[Sigia-l] JOB: Mid-to-Senior Information Architect/Interaction Designer - Punchcut (San Francisco, CA)

[Nancy Broden]

Punchcut (http://www.punchcut.com) has an immediate need for a mid-to- 
senior information architect/interaction designer to join our User  
Experience team on a permanent, full-time basis. The IA/ID should  
have a strong understanding of the user-centered design process and  
be equally comfortable working independently and alongside other  
design team members. The ideal candidate should have 3+ years of  
experience designing interfaces for the web and feel comfortable  
working in a fast-paced, creative agency environment.

Responsibilities
- Perform heuristic audits
- Develop conceptual UI models
- Define site structure, process flows and taxonomies
- Develop personas, scenarios and storyboards
- Define user task and interaction flows
- Create schematics describing page-level templates and components
- Write user interface specifications that capture proposed designs  
in detail
- Work with a multi-disciplinary team to evaluate the feasibility of  
proposed solutions

Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of industry experience designing usable interfaces for web  
sites and web-based applications and software products
- Strong understanding of the user-centered design process
- Ability to communicate conceptual ideas and design rationale to  
other members of the design, development and client teams
- Working experience with appropriate design tools including Visio,  
OmniGraffle, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc. as they relate to  
documenting site architecture, navigation, interaction flows, page- 
level feature and functionality
- Focused attention to detail
- Sense of humor and positive, flexible attitude
- Ability to multi-task and work on several small-to-mid sized  
projects in parallel
- Strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills

Desired Qualifications
- Advanced degree in relevant field
- Experience designing for web-based, client software, product  
interfaces (such as set-top boxes) and/or mobile applications
- Prior experience in a consulting firm
- Experience conducting forms of user research (contextual inquiry,  
focus groups, usability testing, etc.)

Please submit your resume with a portfolio web site to  
work at punchcut.com. Candidates are strongly encouraged to have an  
online portfolio for best consideration.

This position is located in San Francisco, CA. Only candidates with  
proper permits to work in the United States can be considered.  
Punchcut is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

ABOUT PUNCHCUT
Punchcut is an interface design company. With a deep understanding of  
digital technology and human behavior, we design and develop  
intelligent user interfaces that engage customers, streamline  
transactions, and enhance user experiences across channels – mobile,  
web, and software.

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Nancy Broden
nancy.broden at gmail.com