[Sigia-l] JOB: FT Information Architect/Experience Planner at Publicis Dialog NYC

[katherine lumb]

Publicis Dialog has an immediate, full-time staff position open in our
NYC office for a qualified senior experience planner.

Position Summary:
The Senior Experience Planner creates branded, interactive user
experiences such as websites, games, and applications for major
consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical and alcoholic beverage
clients. The XP helps define and lead the strategic and creative
vision; owns the information architecture, navigation, interaction and
user experience; researches and defines user needs, business goals and
requirements; coordinates with the art director, technical director
and account manger to inform visual design and facilitate build.

This position will require spending approximately 70% of the time
working on health/wellness accounts and 30% on consumer packaged goods
accounts. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in
pharma, wellness or health products or services.

Please send resume and salary requirements, plus URLs and work samples
if available, to: employment at publicis-usa.com
Include "Fulltime XP" in your subject line.
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Responsibilities:
The Senior Experience Planner:
·	Takes ownership of the XP component of all assigned projects.
·	Understand brands, and how to bring them to life online.
·	Serves as primary point of contact with internal team members and
the client for all XP issues.
·	Delivers work on time and on budget.
·	Communicates concerns, problems and ideas proactively to internal
team members.
·	Is articulate, clear and confident in presenting their work to
internal team members and clients.
·	Provides expert usability and interaction design recommendations to
the project team.

Primary Tasks + Deliverables
·	Produces deliverables at a level of fidelity and detail appropriate
for clients and internal team members.
·	Plans, conducts and analyzes primary and secondary research
(heuristic evaluations, competitive analyses, one-on-one interviews,
online surveys, stakeholder interviews, etc.).
·	Plans and conducts internal team and client work sessions
(brainstorms, requirements workshops, etc.).
·	Defines, prioritizes and drives consensus on project requirements,
including all features, functions and content.
·	Develops process models, user personas and scenarios.
·	Creates information architecture deliverables, including site maps,
wireframes, interaction models and page specifications that describe
navigation, content, and functionality.
·	Assists technical director with functional specifications.
·	Leads usability testing planning, facilitation and analysis.

Qualifications:
·	5+ years experience creating user-centered digital solutions,
including rigorous audience research, solution validation and
measurement plan development.
·	Experience as primary XP on medium and large accounts.
·	Expertise with modeling and prototyping tools including OmniGraffle,
Visio, HTML/JavaScript, Dreamweaver and/or Illustrator.
·	Excellent visual, written and oral communications and presentations skills.
·	Strong leadership, interpersonal and management skills.
·	Demonstrated critical thinking ability.
·	Experience working in an agency environment.
·	Experience in the consumer packaged goods and youth marketing
essential; experience in pharmaceutical and alcoholic beverage
marketing a plus.

Education :
·	Bachelor's degree
·	Graduate degree (preferred) in Cognitive Psychology, Human Factors,
HCI, Design, Anthropology, or related field

About Publicis Dialog:
Publicis Dialog is part of Publicis in the U.S., the $1.2 billion U.S.
unit of the Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A. (NYSE:PUB - News). The
Publicis Groupe has 38,000 employees serving the world's leading
brands from offices in 109 countries. With worldwide revenues of over
$4 billion, it is the world's fourth-largest communications company
and among the fastest growing in its category.

Katherine K. Lumb
VP, Creative Experience Director
Publicis Dialog
212/279-5281