candidates should have a very good breadth of programming experience and be ready to apply their skills in any area - from JavaScript, working with AWS services, and proprietary system integration. Candidates should be comfortable with building software end-to-end to create quick, reliable, customer proof of concepts with the purpose to productize.
What you'll be doing:
This role is a software development position. Primary focus will be helping to define and create front end customer facing web platform that interacts with multiple cloud-based tools.
The development stack will vary based upon customer needs and product goals; thus candidate should have a good breadth of knowledge and be comfortable in quickly bringing idea to solution.
You will help to not only define the system architecture but to speak to its pros/cons thoroughly and welcome all input/changes.
Required Qualifications MUST HAVES
B.S. Degree in Computer Science, or related field is required. MS is preferred
5-7+ years of front-end development experience
Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node, React, OOP, REST API and server-side development.
User interface development experience (e.g. Vue, Angular, Ruby on Rails)
Experience with a breadth of AWS services Infrastructure and deploying solutions using best practices (EC2, S3, Lambda, Cognito, SNS, SES, SQS, API Gateway, Docker, ElasticSearch, TerraForm, CloudFormation, Jenkins)
You should be very comfortable with both Linux-based and Windows environments.
Experience with Git/GitHub and managing code on multiple branches is expected
Preferred Qualifications
Experience on high volume/large data services
AWS certifications appreciated
Integration with any machine learning projects or research teams
Experience with native mobile development (iOS/Android) is a plus
Experience using embedded boards like nVidia Jetson, Raspberry Pi, or equivalent.
Experience building reusable UX components or libraries
Strong UX design skills
Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
Experience and understanding of AI/Client, Android/iOS domains is preferred
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum Team
Excellent communicator who is passionate about quality, testability, extensibility, simple design and performance
Ability to rapidly prototype and adjust in response to customer feedback
Candidate Portfolio (Please provide)
Link to Stack Overflow, GitHub, or equivalent page(s)
Link(s) to any open-source contribution(s)
Link(s) to any apps in the Android Market or iOS App Stores. Try to be specific about your contribution, please.
Code sample(s) if available
References
Description/Comment:TITLE: Sr. Front End Developer
LOCATION: San Diego preferred / flexible
DURATION: 12 months expected
TARGET MAX BILL RATE: ~***/hr
We build engaging, innovative, user focused applications/prototypes for our end customers. Our engineers are helping to bring to life some of our next generation ideas and features. Some of our exciting and innovative solutions are based on technologies ranging from AI/Client, 3D, AR/VR, Volumetric Capture, Mocap, Android/iOS, UI/UX design to various Web technologies.
Responsibilities will include investigating and prototyping early technologies, defining and developing engaging user experiences leveraging those technologies, and testing the experience with internal and global teams from Sony Pictures, Sony Music, and Sony Professional Services and directly with consumers and business partners.
Were looking for an individual with an inquisitive and creative mindset, capable of foresight into disruptive industries and game-changing ideas, who is a quick and voracious learner, open minded, wants to follow best practices, and enjoys engineering creative solutions with good reliability and quality. Candidates should have a very good breadth of programming experience and be ready to apply their skills in any area - from JavaScript, working with AWS services, and proprietary system integration. Candidates should be comfortable with building software end-to-end to create quick, reliable, customer proof of concepts with the purpose to productize.
What you'll be doing:
This role is a software development position. Primary focus will be helping to define and create front end customer facing web platform that interacts with multiple cloud-based tools.
The development stack will vary based upon customer needs and product goals; thus candidate should have a good breadth of knowledge and be comfortable in quickly bringing idea to solution.
You will help to not only define the system architecture but to speak to its pros/cons thoroughly and welcome all input/changes.
Required Qualifications MUST HAVES
B.S. Degree in Computer Science, or related field is required. MS is preferred
5-7+ years of front-end development experience
Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node, React, OOP, REST API and server-side development.
User interface development experience (e.g. Vue, Angular, Ruby on Rails)
Experience with a breadth of AWS services Infrastructure and deploying solutions using best practices (EC2, S3, Lambda, Cognito, SNS, SES, SQS, API Gateway, Docker, ElasticSearch, TerraForm, CloudFormation, Jenkins)
You should be very comfortable with both Linux-based and Windows environments.
Experience with Git/GitHub and managing code on multiple branches is expected
Preferred Qualifications
Experience on high volume/large data services
AWS certifications appreciated
Integration with any machine learning projects or research teams
Experience with native mobile development (iOS/Android) is a plus
Experience using embedded boards like nVidia Jetson, Raspberry Pi, or equivalent.
