[Sigia-l] RE: Seattle area Sr. IA position

[Melissa Riesland]

[Forwarded.  Dick Hill]

Seattle area IA. Just forwarding for someone
else. 

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Job Description 
Information Architect
 


Position title: 	Information Architect


Position Summary:

Serve as the information and interaction design
expert on projects, performing the IA aspect of
client work on project teams, ensuring that the
most effective, innovative solutions are used.
Act as subject matter expert in business
development opportunities.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

	Work with clients, design staff, and other
project team members to architect information
effectively for websites and other creative
projects. 

	Perform content analysis, task analysis, task
modeling, and usage scenarios.

	Create and documents information design
concepts and solutions by various means,
including sketches, diagrams, maps, storyboards,
and rapid prototypes.

	Develop effective user-centered solutions for
various types of advanced web-based transactions.
Work with developers and testers to ensure high
usability of applications.

	Develop expert-level knowledge in information
and interaction design; apply this knowledge
appropriately to create solutions that best meet
clients strategic needs and build desired
client-customer relationships.

	Work to integrate effective information and
interaction design strategies and practices into
our overall design process.

	Maintain consistent focus on exceptional
customer service, working to ensure that all
information architecture practices effectively
and directly address client needs. Establish
knowledge and results-based relationships with
clients, including keeping clients informed about
information architecture progress and issues,
aiding project development, maintaining a clear
understanding of clients business issues and
objectives, identifying changes in project scope,
addressing quality assurance issues, and
communicating client concerns to project managers
/ creative director / appropriate members of the
project team.

	Stay abreast of new and innovative trends in
the information architecture discipline as well
as industry news and developments; work to build
similar knowledge among other design and
production team members.

	Assist in sales and business development
efforts as required, from requirements gathering
to writing formal process descriptions to
proposal and presentation material development. 

	Assist project managers, account managers, and
creative director in scoping and estimating IA
projects, and presenting concepts to client when
appropriate.

	Help strengthen our design practice by
supplementing subject matter expertise and
credibility.

Qualifications:

	Minimum BA/BS degree in Library Science,
Psychology, Human Factors, Fine Arts or related
field. Advanced degree preferred.
	3+ years of information architecture and
interface design experience.
	A minimum of 1 year of direct Internet-related
design experience including the design of web
sites and web applications or services.
	Strong knowledge of information architecture
and interface design processes and methodology,
and the issues particular to web-enabled
applications

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