[Sigia-l] iXD Career Opportunities with Digitas - at all levels!
carolmtaylor at comcast.net
carolmtaylor at comcast.net
Thu May 5 16:13:22 EDT 2011
About Digitas
Founded in 1980, Digitas—one of the world’s leading digital marketing and media companies—is at the forefront of the new digital age. As an independent global network within the Paris-based Publicis Groupe, the world’s fourth largest communications group, Digitas is the first global digital network with offices in the USA, Europe, and Asia. Serving global marketing clients, we create brand experiences in digital and direct channels that engage and excite their customers. Through user-generated content, branded entertainment, digital video production, and social media programs and more we tap into people’s passions and create loyal, motivated relationships.
Digitas designs, builds and runs marketing engines that drive customer acquisition, cross-sell, loyalty, affinity, and care operations for world-leading marketers. Our User Experience group creates cutting edge online marketing solutions for our clients. As a member of our team, you will work to visually and strategically solve interactive design problems to benefit overall usability and functionality for the user. You will work on a cross-functional team with talented Art Directors, Copywriters and Technology experts creating rich, online experiences.
Our people are at the top of their industry — inspiring innovation, creativity and results. We're artists, analysts, technologists, writers, and producers. We're passionate, creative, thoughtful, and above all, we are committed to our clients, inspired by their customers, excited by change, and fueled by a passion for collaboration and bold invention.
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CONTENT STRATEGIST
Content Strategist is dedicated to helping our clients communicate with consumers via digital means such as websites, social media, mobile applications, branded integrations and more. The Content Strategist identifies the most appropriate communication channels, oversees all content requirements, and creates 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 Interaction Designers, this person is 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.
Responsibilities:
Content Model
• Develop metadata model and or tagging schema to describe the content
• Develop controlled vocabularies which will provide values for the metadata elements
• Define business rules to govern relationships between content items from a cross-sell and up-sell (in conjunction with client)
• Assist in the develop of content entry templates to reflect the requisite tags and/or metadata elements required to power the CMS (if needed)
Content Strategy
• Identification and documentation of content types and inventory of existing content
• Identify content for deletion, migration (as is), updating or that needs to be developed
• Developing the overall schema for organizing and developing content (e.g. hierarchy, lifecycle, etc)
• Develop an editorial style guide to provide guidance on content development in conjunction with copywriting team
Content Governance
• Assist in the development of a content governance model including processes and dependencies including: key roles (e.g. author, editor, approver, reviewer etc.) and responsibilities per role
• Identify key processes, procedures and dependencies
Requirements:
· 3-5 years professional experience within an ad agency, journalism or publishing house, social media agency, or production environment. Skill sets should include: · Thorough understanding of how to communicate effectively in a digital environment · Demonstrated ability to lead content strategy across the entire web and SEO best practices
• Experience with taxonomy design, meta data framework development etc.
· Advanced knowledge and experience with content management systems (CMS) and functions and content migrations, including digital asset management and databases
• Business process and reengineering skills: ability to define new business process / re-engineer existing processes
· Online portfolio with sample of your work, including planning and strategy documents, content analysis documents, content strategy briefs, gap analyses, taxonomies, client-centered content templates, content audits, tone and voice style guides, etc. · Bachelors Degree in related field, such as English, journalism, technical writing, or library science
· 3-5 years experience with the following:
o Developing content strategy based on client business objectives and user needs
o Determining projects' overall content requirements and potential content sources
o Conceiving and developing original content: writing blog posts, articles and display copy o Developing innovative solutions for content presentation, including content management, workflow, and maintenance
o Editing material generated by internal and external contributors
o Evaluating and managing content syndication opportunities o Creating taxonomies and metadata frameworks for grouping and tagging content; ensuring content conforms to Search Engine Optimization best practices o Developing naming conventions, instructional copy, and other interface textual elements
o Set ting guidelines for the editorial tone and procedures for all written elements of the site; managing overall style and voice of all content as well as brand standards o Overseeing content migrations and preparing documentation to do so o Developing content indexes and mapping documentation for the new site.
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INTERACTION DESIGNER
Interaction Designers are responsible for the navigation, organization, interaction design, and business/user process engineering for leading-edge Web solutions, software, and mobile devices/applications. This person will apply user-centered design methods to translate user needs, business objectives, and technology capabilities into world-class user experiences for leading companies. The ideal candidate has 3-5+ years’ experience in experience planning and conducting research, generating audience insights, and designing customer experiences for the digital realm.
Responsibilities :
Interaction Design:
· Information architecture
· Conceptual design, functional design and modeling audiences, processes & tasks.
· Documentation, such as site maps, wireframes, flow charts or use cases, functional & presentation specifications, clickable prototypes , and style guides
Collaboration:
· Partner with technology on design feasibility
· Collaborate with design team on visual design integrity
· Work with Clients to identify business REQ & Goals
Research and Analysis
· Plan and direct appropriate research
· Apply research methodology to research plans; analyze and implement research
· Conduct competitive or content assessments
· results
Requirements :
• Minimum of 3-5 years design shop, agency or consulting experience – designing wireframes, storyboards, interfaces, content, websites, applications, or mobile content
• Online portfolio showcasing user -centered design abilities, methods and techniques - samples should include some of the following: interaction design projects (and the steps/documentation required from concept through launch), functional & presentation specs, personas, use cases, user flows, wireframes, architecture diagrams and clickable prototypes, powerpoint presentations, site maps, interaction design, style guides
• Bachelors degree preferred in design-related discipline: Interaction, Information or Interface design; Human-Computer Interaction; Design Planning; Graphic Design; Communications
· Demonstrated ability to execute on IA complex transactional interfaces, taxonomies and metadata frameworks, and templates for content management systems · Proficiency with Interaction Design tools such as: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Office Suite
• Insatiable curiosity, excited by design and technology; excited about the evolution of experience design on the web and where it could lead
· 3-5 years experience with the following:
o Assessing existing sites/properties for usefulness, usability, visual design, content, and branding (with guidance and oversight).
