[Sigia-l] Toronto and Dallas - User Experience Architect Position

[Nagai, Mazako]

User Experience Architect
1 Contract Position in Toronto (annual)
1 Contract Position in Dallas (annual)
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The User Experience Architect (XA) is a major contributor to the
definition, development and visualization of the structural user
interface in an interactive product. S/he works proactively and
collaboratively with Strategists, Project Managers, Writers, Designers
and Technologists -from concept development through design development
and production - to formulate a strategic, elegant, highly usable and
technically feasible design solution. The User Experience Architect is
capable of acting, with minimal supervision, as independent lead on a
small- to medium-sized development effort or a component part of a
larger, more complex effort.

Responsibilities include:
- Understand both business and user goals (and, as appropriate, help to
define/refine same with other team members) 
- Participate in user studies to understand user behaviors/preferences
and build, from this understanding, informed user interface solutions 
- Assess the project's user experience needs and dynamics 
- Assist Content Strategists to develop content to fit the target
user/brand experience 
- Scope, develop and understand technical considerations with the
assistance of the project Technical Lead and, as required, with the
business representative and/or third-party partner(s) 
- Work collaboratively with designers to develop interface functionality

- Visualize concepts quickly and cleanly through sketching and other
rapid prototyping methods 
- Produce clean, concise site maps, transaction flows, diagrams and
interface schematics 
- Assist in authoring functional requirements and related proactive
business communications 
- Present, clearly and concisely, various stages of interface design
development to clients 
- Keep all XA-related project files - paper and electronic - extremely
well organized 
- Work collaboratively with Business Analysts to define page types and
templates for production 
- Participate in quality assurance checks during production 

Candidates should possess: 
- 3+ years of experience in interactive media design (preferably within
a creative team) 
- A minimum of 2 years in a role exclusively addressing information
architecture 
- Ability to research, understand and organize specialized content 
- Excellent writing, speaking, presentation and interpersonal skills 
- Experience and/or interest in mentoring others 
- Proficiency in one or more of the following: Adobe InDesign, Adobe
Illustrator, Microsoft Visio, HTML, Dreamweaver  
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All interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter to:
- Toronto position - ti-torontojobs at list.ti.com
- Dallas position - ti-dallasjobs at list.ti.com