Experience building reusable UX components or libraries
Strong UX design skills
Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
Experience and understanding of AI/Client, Android/iOS domains is preferred
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum Team
Excellent communicator who is passionate about quality, testability, extensibility, simple design and performance
Ability to rapidly prototype and adjust in response to customer feedback
Candidate Portfolio (Please provide)
Link to Stack Overflow, GitHub, or equivalent page(s)
Link(s) to any open-source contribution(s)
Link(s) to any apps in the Android Market or iOS App Stores. Try to be specific about your contribution, please.
Code sample(s) if available
References
User Experience Designer
Job Reference: 20-07296
Type: Job Description: User Experience Designer III- See Attachment for Full Details
Location: Virtual (Eastern timezone preferred)
Number of openings: 1
Submittal limit per supplier: 2
Estimated start date: 11/2/2020
Duration: 3 Months
Bill rate max (if applicable): ***
Program office contact: ***
IMPORTANT COMPLIANCE NOTES FOR SUPPLIERS:
Last 4 digits in their SSN are required for all candidates upon submittal in the VMS.
Sub-contracting is not permitted.
The terms of the Supplier Master Services Agreement with *** govern all assignments through the Contingent Workforce Program. Posting the *** name, group names, technologies, project code names, or program office information on public-facing sites is strictly prohibited.
More information on the above policies can be found in your Supplier Manual. If you have any questions, please reach out to ***.
Location: Virtual (Eastern timezone preferred)
Number of openings: 1
Submittal limit per supplier: 2
Estimated start date: 11/2/2020
Duration: 3 Months
Bill rate max (if applicable): ***
Program office contact: ***
IMPORTANT COMPLIANCE NOTES FOR SUPPLIERS:
Last 4 digits in their SSN are required for all candidates upon submittal in the VMS.
Sub-contracting is not permitted.
The terms of the Supplier Master Services Agreement with *** govern all assignments through the Contingent Workforce Program. Posting the *** name, group names, technologies, project code names, or program office information on public-facing sites is strictly prohibited.
More information on the above policies can be found in your Supplier Manual. If you have any questions, please reach out to ***.
User Experience Designer
Job Reference: 20-07227
Type: Job Description: UX Designer - See Attachment for Full Details
Location: VIR - WA
Number of openings: 1
Submittal limit per supplier: 3
Estimated start date: 11/9
Duration: 8 months
Program office contact: ***
IMPORTANT COMPLIANCE NOTES FOR SUPPLIERS:
Last 4 digits in their SSN are required for all candidates upon submittal in the VMS.
Sub-contracting is not permitted.
The terms of the Supplier Master Services Agreement with *** govern all assignments through the Contingent Workforce Program. Posting the *** name, group names, technologies, project code names, or program office information on public-facing sites is strictly prohibited.
More information on the above policies can be found in your Supplier Manual. If you have any questions, please reach out to ***.
SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED
This temp UX (contract: 8 months, 50 -100 USD/hr)) would be responsible for, (1) converting all STA designs into Sketch and creating a project by project presentation structure for all features in STA under a single roof for PM access. UX will following the structure of all screens created to date and would begin to standardize the different release variation and coordinate with PMs. (2) driving day-to-day design tasks for STA incremental launches in 2020 ensuring clear hand-off with product and tech, and (3) documenting all page variations (inclusive of what-if scenarios, edge cases and exception handling) are adequately vetted with clear design specifications.
REQUIRED SKILLS
At least 5-7 years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, graphic designer, art/creative director or similar role.
An informed set of core values regarding user experience, user research, usability, technology, and business communication and the ability to present them with eloquence and concision.
An online portfolio that demonstrates your ability to turn ideas into a strong and unique creative vision. An online portfolio or work samples demonstrating a range of artifacts developed in creating a variety of stunning user-centered design solutions. This is a requirement for application.
Demonstrated fluency in best practices for web-based and mobile information architecture and responsive design, as well as deep and broad knowledge of usability principles and techniques.
Demonstrated ability to drive the design review cycle, close on design requirements and achieve consensus.
Strong user experience skill set including strategy, information architecture, and design aesthetic
Proven ability in a variety of design tools such as Axure, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Visio, Omnigraffle, and Dreamweaver.
Proven ability to work cross-team and synthesize feedback and input from product management, engineering, and marketing
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Bachelor degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience.
Excellent customer experience intuition; demonstrated success in creating beautiful and user-friendly web applications business software, mobile apps and consumer-facing features.
