[Sigia-l] Job Posting - Barnes & Noble.com

[Liz Danzico]

(Apologies for cross-posting)

Good morning,

Barnes & Noble.com is looking for an senior information architect for a
three-month contract position. Details below!


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Senior Information Architect
Location: New York, NY

Barnes & Noble.com is looking for an information architect to lead the
architecture strategy, planning, and documentation of a new project. This is
roughly a three-month contract position.

Responsibilities
*    Develop and communicate high-level vision for product's information
architecture. 
*    Lead the information architecture phase of the project, creating
documents to communicate with team, including flowcharts, wireframes, and
functional specifications.
*    Work closely with business analyst to visually represent user cases and
business rules.
*    Research and develop user personas to be used throughout project
development process.
*    Advocate user-centered design concepts in all phases of the project.

Experience/Skills
*    Must be a strong communicator who is able to present concepts of
his/her own.
*    Must be able to work independently, drawing on experience and processes
from previous projects.
*    Must have the conviction to consistently create usable interfaces and
the passion to defend them.
*    Must have expertise in creating flowcharts for complex systems,
developing detailed wireframes for dynamic sites, and documenting new
structures in a functional specifications document.
*    Must have experience working on a web development team with business
analysts, content strategists, designers, and interface developers.

Qualifications
*    Candidate must have a Bachelors degree in a relevant field.
*    Masters degree is preferred - in Communications, Human-Computer
Interaction, Cognitive Psychology, or related field.
*    Must have at least three-four years of experience in information
architecture, interaction design, and usability developing large-scale
sites. 

If this sounds interesting to you, please email your resume to Liz Danzico
at edanzico at book.com.