ExperienceCurve by Karl Long

The senior level User Experience Evangelist (UXE) candidates we’re seeking will speak both the language of business and design; will have the credibility to engage the design community in a dialogue about the impact of user experience on business and life. Microsoft wishes to spread the good news about how its newest platforms and tools are set to lead the market in enabling designers and developers to build rich, immersive and compelling user experiences like never before. The UXEs will be a critical part of the strategic end-user experience research group that delivers insights and feedback to the product development teams…

….As a UXE, you are Microsoft’s representative to the designer community helping to win the hearts and minds regarding the Microsoft platform. The notion of “User Experience” lies at the center of Microsoft’s continued long term success as a platform company, by enabling our customers to build rich, immersive, compelling end-user experiences that stand-out and differentiate from competitive offerings. The “creative professional” audience is a critical component of the development process. In order to realize improved software UX, designers will need to be empowered to design and build the best possible content in the most productive and efficient collaborative environment together with professional developers.

• Already an active person in the community with a credible profile
• Is speaking at UX/design related conferences
• Is in a position of influence in the wider community and is well connected
• Traditionally not biased towards MS so will be perceived as non-partisan
• Underneath that there is substance – he/she ‘gets’ it, is passionate about this stuff, does it at home.
• Is a good speaker and group leader. Has experience writing white papers and is a very active blogger.