[Sigia-l] UEA Position in Atlanta

[Linda Kolar]

POSITION: User Experience Architect
COMPANY: THINK Interactive, Inc.
LOCATION: Atlanta, GA
TERM: Full-time contract for 2-3 months, with possibility of permanent
position
START DATE: July 1, 2003
CONTACT: lkolar at thinkinc.com

THINK is an integrated marketing agency, offering eBusiness strategy,
creative, user experience, content and development solutions for all types
of online and offline advertising and marketing communications programs. 

Within THINK, User Experience Architects (UEAs) work with project teams and
client staff to discover and fully grasp the user objectives, requirements,
culture and work practices.  Working with business and technology
strategists -- as well as visual, editorial, cognitive and brand design
specialists -- UEA craft interactive experiences that satisfy the user's
expectations while meeting the targeted business objectives. 

More specifically, UEAs lead a user-centered methodology that translates a
set of defined user behaviors into the structure and elements of online,
distributed and/or pervasive interactive media in support of specific
marketing and branding strategies. This involves producing user scenarios,
information structures, navigational diagrams, wireframes, working
prototypes and written specifications. 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

*  Plan and manage all aspects of the user experience architecture
discipline throughout an engagement's lifecycle.
*  Work closely with strategic and account planning personnel to define the
business requirements and user experience in support of the product or
messaging solution.
*  Work closely with content, creative and production personnel to formulate
the product concept, interface design and content presentation. 
*  Write creative and technical documents articulating how the proposed
experience architecture solution addresses the strategic, business, user,
and functional requirements of the proposed solution.
*  Create information structures through content hierarchies, site maps and
navigational models that are aligned with the defined user experience and
business requirements.
*  Draft user flows and wireframes that illustrate the layout, navigation
controls and information relationships of the interactive design at the page
or screen level. 
*  Ensure product quality by applying usability techniques and test methods
at various points in the development process.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

*  Three to five years of related work experience, creating customer-facing
user experience solutions for major clients.
*  Master's degree in Information Science, Human-Computer Interaction, or
related degree a plus.
*  Demonstrated experience translating complex concepts into interactive
experiences through the design and/or implementation of interactive
architectures for Web sites. 
*  Understanding of the effect of market strategy and business operations on
the structure and design of the product solution.
*  Experience conducting requirements analysis and creating information
structures in support of design concepts.
*  Ability to balance usability, accessibility and Web standards with the
desired branding and experience design.
*  Strong interpersonal, presentation, written communication and
facilitation skills.
*  Ability to articulate user experience and design principles to team
members and clients. 
*  Experience developing user experiences for portal software solutions a
plus.
*  Experience with content management solutions a plus.
*  Experience creating test plans and conducting heuristic evaluations,
focus groups or usability testing a plus.
*  Competent with Visio, Adobe Acrobat, MS Office products.