Strong bias for action; ability to juggle multiple priorities and effectively deliver in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Experience working with agile development teams (agile/scrum/kanban).
Web-based or mobile application visual design in a global context.
Experience creating style guides, pattern libraries, and other design solutions that drive design across large organizations.
Excellent communication, presentation and persuasion skills; demonstrated success in building buy-in for an innovative, bold, strategic vision. Fluent in English with a proven track record of presenting to and influencing senior management
Location: VIR - WA
Number of openings: 1
Submittal limit per supplier: 3
Estimated start date: 11/9
Duration: 8 months
Program office contact: ***
IMPORTANT COMPLIANCE NOTES FOR SUPPLIERS:
Last 4 digits in their SSN are required for all candidates upon submittal in the VMS.
Sub-contracting is not permitted.
The terms of the Supplier Master Services Agreement with *** govern all assignments through the Contingent Workforce Program. Posting the *** name, group names, technologies, project code names, or program office information on public-facing sites is strictly prohibited.
More information on the above policies can be found in your Supplier Manual. If you have any questions, please reach out to ***.
SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED
This temp UX (contract: 8 months, 50 -100 USD/hr)) would be responsible for, (1) converting all STA designs into Sketch and creating a project by project presentation structure for all features in STA under a single roof for PM access. UX will following the structure of all screens created to date and would begin to standardize the different release variation and coordinate with PMs. (2) driving day-to-day design tasks for STA incremental launches in 2020 ensuring clear hand-off with product and tech, and (3) documenting all page variations (inclusive of what-if scenarios, edge cases and exception handling) are adequately vetted with clear design specifications.
REQUIRED SKILLS
At least 5-7 years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, graphic designer, art/creative director or similar role.
An informed set of core values regarding user experience, user research, usability, technology, and business communication and the ability to present them with eloquence and concision.
An online portfolio that demonstrates your ability to turn ideas into a strong and unique creative vision. An online portfolio or work samples demonstrating a range of artifacts developed in creating a variety of stunning user-centered design solutions. This is a requirement for application.
Demonstrated fluency in best practices for web-based and mobile information architecture and responsive design, as well as deep and broad knowledge of usability principles and techniques.
Demonstrated ability to drive the design review cycle, close on design requirements and achieve consensus.
Strong user experience skill set including strategy, information architecture, and design aesthetic
Proven ability in a variety of design tools such as Axure, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Visio, Omnigraffle, and Dreamweaver.
Proven ability to work cross-team and synthesize feedback and input from product management, engineering, and marketing
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Bachelor degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience.
Excellent customer experience intuition; demonstrated success in creating beautiful and user-friendly web applications business software, mobile apps and consumer-facing features.
Strong bias for action; ability to juggle multiple priorities and effectively deliver in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Experience working with agile development teams (agile/scrum/kanban).
Web-based or mobile application visual design in a global context.
Experience creating style guides, pattern libraries, and other design solutions that drive design across large organizations.
Excellent communication, presentation and persuasion skills; demonstrated success in building buy-in for an innovative, bold, strategic vision. Fluent in English with a proven track record of presenting to and influencing senior management
Design Producer
Job Reference: 20-07220
Type: JOB TITLE: Design Program Manager II
Job Description:
As a Design Program Manager II you will work collaboratively with our design program management team, design, product and engineering teams. You are comfortable working on design projects ranging from Blue Sky thinking to product definition. You will help our designers work within an Agile framework as a shared resource across multiple scrum teams. Improve existing processes and explore new ways for design to work. Your day to day will consist of various design related activities:
-- Work closely with Design Leadership on process, communications, operations, and management
-- Collaborate on special projects with other Design Program Managers
-- Manage other Design team members
-- Gathering project requirements/stories
-- Act as a scrum master for design team by conducting standard sprint ceremonies
-- Act as liaison between design team and 3rd party design and strategic agencies
-- Coordinating deliverables and managing design backlogs
-- Identifying and mitigating delivery risks
-- Maintain transparency between design, our cross-functional partners and 3rd party agencies
Key Responsibilities:
-- Actively leads the design team in partnership with the Design Lead and is recognized by stakeholders as UEDs single Point-of-Contact.
-- Acts as scrum master for UED team backlog: attends release planning, runs standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies, as required.
-- Tracks all major project milestones and deliverables.
-- Ensures that design sprint plans meet broader timelines for any dependencies with our technology organization and business partners.
-- Oversees design resource allocation, ensuring design resources are not over or under allocated.
-- Identifies project risks and formulates and implements risk mitigation techniques to minimize issues.
