[Sigia-l] Experience Leads, Info. Architects & Content Strategists wanted in NYC!

[carolmtaylor at comcast.net]

[Posted by request.  Dick Hill]

Avenue A|Razorfish. We’re pioneers in the digital space and the largest
digital marketing services firm in the world*. What we do is both
fascinating and unique—just like our name suggests. It’s challenging work
that’s equal parts exciting, sexy, and creative. A division of aQuantive,
Inc. (NASDAQ: AQNT), we offer our Fortune 1000 clients an array of digital
marketing and technology solutions that deliver tangible results: Media, Web
Development, Search Engine Optimization, Strategy, Advertising, and more.
For your next career move, perhaps you’re thinking about the people, the
growth potential, and the culture. The great thing about Avenue A|Razorfish
is, well, lots of things. Our offices nationally are vibrant places to work.
We’re a 1000 employee company and growing quickly. Yet we feel like a
smaller one—agile and entrepreneurial. Picture a casual environment with a
diverse group of top-notch talent who work collaboratively and passionately
to get things done and make customers happy. We hire seriously smart people
with a sense of humor who deliver results. 
Information Architect
The Information Architect is responsible for developing IA documentation
(site maps, transaction flows, schematics, navigation models) for both web
sites and applications. In this role, you will be expected to work
collaboratively with a project team and support the Experience Lead or a Sr.
IA in the execution of all information architecture deliverables. A firm
understanding of user-centered design processes will be crucial to your
success here. Ideal candidates will have a healthy sense of humor, and are
ready to finally work in a place where they are no longer the smartest
person in the room. 
Core Duties/Responsibilities: 
•  Creating the information architecture for transactional, informational,
and marketing website 
•  Understanding target audiences' needs, tasks, and goals and translating
them into creative concepts and functional components 
•  Supporting the team to translate business requirements into meaningful
interactive experiences 
•  Participating in immersive user research, concept testing, and usability
testing 
•  Developing user personas and scenarios to clarify results of user
research and focus the team’s design efforts on the needs of key users 
•  Collaboratively developing prototypes for demonstration of concepts to
clients 
•  Conducting competitive audits and market research 
•  Developing and documenting detailed user experience specifications for
highly interactive interfaces 
•  Participating in User Experience thought leadership in both the company
and the industry
Required Skills
•  Demonstrated ability to execute on IA complex transactional interfaces,
taxonomies and metadata frameworks, and templates for content management
systems 
•  Demonstrated ability to work in a highly collaborative environment 
•  Experience with user-centered design methodologies 
•  Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills 
•  Experience in client services and negotiating business decisions 
•  High tolerance for ambiguity matched only by your desire to organize it 
•  Willingness to travel 
Required Experience 
•  3+ years experience as an information architect, interaction designer, or
experience designer (or similar role) 
•  Degree in a related field, such as Library Science, Industrial Design,
Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Technical Communications,
English, History, Anthropology, Economics 
•  Proficiency in a variety of design tools including Visio and InDesign, as
well as the MS Office Suite 
To apply, go to:
http://www2.openhire.com/onlinejobs/jobs/submit.cfm?fuseaction=dspjob&jobid=
106752&company_id=15478&version=1&source=ONLINE&jobOwner=968907&aid=1
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Senior Content Strategist
The Senior Content Strategist is responsible for overseeing all content
requirements, and creating all content strategy deliverables (content
audits, gap analyses, taxonomies, metadata frameworks, style guides, content
migration plans, etc.) across the project lifecycle. Collaborating closely
with the Information Architect as well as people from our Creative, Strategy
and Technology groups, you will be critical to defining the content needs of
web sites and applications our teams create, and to working closely with the
client to ensure the necessary content is sourced or otherwise generated.
Ideal candidates will have a healthy sense of humor, and are ready to
finally work in a place where they are no longer the smartest person in the
room. 
Core Duties/Responsibilities: 
•  Developing content strategy based on client business objectives and user
needs 
