Technical Writer/UX Designer Student Jobs with BYU OIT (Possible Internship Credit)

Hourly Wage: $13.00

The Office of Information Technology is a special place to work on BYU’s campus. Every position of this organization “supports the very foundations of this great institution”. Working at OIT, you will be not only helping the university accomplish its divine mission but also developing professionally and learning technical skills that align with your interests and major of study. The Office of IT offers competitive pay, flexible schedules, a fun work environment, and opportunities for responsibility and leadership. We are glad you are interested in working with us.

A Technical Writer is needed in the BYU Office of Information Technology. Duties will include preparation of project management documents, writing text for web pages and apps, creating training documents, and mapping out scripts for videos. A high level of self-supervision and work ethic required. You will be a valued member of our development teams and will generate some great artifacts to add to your portfolio. Formal training in technical writing or similar major preferred. A genuine interest in the work is required.

Duties:

1. Project Management Documents
   • Requirements
   • Project Charter
   • Identify goals of projects
   • Identify stakeholders
2. Web Page Content
3. Training Documents for Apps & Web Pages
4. Knowledge Base Articles – KBs
5. Mission Statements, Goals, etc (limited)
6. Video Scripts
7. API Documentation

Below are instructions for completing a technical writing challenge. This challenge offers each applicant a fair and equal opportunity to demonstrate their skills. The challenge is a mandatory portion of the application.

CHALLENGE:

On a daily basis the Technical Writers of the Office of Information Technology are called upon to provide clear and concise documentation.  The Writers often have to put themselves in the place of other users who may not be as quick to understand.   Please write instructions for a new/novice user for one of the following BYU apps:

• Ytime – how to clock in and out and make corrections
• Registration – how to add/drop classes and understand pre-requisites

Include a paragraph in the body of the email that explains your design and writing decisions.  We want to know why you chose a particular voice, style, format, etc.

You may deliver your content in a Word or Power Point document.  You may add screen shots. Don’t spend more than 2 hours on the effort.  Send your completed file to uxoit@byu.edu with the subject title “Technical Writing Challenge”.

Please complete the challenge by Friday, January 17 at 5:00 PM.

Application Instructions:  Apply at https://hrms.byu.edu/psp/ps/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_EMP.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Employee&SiteId=50&JobOpeningId=88239&PostingSeq=1

Must have regular and consistent attendance at scheduled shift.

Hourly Wage: $15.00

The Office of Information Technology is a special place to work on BYU’s campus. Every position of this organization “supports the very foundations of this great institution”. Working at OIT, you will be not only helping the university accomplish its divine mission but also developing professionally and learning technical skills that align with your interests and major of study. The Office of IT offers competitive pay, flexible schedules, a fun work environment, and opportunities for responsibility and leadership. We are glad you are interested in working with us.

Description

The User Experience Team of the Office of Information Technology is seeking to hire students. Skills and demonstrated interest in user experience, market research or application design are the most important skills for this team. We need team members who we can trust to do solid research and generate user-centered design. Training will be offered, but previous UX interest and skills are preferred. Previous experience with Photoshop and Illustrator is required.

Essential Functions

• High fidelity prototypes
• Analytics graphics
• Overall look and feel (colors, style sheets, audio cues, icons, logos, photos)
• Motion design
• Animation – web interactions
• Output – create design specification for engineers based on tools available
• Experience with Photoshop & Illustrator

Below are instructions for completing a design challenge. This challenge offers each applicant a fair and equal opportunity to demonstrate their skills. The challenge is a mandatory portion of the application.

CHALLENGE:

Design considerably affects a user’s perception of a product. For websites, it affects navigation, accessibility, and overall user satisfaction. At BYU’s Office of IT, we regularly re-design websites and apps for departments across campus using user testing data and design principles. This challenge will enable us to determine if you have the design skills necessary to complete tasks assigned regularly on our team.

You may be familiar with author Suzanne Collins – she’s famous for writing The Hunger Games. Her current website recently received an update, but you should be able to find some areas that need improvement.

Re-design the home page of Suzanne Collins’ website (http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/) using the following specifications:

• Use Adobe Illustrator and submit the design as an editable PDF file.
• Make sure any images you include are embedded, not linked. We also recommend that you convert your text to outlines to prevent any custom fonts from loading improperly on other computers.
• Design only the first screen (1430px wide by 1080px tall). No subsequent screens. No scrolling (it’s okay if the design is cut-off at the 1080px height and not all the content is displayed).
• You may use whatever content or images you find on the page or elsewhere on the web. You may choose any font or color for your design.
• Consider what information a visitor to the site would need/want to see first. You’re more than welcome to ask your friends what would be most important to them.
• Include a paragraph explaining your design choices.  You can include your paragraph in the email text or within the design document.

We recommend that you don’t spend longer than 2 hours on this project.

All submissions are due by Friday, January 17 at 5:00 PM.  Please email your design to uxoit@byu.edu with the subject title “UX/UI Team Design Challenge”.   You may also use that email for any questions. 

Application Instructions:  apply online at https://hrms.byu.edu/psp/ps_1/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_EMP.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Employee&SiteId=50&JobOpeningId=88236&PostingSeq=1