-- Demonstrates the ability to handle project ambiguity and lead delivery teams to identify creative solutions.
-- Schedules and manages team meetings and communicates assignments to ensure timely delivery, while also ensuring meetings are efficient and minimized
-- Supports the design teams implementation of standards and design guidelines
-- Prepares management reporting, including status, project health and financials
-- Ensures all applicable reviews and sign-offs are in place
-- Creates partnerships with Product and Technology organizations, including 3rd party vendors, to drive end-to-end execution
Job Requirements:
-- 5+ years of applicable industry experience, preferably in project and program management
-- Excellent communications & interpersonal skills
-- Experience managing agency vendors
-- Agile experience desired. SCRUM master certification is a plus.
-- User Experience background is highly desired, but not required.
-- eCommerce experience is a BIG plus.
-- Strong ability to work with diverse groups with diverse skills with insightfulness and confidence
Education:
Bachelors Degree in Business, Computer Science, or Design (or equivalent experience).
This role is based in Bellevue, WA but currently virtual due to COVID-19. *** is an equal opportunity employer.
Job Description:
As a Design Program Manager II you will work collaboratively with our design program management team, design, product and engineering teams. You are comfortable working on design projects ranging from Blue Sky thinking to product definition. You will help our designers work within an Agile framework as a shared resource across multiple scrum teams. Improve existing processes and explore new ways for design to work. Your day to day will consist of various design related activities:
-- Work closely with Design Leadership on process, communications, operations, and management
-- Collaborate on special projects with other Design Program Managers
-- Manage other Design team members
-- Gathering project requirements/stories
-- Act as a scrum master for design team by conducting standard sprint ceremonies
-- Act as liaison between design team and 3rd party design and strategic agencies
-- Coordinating deliverables and managing design backlogs
-- Identifying and mitigating delivery risks
-- Maintain transparency between design, our cross-functional partners and 3rd party agencies
Key Responsibilities:
-- Actively leads the design team in partnership with the Design Lead and is recognized by stakeholders as UEDs single Point-of-Contact.
-- Acts as scrum master for UED team backlog: attends release planning, runs standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies, as required.
-- Tracks all major project milestones and deliverables.
-- Ensures that design sprint plans meet broader timelines for any dependencies with our technology organization and business partners.
-- Oversees design resource allocation, ensuring design resources are not over or under allocated.
-- Identifies project risks and formulates and implements risk mitigation techniques to minimize issues.
-- Demonstrates the ability to handle project ambiguity and lead delivery teams to identify creative solutions.
-- Schedules and manages team meetings and communicates assignments to ensure timely delivery, while also ensuring meetings are efficient and minimized
-- Supports the design teams implementation of standards and design guidelines
-- Prepares management reporting, including status, project health and financials
-- Ensures all applicable reviews and sign-offs are in place
-- Creates partnerships with Product and Technology organizations, including 3rd party vendors, to drive end-to-end execution
Job Requirements:
-- 5+ years of applicable industry experience, preferably in project and program management
-- Excellent communications & interpersonal skills
-- Experience managing agency vendors
-- Agile experience desired. SCRUM master certification is a plus.
-- User Experience background is highly desired, but not required.
-- eCommerce experience is a BIG plus.
-- Strong ability to work with diverse groups with diverse skills with insightfulness and confidence
Education:
Bachelors Degree in Business, Computer Science, or Design (or equivalent experience).
This role is based in Bellevue, WA but currently virtual due to COVID-19. *** is an equal opportunity employer.
User Experience Designer
Job Reference: 20-07177
Type: Job Description: UX Designer - See Attachment for Full Details
Location: VIR - WA
Number of openings: 1
Submittal limit per supplier: 3
Estimated start date: 11/2
Duration: 2 months
Program office contact: ***
IMPORTANT COMPLIANCE NOTES FOR SUPPLIERS:
Last 4 digits in their SSN are required for all candidates upon submittal in the VMS.
Sub-contracting is not permitted.
The terms of the Supplier Master Services Agreement with *** govern all assignments through the Contingent Workforce Program. Posting the *** name, group names, technologies, project code names, or program office information on public-facing sites is strictly prohibited.
More information on the above policies can be found in your Supplier Manual. If you have any questions, please reach out to ***.
SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED
UX design for Photos mobile UX, especially as it relates to Sharing functions.
REQUIRED SKILLS
Sr. Level UX Design skills: discovery, sketching, wireframing, high fidelity comps, presenting, collaborating with stakeholders.
PREFERRED SKILLS
Sr. Level UX Design skills: discovery, sketching, wireframing, high fidelity comps, presenting, collaborating with stakeholders.
