[Sigia-l] Contract IA Position: Calgary, Alberta

[Dave Robertson]

Hello, folks

We are looking for an IA for a 1 month contract to work on site in Calgary,
Alberta to begin in August. Job description and qualifications are posted
below.

Please respond with a resume and dates of availability to:

Evelyn Cutts, Director, Human Resources - evelyn at criticalmass.com.

Please put "IA Contractor" in the subject.

Thanks

Dave

Dave Robertson
Director, Information Architecture
Critical Mass

Phone: 403.206.4319
E-mail: daver at criticalmass.com
http://www.criticalmass.com



Candidate will be engaged in the day-to-day project work of Critical Mass.
Working closely with all in-house teams involved in the Web development
process, the IA will contribute to the planning process of various Web sites
by analyzing research, organizing information, developing Web site
architectures, and developing labeling/search systems. Responsibilities
include:

* Reviewing research on competitive Web sites, existing Web initiatives,
past Web projects and consumer research

* Synthesizing research findings to aid the project team developing the Web
site architecture

* Collaborating with project team members and clients to develop
organizational/structural concepts for Web site projects

* Translating concepts into effective information architectures

* Developing IA documentation (personas, site maps, architectures, wire
frames, task/process &page flows, etc.) that project teams can use to help
guide their work

* Collaborating on the development of labeling/search systems

* Ensuring IA documentation is continuously updated and distributed to the
production team

* Assisting with development and implementation of user research and/or
usability testing

* Assisting with development of project plans and requirements documentation

Candidates should possess:

* Proven creative thinking and problem solving skills
* Proven understanding of and experience with
** One or several styles/approaches to information architecture
** User centered design techniques
** Development of organizational / structural concepts for web sites
** Project processes for the development of large scale web site projects
** Documentation requirements for web development teams (including
applications and web development groups)
** The application of content management, personalization, targeting and
searching systems
** Highly proficient in the use of MS Office, Visio and Internet browsers

The candidate's experience should ideally include:

* Bachelor’s degree preferred with multidisciplinary backgrounds such as
psychology, computer science, information sciences, human/computer interface
design or commerce/business

* 5 years related industry experience in new media /interactive, information
technology, communications, product design or library/information science

* 2 years experience in a supplementary role (for example, art director,
designer, project manager, business analyst, user experience lead,
interaction designer, etc) in the new media /interactive industry

* 2 years experience in the role of information architect, user experience
lead, or information design lead