[Sigia-l] Information Architect: Richmond, VA - $100k range - Relo offered

[carolmtaylor at comcast.net]

This full-service agency offers unified advertising, media, direct response, interactive, data analytics, you name it, in one of the most creative, award-winning agencies in the world. Over the past decade, they have assembled some of the world's best minds in eBusiness, eMarketing and branding. Their uniquely qualified Digital Leadership Group (DLG) is comprised of a multi-disciplinary team of planners, strategists, creative, consumer insights, CMR, development, deployment and analytical measurement professionals. This means that they are structured to help their clients use technology for more than just banners and online acquisition tools — they consider customer-managed relationships in everything we do. Their unique approach provides opportunities for their clients to save money, streamline their business processes, use real-time, trigger/behavioral-based communications and increase their market share. 





This client wants to fill their building to the brim with the most talented people in the industry, and are always looking to meet experienced, senior-level professionals in all disciplines. And it goes without saying (but we'll say it anyway) that attracting interactive specialists is one of their highest priorities.You don’t need to have a degree in advertising. You don’t need an MBA or PhD. You don’t need to tell us that you were editor of your high school yearbook in 1994 (but by all means let us know if you were voted “Most Likely to Succeed” or “Best Looking”). 





You do need curiosity and energy. Dedication and integrity. Enthusiasm. Originality. And a big healthy serving of humour. We want folks who listen to the challenges of our clients and coworkers and instinctively become part of the solution. We want you because you are intelligent, inspiring, and refreshing. If you can play dodgeball team, make sure to include that too. 




Information Architect $100k; Richmond, VA 

Conduct and participate in project definition activities including: requirement gathering, stakeholder interviews, site assessment, content audits, competitive analysis, secondary research, etc. 

Understand audience needs, tasks, and goals and translating them into creative concepts that match and meet business needs and objectives 

Ability to understand and approach any problem from a variety of perspectives and points of view. Build user personas, scenarios and use cases based upon research. Create process flows, site maps, wireframes and prototypes that solve strategic business and customer goals 

Comfortable with complexity, ambiguity, and chaos but with a passion for the challenges of understanding, organizing and communicating it simply using information hierarchies, site architectures, navigation and the creative and innovative use of technology. 

Understand current technologies, backend systems and capabilities. Work closely with programming and development leads to determine efficacy of possible solutions. 

Conduct comprehensive user research, prototype and concept testing, usability testing and heuristic evaluations. Understand the tools and methods of quantitative analysis and their application to project development and optimization. 

Participate in User Experience thought leadership in both the company and the industry. Identify and implement opportunities to innovate and refine the IA process. 

Responsibilities : 

• Creating the information architecture and interaction design for transactional, informational, and marketing website 

• Understanding target audiences' needs, tasks, and goals and translating them into creative concepts and functional components 

• 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 and/or participating in the development of 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 



Qualifications : 



• Demonstrated ability to execute on IA of complex transactional interfaces, taxonomies and metadata frameworks, and templates for content management systems 

• Demonstrated experience conducting user research and translating user research into design decisions 

• Demonstrated experience using web analytics data to inform design decisions 

• Demonstrated ability to develop big ideas, and execute flawlessly against them in a highly collaborative environment 

• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills with an ability to communicate abstract concepts simply and demonstrate their relationship to strategic business and consumer goals. 

• 3-5 years experience as an information architect, interaction designer, or experience designer (or similar role) 



At this time, agency cannot provide visa assistance 

Some relo assistance will be provided within U.S. 

Interested? Please send resume & portfolio samples to CarolMTaylor(at)comcast.net