PLUS: Visual and interaction design skills preferred.
Location: VIR - WA
Number of openings: 1
Submittal limit per supplier: 3
Estimated start date: 11/2
Duration: 2 months
Program office contact: ***
IMPORTANT COMPLIANCE NOTES FOR SUPPLIERS:
Last 4 digits in their SSN are required for all candidates upon submittal in the VMS.
Sub-contracting is not permitted.
The terms of the Supplier Master Services Agreement with *** govern all assignments through the Contingent Workforce Program. Posting the *** name, group names, technologies, project code names, or program office information on public-facing sites is strictly prohibited.
More information on the above policies can be found in your Supplier Manual. If you have any questions, please reach out to ***.
SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED
UX design for Photos mobile UX, especially as it relates to Sharing functions.
REQUIRED SKILLS
Sr. Level UX Design skills: discovery, sketching, wireframing, high fidelity comps, presenting, collaborating with stakeholders.
PREFERRED SKILLS
Sr. Level UX Design skills: discovery, sketching, wireframing, high fidelity comps, presenting, collaborating with stakeholders.
PLUS: Visual and interaction design skills preferred.
User Experience Designer
Job Reference: 20-06890
Type: Job Description: TITLE - User Experience Designer
Location: SEA53 - Seattle, WA, USA. REMOTE DUE TO COVID. FLEXIBLE WITH LOCATION. IF CANDIDATE IS LOCATED IN SEATTLE THAT IS PREFERRED.
Number of openings: 1
Submittal limit per supplier: 2
Estimated start date: 10/19/2020
Duration: 3 months
Bill rate max (if applicable): *** per hour
Program office contact: ***
IMPORTANT COMPLIANCE NOTES FOR SUPPLIERS:
Last 4 digits in their SSN are required for all candidates upon submittal in the VMS.
Sub-contracting is not permitted.
The terms of the Supplier Master Services Agreement with *** govern all assignments through the Contingent Workforce Program. Posting the *** name, group names, technologies, project code names, or program office information on public-facing sites is strictly prohibited.
More information on the above policies can be found in your Supplier Manual. If you have any questions, please reach out to ***.
SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED
The *** Go Creative Studio is looking for a UX design leader to help define and improve the *** Go customer experience across all Go digital (and physical) properties with the goals of converting customers, reducing friction and strengthening our brand. This person will bring innovative thinking to both big-vision and fast-execution projectsgetting stuff done in the short term while planning out our digital roadmap. Ideally, you are a bit of a hybrid, working well in visual design and UX design. You are extremely collaborative and will work side by side with product managers, marketing strategists, graphic designers, and copy writers. Key responsibilities: Deliver user-centered design (including wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, information architecture diagrams, interaction specification, and prototypes) informed by customer research and market analysis across multiple devices and platforms. Understand the end-to-end customer journey, the friction points and opportunities within, and how your proposed CX solution impacts that journey. Balance design with physical retail operational objectives, resulting in extraordinary customer experiences. Deliver detailed design documentation and refined design standards to developers and partners. Work with the Sr. Design Manager to prioritize your work execute designs across the portfolio and within time constraints. Solicit and accept feedback, weigh inputs and priorities, and take part in constructive dialogue to resolve healthy debates
Advertising Creative work
Someone who can help us define roadmap for Digital CX marketing touchpoints
Relooking for vision of landing page (now, mid-term, long-term)
Working with marketing team
Consultant Approach
Candidate Requirements
REQUIRED SKILLS
5+ years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar role An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating experience creating great user-centered design solutions and patterns on mobile devices BA/BS degree in visual/graphic design, human-computer interaction (HCI), interaction design, or equivalent professional experience. May be substituted with significant industry experience and accomplishments Experience working in a collaborative team, partnering closely with product management to define use cases and requirements, and working directly with developers on implementation of your designs Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate design concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization Efficient planning skills to stay ahead of the work Work must consistently demonstrate a strong aesthetic judgment, in addition to exemplary UX skills Experience developing UX across different types of devices and screen sizes Proficiency in a variety of design tools such as Sketch, Illustrator, Photoshop, and prototyping tools
1 Marketing Experience required. Working with Marketing and Creative Teams. Not a highly technical role.
2 Customer Facing / Marketing Properties experience
PREFERRED SKILLS
Passion for learning and innovation, balanced with business needs and customer expectations Prior experience working in design for physical or immersive environments such as physical retail design, architecture, interior design, industrial design, environmental graphic design, physical retail, gaming, VR, AR or similar fields Experience in building interactive prototypes
Location: SEA53 - Seattle, WA, USA. REMOTE DUE TO COVID. FLEXIBLE WITH LOCATION. IF CANDIDATE IS LOCATED IN SEATTLE THAT IS PREFERRED.
