[Sigia-l] Vacancy: fixed-term 1-year contract for an IA, Oxford UK, IRO £35-40K (UKP)

[Sam Phillips]

Hello everyone,

We are looking for an Information Architect to join an expanding IA team
based in our busy and friendly centrally-located Oxford office. We can offer
you a good mix of both interesting and challenging work across the full IA
project life-cycle, and the opportunity to tackle some complex usability
issues at the heart of online information businesses.

Our clients are academic or professional content providers, who are seeking
to maximise their markets through the Internet. We offer them a range of
solutions, some of which are “out of the box” products, and others which are
bespoke website builds – but all of which need professional information
architecture to ensure they meet the customer's requirements and are both
user-friendly and scalable.

We are looking for someone to join us full-time for a 1 year-fixed term
contract, who can demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of and experience with
information architecture and business analysis methodology, and ideally has
experience of working with print and online publications. You will, of
course, be a creative thinker who has no trouble prioritising complex tasks,
and you work well under pressure. Project management experience, knowledge
of SGML/XML and appreciation of the issues surrounding information commerce
are an added bonus.

You will have several years’ experience as a business analyst or information
architect, and you will probably have a bachelor's degree in psychology,
communications, human computer interaction, computer science, or a related
field.

The bulk of your work will involve analysing complex information projects,
writing information architecture reports, developing appropriate
visualisations of information in conjunction with design staff, and writing
functional specifications. In addition to advising sales staff in proposal
development and pricing, you will also be working with producers and project
managers to ensure a smooth transition of projects from initial concept
through information architecture and design, to final development and
production.

We are looking to get someone in post as soon as possible in the new year.
To apply, or to ask for further details, please email either me
(mailto:sam.phillips at ingenta.com) or our HR department
(mailto:susan.corry at ingenta.com), including a covering letter and a standard
CV. We hope to interview in the week commencing 12th January.

Cheers and festive greetings,

:o)

Sam

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Sam Phillips
Manager, Producer and Information Architecture Team

Ingenta plc
1 Riverside Court, Bath, BA2 3DZ UK
23-38 Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, OX1 2ET

www.ingenta.com
Ingenta: Empowering the exchange of academic and professional content
online.