Essex Business School
KTP
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) are a unique UK-wide activity that help businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity by making better use of the knowledge, technology and skills within universities, colleges and research organisations.
Further information is available at: www.ktponline.org.uk
THE PROJECT
The University of Essex in partnership with Filament Consultancy Group Ltd offers an exciting opportunity to a graduate with the relevant skills and knowledge to evaluate and implement optimised commercial models for software tooling platforms, in the arena of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
This post is fixed term for 28 months and is based at Filament Consultancy Group Ltd offices in London.
DUTIES OF THE POST
The duties of the post will include:
* Exploration of literature on open innovation practices and how to execute a software as a service (SaaS) strategy in B2B Enterprise AI
* Commercialisation strategies for open source platforms
* Concepting and identifying new product features based on qualified user requirements
* Experience Design: user research, UX Flows, wireframes, prototyping, testing, etc.
* Visual Interface Design: colour palette, branding, general visual aesthetics
* Interaction Design: hi-fidelity prototyping, menus, general functionality
* Quality assurance of build, further testing, etc.
* Management of project budgets for travel, consumables and personal development.
* Collaboration with the academic team to prepare academic journal publications, present results at selected academic and professional conferences, and build contacts with experts and senior managers at exhibitions and AI events to receive feedback and improve project results.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
The post holder must have:
* Working experience in a Software as a Service (SaaS) business
* A Ph.D. (or close to completion) or master's degree in a technical field such as computer science, product design or innovation, or equivalent experience
* Demonstrated understanding of the market for enterprise AI
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Ability to work on own initiative, multi-task and work collaboratively as part of a team
BENEFITS
As a KTP Associate, the post will offer the following benefits:
* Management training and mentoring by an Innovate UK KTP Adviser
* Full access to University resources to complete the project
* World-leading Academic and Company project supervision, with project support by a dedicated, sector leading KTP Office
LOCATION
22 Tudor St
London
EC4Y 0AY
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