•  Determining projects’ overall content requirements and potential content
sources 
•  Developing innovative solutions for content presentation, including
content management, workflow, and maintenance 
•  Creating taxonomies and metadata frameworks for grouping and tagging
content 
•  Working with client to enhance, edit and reformat legacy and newly
created content 
•  Ensuring content conforms to Search Engine Optimization best practices 
•  Developing or overseeing development of all content to be included in the
solution 
•  Setting guidelines for the editorial tone, style, and voice of all
content 
•  Develop naming conventions, instructional copy, and other interface
textual elements 
•  Establishing a style guide and editorial procedures for all written
elements of the site 
•  Overseeing content migrations and prepararing documentation to do so 
•  Developing content indexes and mapping documentation for the new site.
Required Skills
•  Demonstrated ability to lead content strategy across the entire web
development process 
•  Thorough understanding of how to communicate effectively in a digital
environment 
•  Experience with content management systems, digital asset management,
databases and SEO best practices 
•  Expert level attention to detail 
•  Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills 
•  Experience in client services and negotiating business decisions 
•  High tolerance for ambiguity matched only by your desire to organize it 
•  Willingness to travel 
Required Experience 
•  5+ years experience in creating/writing content for Web or other digital
media 
•  Degree in related field, such as English, journalism, technical writing,
or library science 
•  Previous experience in professional print, digital or broadcast media 
•  Advanced proficiency in the MS Office Suite, and working knowledge of
design tools such as Visio and InDesign 
•  Willingness to travel 
To apply for this position, go to:
http://www2.openhire.com/onlinejobs/jobs/submit.cfm?fuseaction=dspjob&jobid=
112564&company_id=15478&version=1&source=ONLINE&jobOwner=968907&aid=1
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Experience Lead
The Experience Lead is responsible for leading the User Experience team,
including Information Architects, Content Strategists and User Researchers,
and working collaboratively with Creative, Technology and Strategy to create
compelling, insight-driven web-based experiences. This is one of the most
crucial project roles at Avenue A | Razorfish as it requires an ability both
to lead the project team and the client through a user-centered design
process to develop meaningful experience concepts, and to execute on those
concepts. The Experience Lead is an ideas person who can sell “the big idea”
to the client, but who also loves getting her or his hands dirty in the
process. 
Core Duties/Responsibilities: 
•  Taking a leadership role in developing the information architecture and
content strategy of transactional, informational, and marketing website 
•  Understanding target audiences' needs, tasks, and goals and translating
them into creative concepts 
•  Working closely with clients to translate business requirements into
meaningful interactive experiences 
•  Leading and/or participating in immersive user research, concept testing,
and usability testing 
•  Developing user personas and scenarios to clarify results of user
research and focus the team’s design efforts on the needs of key users 
•  Collaboratively developing prototypes for demonstration of concepts to
clients 
•  Developing and documenting detailed user experience specifications for
highly interactive interfaces 
•  Driving User Experience thought leadership in both the company and the
industry 
Required Skills
•  Demonstrated ability to lead design of complex transactional interfaces,
taxonomies and metadata frameworks, and templates for content management
systems 
•  Demonstrated ability to develop big ideas, and execute flawlessly against
them in a highly collaborative environment 
•  Demonstrated experience conducting user research and translating user
research into design decisions 
•  Demonstrated experience using web analytics data to inform design
decisions 
•  Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills 
•  Experience in client services and negotiating business decisions 
•  High tolerance for ambiguity matched only by your desire to organize it 
•  Willingness to travel 

Required Experience
•  5+ years experience as an information architect, interaction designer, or
experience designer (or similar role) 
•  Master’s degree in a related field, such as library science, industrial
design, graphic design, or human-computer interaction 

To apply, go to:
http://www2.openhire.com/onlinejobs/jobs/submit.cfm?fuseaction=dspjob&jobid=
102330&company_id=15478&version=1&source=ONLINE&jobOwner=968907&aid=1