Number of openings: 1
Submittal limit per supplier: 2
Estimated start date: 10/19/2020
Duration: 3 months
Bill rate max (if applicable): *** per hour
Program office contact: ***
IMPORTANT COMPLIANCE NOTES FOR SUPPLIERS:
Last 4 digits in their SSN are required for all candidates upon submittal in the VMS.
Sub-contracting is not permitted.
The terms of the Supplier Master Services Agreement with *** govern all assignments through the Contingent Workforce Program. Posting the *** name, group names, technologies, project code names, or program office information on public-facing sites is strictly prohibited.
More information on the above policies can be found in your Supplier Manual. If you have any questions, please reach out to ***.
SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED
The *** Go Creative Studio is looking for a UX design leader to help define and improve the *** Go customer experience across all Go digital (and physical) properties with the goals of converting customers, reducing friction and strengthening our brand. This person will bring innovative thinking to both big-vision and fast-execution projectsgetting stuff done in the short term while planning out our digital roadmap. Ideally, you are a bit of a hybrid, working well in visual design and UX design. You are extremely collaborative and will work side by side with product managers, marketing strategists, graphic designers, and copy writers. Key responsibilities: Deliver user-centered design (including wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, information architecture diagrams, interaction specification, and prototypes) informed by customer research and market analysis across multiple devices and platforms. Understand the end-to-end customer journey, the friction points and opportunities within, and how your proposed CX solution impacts that journey. Balance design with physical retail operational objectives, resulting in extraordinary customer experiences. Deliver detailed design documentation and refined design standards to developers and partners. Work with the Sr. Design Manager to prioritize your work execute designs across the portfolio and within time constraints. Solicit and accept feedback, weigh inputs and priorities, and take part in constructive dialogue to resolve healthy debates
Advertising Creative work
Someone who can help us define roadmap for Digital CX marketing touchpoints
Relooking for vision of landing page (now, mid-term, long-term)
Working with marketing team
Consultant Approach
Candidate Requirements
REQUIRED SKILLS
5+ years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar role An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating experience creating great user-centered design solutions and patterns on mobile devices BA/BS degree in visual/graphic design, human-computer interaction (HCI), interaction design, or equivalent professional experience. May be substituted with significant industry experience and accomplishments Experience working in a collaborative team, partnering closely with product management to define use cases and requirements, and working directly with developers on implementation of your designs Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate design concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization Efficient planning skills to stay ahead of the work Work must consistently demonstrate a strong aesthetic judgment, in addition to exemplary UX skills Experience developing UX across different types of devices and screen sizes Proficiency in a variety of design tools such as Sketch, Illustrator, Photoshop, and prototyping tools
1 Marketing Experience required. Working with Marketing and Creative Teams. Not a highly technical role.
2 Customer Facing / Marketing Properties experience
PREFERRED SKILLS
Passion for learning and innovation, balanced with business needs and customer expectations Prior experience working in design for physical or immersive environments such as physical retail design, architecture, interior design, industrial design, environmental graphic design, physical retail, gaming, VR, AR or similar fields Experience in building interactive prototypes
User Experience Designer
Job Reference: 20-06812
Type: Job Description: *please include portfolio links with all submissions*
User Experience Designer III - See Attachment for Full Details
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Number of openings: 1
Submittal limit per supplier: 3
Estimated start date: 10/26/20
Duration: 3 months
Bill rate max (if applicable): ***/hr
Program office contact: ***
IMPORTANT COMPLIANCE NOTES FOR SUPPLIERS:
Last 4 digits in their SSN are required for all candidates upon submittal in the VMS.
Sub-contracting is not permitted.
The terms of the Supplier Master Services Agreement with *** govern all assignments through the Contingent Workforce Program. Posting the *** name, group names, technologies, project code names, or program office information on public-facing sites is strictly prohibited.
More information on the above policies can be found in your Supplier Manual. If you have any questions, please reach out to ***.
User Experience Designer III - See Attachment for Full Details
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Number of openings: 1
Submittal limit per supplier: 3
Estimated start date: 10/26/20
Duration: 3 months
Bill rate max (if applicable): ***/hr
Program office contact: ***
IMPORTANT COMPLIANCE NOTES FOR SUPPLIERS:
Last 4 digits in their SSN are required for all candidates upon submittal in the VMS.
