{"id":591,"date":"2013-07-09T20:13:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T03:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/?page_id=591"},"modified":"2014-10-30T15:23:40","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T22:23:40","slug":"quest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/quest\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Quest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"hidden\">Job Quest<\/h1>\n<h2>I&#8217;m on a Quest&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"754\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/quest\/ixd-mage-01-v08-8x10-tight-300x375-dsc_2795ed07\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2013\/10\/IxD-Mage-01-v08-8x10-tight-300x375-DSC_2795ed07.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"IxD Mage 01 v08 8&amp;#215;10 tight 300&amp;#215;375 &amp;#8211; DSC_2795ed07\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2013\/10\/IxD-Mage-01-v08-8x10-tight-300x375-DSC_2795ed07.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/IxD-Mage-01-v08-8x10-tight-300x375-DSC_2795ed07.jpg\" alt=\"IxD Mage 01 v08 8x10 tight 300x375 - DSC_2795ed07\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2013\/10\/IxD-Mage-01-v08-8x10-tight-300x375-DSC_2795ed07.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2013\/10\/IxD-Mage-01-v08-8x10-tight-300x375-DSC_2795ed07-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With both a Masters degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Cognitive Science, plus 14+ years of User-Centered Design practice under my belt&#8212;split about evenly between user research and interaction design foci&#8212;I now seek to take my experience into a company with consumer-focused products or services who is committed to mobile, whether natively or as a growth area expanding from a web, software, or hardware base.<\/p>\n<p>Ideally, that company will be dedicated to creating a great, delightful user experience (UX) encompassing computers, cloud services, devices, software, the web, and other people.<\/p>\n<p>That company will have an established UX team with the support, leadership, and space they need to do great things.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve lots to learn in this direction. If you know directly of a developing or existing UX need in one of the companies and teams below or if you know someone who might, I&#8217;d love to hear about it to see if we&#8217;re a fit.<\/p>\n<h2>Companies of Interest<\/h2>\n<p>Companies and teams that come to mind in this space include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google, especially for Android<\/li>\n<li>Amazon and Lab126, especially as they seek to develop more opportunities for their users to access and use their content <\/li>\n<li>Samsung, for their work on mobile and extensions to Android<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft, especially for Windows Phone<\/li>\n<li>Apple, especially for iOS<\/li>\n<li>Mozilla, especially FirefoxOS<\/li>\n<li>LG, especially for webOS<\/li>\n<li>Facebook, as they seek to enable their users to interact with each other even more ubiquitously<\/li>\n<li>Motorola, for their work on mobile devices and Android<\/li>\n<li>Evernote, for making their products available  across so many platforms<\/li>\n<li>Do other companies come to mind? I&#8217;d be happy to hear suggestions!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Help Me Learn About Working in Mobile<\/h2>\n<p>If you know someone who might simply know more about user experience work or people in those or similar companies, I&#8217;d very much appreciate your connecting me with them, too, as I&#8217;d also like to learn more about what it&#8217;s like to work in this part of the field and how to tailor my quest.<\/p>\n<h2>Share This Website<\/h2>\n<p>Here on my website (<a href=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/\">http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/<\/a>), you&#8217;ll find my resume, my developing portfolio, an <a href=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/ideal\/\">ideal job description<\/a> for the role and company in which I expect to add the most value, and a blog dedicated to my UX thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Please share  my website with anyone interested in user experience design in general and with anyone who might be looking for help with the interaction design of their mobile apps, web apps, and other products.<\/p>\n<h2>Thanks!<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks for listening, and thanks, of course, for any help that you&#8217;re minded to offer.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\n=> Edwin<\/p>\n<nav>\n<h2>More About Edwin<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"navInternal\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/about\/\" title=\"About Edwin\">About Edwin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/resume\/\" title=\"Resume\">Resume<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/portfolio\/\" title=\"Portfolio\">Portfolio<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/portfolio\/process\/\">Design Processes, Work artifacts, and Work Style<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/portfolio\/redbeacon-design-challenge\/\">Redbeacon Design Challenge<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/portfolio\/redbeacon-design-challenge\/essential-use-cases-redbeacon\/\">Essential Use Cases [Redbeacon]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/pandora-driving-mode\/\">Pandora Driving Mode<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"here\">Job Quest<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-v1-archive\/quest\/ideal\/\">Ideal Job Description<\/a>: What I am looking for in a company, role, and work environment, presented as a job description. 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