[Sigia-l] JOB: Sr. Information Architect, Marriott International

[Carrie Garzich]

Marriott International is currently hiring multiple positions within our IA
group. Contact carrie.garzich at marriott.com for more information or to send
resumes.

*Specific Job Summary *

May manage and provide guidance on User Experience best practices at the
project level. Innovates through solutions to support project team, and/or
department objectives, and recognizes implications across project portfolio.
Creates standard information architecture documentation. Defines competitive
landscape, establishes benchmarks for and conducts competitive assessments.
Defines content organization, nomenclature and navigation systems for web
sites to maximize user experience and overall site effectiveness.

*Specific Expected Contributions *

• Contributes specialized knowledge and skill in the IA discipline
• Contributes innovations and solutions on a project level
• May lead project from user experience perspective
• Design and implement user-centered design processes to structure large,
e-commerce and content-focused web sites
• Gather user requirements
• Conduct task analyses
• Conduct heuristic evaluations
• Work with cross-functional teams throughout the development process
• Creates IA deliverables including site maps, process flows, page flows,
use cases, functional specifications, wireframes and related documentation
• May assist UR in usability research and testing. Ability to analyze and
report test results
• Write position papers on user-focused web research, and industry trends
• Conduct heuristic evaluations of Marriott's online presence
• Define the competitive landscape, establish benchmarks for and conduct
competitive assessments

*Specific Candidate Profile *

• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent creative solution skills
• Excellent collaborative skills
• Strong interpersonal and customer relationship skills
• Knowledge in current User Experience and/or IA theory and research
• Takes initiative and acts independently while seeking input from subject
matter experts as needed to make solid strategic recommendations
• Ability to distill and organize large amounts of complex information into
intuitive site maps and navigation systems
• Firm understanding and ability to balance user, business, and technical
needs at the project level
• Ability to understand business objectives at the projects level and create
the solutions to achieve them
• Advanced experience or understanding of usability testing and research
skills
• Experience providing analysis and reporting test results or competitive
analysis
• Ability to effectively manage multiple activities in a dynamic environment
• Solid understanding of Internet product development life cycles
• Advanced understanding of user experience modeling and human factors
testing
• Superior written and oral communication skills
• Specialized experience with Internet development process, user-centered
design principles and prototyping
• Knowledge of HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, interface design, CMS
• Has specialized experience with any or some of the following: Information
Architecture, Library Sciences, Human Factors Psychology, Interaction or
Visual Design, User Research,  Interface Development, Content Management,
Appilcations Development, Writing, Marketing
• Strong team orientation

*Education/Experience*

• Demonstrated knowledge of user-centered design principles and practices
• Experience in the Internet field, developing large-scale transactional
sites
• Extensive experience with rapid prototyping tools (e.g., Visio, Photoshop,
Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, MS Office, etc.)
• Bachelor's degree preferred in Liberal Arts fields, Human Factors
Psychology, Instructional Design, Library Sciences, or 4+ years experience
in related field