Sub-contracting is not permitted.
The terms of the Supplier Master Services Agreement with *** govern all assignments through the Contingent Workforce Program. Posting the *** name, group names, technologies, project code names, or program office information on public-facing sites is strictly prohibited.
More information on the above policies can be found in your Supplier Manual. If you have any questions, please reach out to ***.
UX/UI Designer 3
Job Reference: 20-06717
Type: Job Description: Possibility of extension based on project (will be month-to-month basis). Initial duration = 6 weeks
Haptic/Sound Product Designer
Job Description
*** mobile is looking for a competent and creative designer with strong consumer product design competency. We need designers who consider business objectives, user needs, and experience principles, to understand and influence design decisions. We love people with a deep understanding of consumer electronics and interface design, who arent afraid to get their hands dirty with experience prototyping, development and iterations. Above all, we value experienced, self-aware and self-directed individuals, capable of being amazing team players, across design, engineering, and production.
Responsibilities
The Global UX Studio is focused on using behavioral insights to inform how to develop new opportunities for products and improve engagement on existing product lines. We are looking for self-starters who can contribute as part of small focused teams to uncover better approaches to deliver on unmet needs.
You will be an individual contributor working on product design and feature initiatives across initial interface concepts and existing product lines. You will also be required to develop and validate new affordances, feedback mechanics and signifiers that inform and communicate between users and our products. :
Your job will be to conceive, design, prototype, and test unique haptically mediated interactions.
Review existing and competitive Interfaces to uncover and evaluate best practices and Client opportunities for design and development to improve customer experience through sound and haptic feedback.
Integrate understanding of digital product design principles, core identities and analysis into core OS feature enhancements to build consensus for proposed design direction enhancing user satisfaction.
Ideate, design and iterate new interface designs, guidelines and assets across both sound and haptic engines to prototype, test and exemplify approaches that improve user interface with physical mobile products.
Evaluate existing competitive products and current product lines to uncover improvements in interface design, feedback mechanics, interaction and engagement.
Necessary Skills and Requirements
A portfolio demonstrating process, user-centric design thinking, and execution, across experience platforms using sound and haptic feedback in support of visual or physical interface is required.
3 5 years of industry experience in design and development of interface of applications, digital/physical products, services or equivalent is required.
Bachelors Degree or higher in Human factors, Human computer interactions, design, acoustics, audio engineering, mechanical engineering, physics or electrical engineering.
Proven experience in the areas of Haptic design, audio design and physical/digital product.
Experience with audio test systems (SoundCheck, B&K vibration).
Familiar with MATLAB, ProE/Creo and COMSOL software packages or other finite element analysis package
Proficient knowledge of sound design creation tools (Pro Tools, Nuendo, Reaper, Izotope, Waves, Native Instruments, etc.) & techniques
Experienced in preparing professional presentation materials.
Understanding of Sounds and Haptic UI related software architecture.
Working knowledge and skills in Digital Product Design at the Interface level.
Strong time management skills with ability to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple projects at the same time.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Comfortable working with cross-functional teams in a remote setting.
Knowledge of programming or scripting languages (C, C+, Java, Python, etc.) is a bonus
Please submit candidates w/ the following must-haves:
- A portfolio demonstrating process, user-centric design thinking, and execution, across multiple experience platforms is required
- 3 - 5 years of industry experience in design and development of interface of mobile phone apps, services or equivalent mobile media device is required.
- Strong problem-solver, able to identify design challenges and eagerly come up w/ resolutions
- Excellent communication skills, pro-active, a self-starter
Seeking candidates who can take existing product experience around how people use watches, phones, and earbuds to incorporate those feedback experiences for product design (through sound/haptic feedback); working to tune, prototype, and validate products on a sound perspective!
Must be able to work cross-functionally w/ team to take feedback experiences/mechanisms, to validate new affordances, feedback mechanics and signifiers that inform and communicate between users and our products.
Looking for in Portfolio: Demonstration of creating unique & feedback mechanisms what is valuable and useful for different people? Demonstrate how the feedback mechanisms correlate w/ broader cultural sense.
Need experience w/ Sound design tools & audio test systems!
Interview: video interviews (multiple rounds)
Comments for Suppliers:
Haptic/Sound Product Designer
Job Description
*** mobile is looking for a competent and creative designer with strong consumer product design competency. We need designers who consider business objectives, user needs, and experience principles, to understand and influence design decisions. We love people with a deep understanding of consumer electronics and interface design, who arent afraid to get their hands dirty with experience prototyping, development and iterations. Above all, we value experienced, self-aware and self-directed individuals, capable of being amazing team players, across design, engineering, and production.
