[Sigia-l] Job: Jr./Mid-level Information Architect / Interaction Designer, New York, NY

[Beth Carey]

Date: 09/30/2005
Job Posting: Jr./Mid-level Information Architect / Interaction Designer
Bolt Media
New York, NY
Contract-to-Staff; On-site only.

Job Description
·       Gather and write web site requirements and produce standard  
information architecture documentation including, but not limited to:

o    Site Maps

o    Navigation Systems employing usable nomenclature and taxonomy

o    Process Flows (i.e. registration etc.)

o    Page Schematics

o    Functional Specifications

·       Communicate and negotiate user-centered principles within a  
project team.

·       Work closely with graphic designers, developers, and a  
product manager.

·       Propose original ideas to add to projects.


Qualifications
·       Must be able to work in Adobe Illustrator

·       Minimum one year experience and work samples

·       Excellent writing skills

·       Ability to pleasantly and effectively communicate in meetings

·       General familiarity with most programming languages and  
internet technologies

·       Learn quickly and want to learn more

·       Enjoy reading usability literature for professional development

·       Work and play well with others

·       College degree

·       Love the internet


Plusses
·       Academic or professional experience with online social  
communities +/or the age 14 - 18 demographic.


About the Company
Bolt Media runs several youth-oriented web sites and we are in the  
process of adding a fabulous youth-oriented creative networking site.

Our biggest site, Bolt.com, is the #1 youth hangout on the web,  
bringing together 4.5 million young people each month to exchange  
ideas about everything from final exams to the war in Iraq.  
Authenticity is at the core of all that we do.

We are a bunch of nice, smart, hard-working people. We have a  
foosball table too.

To Apply:
Send CV and a few work samples (both as URLs if possible) and  
required hourly or day rate to: bcarey(at)boltstaff.com with ”IA  
Position” in the subject line.

Only qualified candidates IN THE NYC AREA will be contacted. Thank you.