[Sigia-l] JOB: Information Architect at WeightWatchers.com (New York, NY)

[Jenn Coonce]

Weight Watchers is looking for a full-time Information Architect for our
headquarters in New York, NY. This person will be joining a dynamic,
high-energy Creative team working on innovative and strategic projects
worldwide, including Rich Internet Applications and highly strategic
marketing, customer relationship management, and content findability
projects.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on a complicated, multi-faceted
product and see projects through from start to completion and into
advanced phases of sophistication.

The Information Architect is a leader on the creative team, developing
site architecture documentation and strategies that are consistent with
company's business rules and usability standards.  The Information
Architect should be able to identify user needs and meld business
requirements into a user experience strategy that is translated into wire
frames, task flows, user scenarios, and other standard documentation.
Understand how to organize content and tools and work closely with all
departments to implement processes. Have a well rounded background in Web
development with experience working with members of design and development
teams and can apply those skill towards creating superior solutions.

Please send resume and salary requirements to Jenn Coonce, Associate
Creative Director and Information Architecture Director, at
jcoonce at weightwatchers.com.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Establish and maintain a high-level of Information Architecture and
usability standards
- Contribute to overall strategic direction and vision of projects
- Define site and application architecture and user interaction through
site maps, wire frames, user flows, user personas and scenarios, and
functional specifications
- Consult with the business teams to translate business requirements and
usability feedback into web based user interfaces
- Lead client reviews
- Coordinate with engineering team to define and manage functional
requirements
- Collaborate with other departments to ensure a timely delivery of projects
- Work with QA to ensure final project meets all IA requirements

EXPERIENCE:
The successful candidate will have excellent and innovative Information
Architecture abilities with 3-5 years experience with architecting and
developing user interfaces for the Web, creating the required
documentation. The candidate will have been responsible for a wide variety
of projects and internet technologies and be able to develop, maintain,
and lead different project initiatives. The candidate will have worked
with teams such as design, project managers, clients and engineering to
develop and design strong solutions. Strong interpersonal and
communication skills, attention to detail and an ability to consistently
produce solid work are required.  The candidate should have an excellent
grasp of usability and understand the challenges of creating a successful
and usable user interface.

SKILLS:
Technical Knowledge and Skills
- Overall understanding of HTML, and various technologies utilized in
building web applications (HTML, CSS, DHTML and Javascript, .NET, Flash,
XML, etc.)
- Knowledge of standard programs: Visio, Microsoft Office (Word,
PowerPoint, Excel), Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, etc.
- Experience working with Quality Assurance to insure final output meets
IA requirements
- Experience with prototyping a plus

Academic Skills
- Complete understanding of usability guidelines and information
architecture best practices
- Understanding of how to construct user scenarios
- Ability to translate business requirements into Information Architecture
documents such as wire frames, site maps, and functional specifications
- Experience with task analysis, usability inspection methods, and testing
- Understanding of research techniques
- Excellent oral and written communication skills

WORK VALUES & APPROACH
-Problem solving
-Innovative and creative thinking
-Developing effective written communications
-Delivering effective presentations
-Drive for results
-Commitment to quality
-Focus on customer needs