JOB DESCRIPTION Information Architect, Washington D.C. Metro Area, Permanent Hire
The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who enjoys creating high-end design for business benefit. This person must be able to collaborate with art directors and engineers to create effective and intuitive user experiences using a variety of web technologies. NavigationArts, www.navarts.com NavigationArts is a strategic consultancy providing expert advisory, design and development services that optimize the usability of our clients Internet properties, and the business value of their online and offline programs for marketing, communications and commerce. Our unique strengths lie in the areas of user experience design and information architecture, which we base upon rigorous processes. We help our clients solve challenging problems by bringing together highly experienced cross-functional teams drawn from analytical, creative and technical backgrounds. Our passions are for the intellectual rigor that pervades the analytical components of our work, and for the opportunities to create structural and aesthetic excellence in all that we do. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Define, characterize and prioritize the audiences that a project is meant to reach 2. Gather the communication and functional objectives by leading client working sessions and reviewing the competitive landscape 3. Collaborate in creative brainstorming sessions with the project team. 4. Organize content and develop categories, naming schemes and navigational hierarchies. 5. Create user flows, schematic drawings and documentation to illustrate the experience, structure and functionality of a project 6. Communicate and collaborate with the project manager, engineers, designers and site authors in all stages of production 7. Keep to schedule and budget maintained by project managers 8. Work in a team environment JOB QUALIFICATIONS 1. BA or BS degree 2. Two or more years experience in an information architecture role 3. Strong analytical skills 4. Strong written and verbal communication skills 5. Strong presentation skills The information architect is a vital member on our collaborative design team and must be able to work in our studio; therefore we are only interested in candidates in the Washington DC metro area. HOW TO APPLY Please send your resume and desired salary to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