Responsibilities
The Global UX Studio is focused on using behavioral insights to inform how to develop new opportunities for products and improve engagement on existing product lines. We are looking for self-starters who can contribute as part of small focused teams to uncover better approaches to deliver on unmet needs.
You will be an individual contributor working on product design and feature initiatives across initial interface concepts and existing product lines. You will also be required to develop and validate new affordances, feedback mechanics and signifiers that inform and communicate between users and our products. :
Your job will be to conceive, design, prototype, and test unique haptically mediated interactions.
Review existing and competitive Interfaces to uncover and evaluate best practices and Client opportunities for design and development to improve customer experience through sound and haptic feedback.
Integrate understanding of digital product design principles, core identities and analysis into core OS feature enhancements to build consensus for proposed design direction enhancing user satisfaction.
Ideate, design and iterate new interface designs, guidelines and assets across both sound and haptic engines to prototype, test and exemplify approaches that improve user interface with physical mobile products.
Evaluate existing competitive products and current product lines to uncover improvements in interface design, feedback mechanics, interaction and engagement.
Necessary Skills and Requirements
A portfolio demonstrating process, user-centric design thinking, and execution, across experience platforms using sound and haptic feedback in support of visual or physical interface is required.
3 5 years of industry experience in design and development of interface of applications, digital/physical products, services or equivalent is required.
Bachelors Degree or higher in Human factors, Human computer interactions, design, acoustics, audio engineering, mechanical engineering, physics or electrical engineering.
Proven experience in the areas of Haptic design, audio design and physical/digital product.
Experience with audio test systems (SoundCheck, B&K vibration).
Familiar with MATLAB, ProE/Creo and COMSOL software packages or other finite element analysis package
Proficient knowledge of sound design creation tools (Pro Tools, Nuendo, Reaper, Izotope, Waves, Native Instruments, etc.) & techniques
Experienced in preparing professional presentation materials.
Understanding of Sounds and Haptic UI related software architecture.
Working knowledge and skills in Digital Product Design at the Interface level.
Strong time management skills with ability to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple projects at the same time.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Comfortable working with cross-functional teams in a remote setting.
Knowledge of programming or scripting languages (C, C+, Java, Python, etc.) is a bonus
Please submit candidates w/ the following must-haves:
- A portfolio demonstrating process, user-centric design thinking, and execution, across multiple experience platforms is required
- 3 - 5 years of industry experience in design and development of interface of mobile phone apps, services or equivalent mobile media device is required.
- Strong problem-solver, able to identify design challenges and eagerly come up w/ resolutions
- Excellent communication skills, pro-active, a self-starter
Seeking candidates who can take existing product experience around how people use watches, phones, and earbuds to incorporate those feedback experiences for product design (through sound/haptic feedback); working to tune, prototype, and validate products on a sound perspective!
Must be able to work cross-functionally w/ team to take feedback experiences/mechanisms, to validate new affordances, feedback mechanics and signifiers that inform and communicate between users and our products.
Looking for in Portfolio: Demonstration of creating unique & feedback mechanisms what is valuable and useful for different people? Demonstrate how the feedback mechanisms correlate w/ broader cultural sense.
Need experience w/ Sound design tools & audio test systems!
Interview: video interviews (multiple rounds)
Comments for Suppliers:
User Experience Designer
Job Reference: 20-06630
Type: Job Description: Intake: See attachment for details.
Description
SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED
This User Experience Designer will create the designs for Consumer Quantity Discounts for a WW launch. This involves design strategy, user research, and visual design.
REQUIRED SKILLS
User research, visual design, information design, design strategy. Proficiency in high fidelity mockup and prototyping tools such as Sketch, Invision or equivalent. Ability to articulate ideas, and design plans.
PREFERRED SKILLS
Expertise in UX performance optimization using qualitative assessment. UX design experience across global markets and experience delivering for projects of large scope and complexity.
Description
SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED
This User Experience Designer will create the designs for Consumer Quantity Discounts for a WW launch. This involves design strategy, user research, and visual design.
REQUIRED SKILLS
User research, visual design, information design, design strategy. Proficiency in high fidelity mockup and prototyping tools such as Sketch, Invision or equivalent. Ability to articulate ideas, and design plans.
PREFERRED SKILLS
Expertise in UX performance optimization using qualitative assessment. UX design experience across global markets and experience delivering for projects of large scope and complexity.
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