[Sigia-l] Job Opportunity in Metro DC Area

[Elizabeth Randolph]

I am forwarding the following job description on behalf of a former
colleague. From what I've heard it's a great project. Contact info is at
the end of the description. This is also listed on Monster but if you
saw it here you can mention my name as the reference, thanks.
--Elizabeth Randolph
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Better Experience
user experience | info. architecture
betterexperience at verizon.net
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Argosy has a requirement for an Information Architect for e-Business web
development projects in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area. 

Job Title: Informaton Architect - e-Business Practice
Location: North Bethesda, MD & Dulles Toll Road (267), VA
Education: BA or BS
Employment Status: Full Time or Contract
Relocation Assistance:	No

Description:
Argosy Omnimedia, Inc. ("Argosy") is a professional services, enterprise
information  technology consulting, custom software development and
integration company.  Since  the formation of the company in 1997,
Argosy has been engaged by over 20 clients  throughout Retail, Finance,
Healthcare, Life Sciences, Chemicals, Entertainment, and  Digital Media
to lead or support their enterprise information technology (IT)
initiatives and projects.  As a Microsoft Certified Partner and an IBM
Business  Partner with Certifications in e-Business and Life Sciences,
Argosy has been  building enterprise, Internet-enabled solutions for
clients for over 6 years.

This is a ground level opportunity with equity participation
opportunities for  employees (yes, unlike Microsoft, we still have a
stock option incentive plan).  

This individual must have the educational degree(s) from an accredited
university  and experience identified below.  This experience must
include primary  responsibility for the information design and user
experience of award winning  consumer-grade web sites.

This individual will be responsible for the information design and user
experience  of the web site layout, navigation, and content.  This
individual will will be a key  member of the site design team and act as
the "lead consumer advocate" while  balancing the needs of the consumer
against limited resources of time and funding.   This individual must
have a portfolio of experience as an Information Architecture  or User
Experience design roles for e-Commerce sites, transactional sites, web
applications, and software applications.  Travel/hospitality industry
experience is  a plus and will be weighted heavily in the evaluation.


Position Qualifications Required:

-BA or BS Degree (minimum) 
-Formal training in information design and data resource management. 
-Performed web site content analysis  
-Conducted usability interviews 
-Performed competitive analysis of similar sites in same industries 
-Perform use case modeling, task flow diagramming, and interaction
design  
-Create user functional requirements, analysis and documentation  
-Perform user research and usability testing (set up, run, and interpret
results of  usability tests) 
-Create diagrams of conceptual, site architecture, wireframes/page
schematics, and  task flows
-Has a working knowledge of HTML 
-Has familiarity and experience in working with web technologies such as
Javascript,  dynamic (database driven) sites, CSS, search engines, and
content management systems
-Must have demonstrated successful client management, interface and
communication  skills.
-Experience in full life cycle information technology solution
implementation from  conceptualization, requirements, design and
specification through development  (coding), integration testing and
commissioning.
-Residence in the Greater Washington, D.C. area (Maryland, Virginia, the
District)
-Willing to work at both the client's location in the Metropolitan WDC
area and  Argosy's development center in North Bethesda, MD.
-Must be able to start IMMEDIATELY.

Contact:
Send RESUME AND COMPENSATION information to hr at argoc.com with the
following subject  line: "Job ID: 2148 - Informaton Architect -
e-Business Practice"