o Participating in design/user testing sessions and identifying and documenting meaningful patterns from the findings
o Identifying opportunities to create business value and improve the user experience, based on user research; organizing opportunities into visually compelling matrices or maps.
o Executing participatory requirements gathering sessions and participating in debrief sessions (with guidance and oversight); creating feature lists from sessions.
o Creating visually compelling representations of the solution's high-level interaction, navigation, and organization design (i.e., concept models).
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SR. INTERACTION DESIGNER
As a Senior Interaction Designer at Digitas, you will visually and strategically solve interactive design problems to benefit overall usability and functionality for the user. Collaborating with a cross-functional team of talented Art Directors, Copywriters and Technology experts, you will use your interactive design, customer experience/insights and research experience to help create rich, online experiences for our clients.
Responsbilities:
Interaction Design:
· Information architecture
· Conceptual design, functional design and task modeling
· Documentation, such as site maps, flow, functional & presentation specifications
Collaboration:
· Partnership with technology on design feasibility
· Partnership with design team on visual design integrity
Research and Analysis:
· Planning and direction of appropriate research
· Application of research methodology
· Content assessments
· Analysis and implementation of results
Requirements :
• Minimum of five years design shop, agency or consulting experience – designing wireframes, storyboards, interfaces, content, websites, applications, or mobile content
• Online portfolio showcasing user -centered design abilities, methods and techniques - samples should include some of the following: interaction design projects (and the steps/documentation required from concept through launch), functional & presentation specs, personas, use cases, user flows, wireframes, architecture diagrams and clickable prototypes, powerpoint presentations, site maps, interaction design, style guides
• Bachelors degree preferred in design-related discipline: Interaction, Information or Interface design; Human-Computer Interaction; Design Planning; Graphic Design; Communications
• Insatiable curiosity, excited by design and technology; excited about the evolution of experience design on the web and where it could lead
· Demonstrated ability to execute on IA complex transactional interfaces, taxonomies and metadata frameworks, and templates for content management systems · Proficiency with Interaction Design tools such as: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Office Suite
o Minimum five years experience with the following:
o Assessing existing sites/properties for usefulness, usability, visual design, content, and branding (with guidance and oversight).
o Participating in design/user testing sessions and identifying and documenting meaningful patterns from the findings
o Identifying opportunities to create business value and improve the user experience, based on user research; organizing opportunities into visually compelling matrices or maps.
o Executing participatory requirements gathering sessions and participating in debrief sessions (with guidance and oversight); creating feature lists from sessions.
o Creating visually compelling representations of the solution's high-level interaction, navigation, and organization design (i.e., concept models).
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LEAD INTERACTION DESIGNER
The Lead Interaction Designer at Digitas takes a dynamic part in creation of interactive experience design and advertising experiences from a conceptual standpoint, working as partner on a creative team alongside Copywriters, Art Directors and Designers. This person works closely with a Creative Director and peers of different disciplines within the agency to produce beautiful, wild and smart creative work that bonds consumers to brands and gives them a voice in the brand experience. The optimal candidate will be well versed in the underlying ideas behind Web 2.0, while being grounded in the fundamentals of usability. This person will also have balanced Interaction Design skills (IA and UI), visual design sensibilities and an understanding of how all disciplines must exist together to create experience design solutions.
Partnering with creative teams, marketing strategists and account planners, the Lead Interaction Designer will develop customer research and insights that drive the ideas within the work. Think social engagement, distributed application and content development and using marketing as a service rather than a bland sales tactic.
Additional Responsibilities:
• Willing to understand a client's business, brand and marketing objectives, proactively contributing to its evolution and success
• Team with writers and art directors to develop next-generation interactive experiences
• Maintain high standards for design artifacts, including wireframes, architecture diagrams and prototypes
• Understands and can develop or extend personas and scenarios for a given user population based on either primary or secondary research
• Takes lead with the technology teams to identify required platforms and systems to bring the experience to life, and documents the requirements for the technology teams in a standardized set of documents (presentation, technical, functional or temporal)
• Know what advanced technology can do, and recommend where to use it
• Work closely with Designers and Software Engineers from Powerhouse from the standpoint of problem solving and execution
Qualifications:
o Minimum of five to seven years design shop, agency or consulting experience, with minimum of two years experience at the lead level
o Minimum of five to seven years experience designing wireframes, storyboards, interfaces, content, websites, applications, or mobile content
o Online portfolio showcasing user -centered design abilities, methods and techniques - samples should include some of the following: interaction design projects (and the steps/documentation required from concept through launch), functional & presentation specs, personas, use cases, user flows, wireframes, architecture diagrams and clickable prototypes, powerpoint presentations, site maps, interaction design, style guides
o Bachelors degree preferred in design-related discipline: Interaction, Information or Interface design; Human-Computer Interaction; Design Planning; Graphic Design; Communications
o Insatiable curiosity, excited by design and technology; excited about the evolution of experience design on the web and where it could lead
o Excellent presentation, communication, organization & time management skills
o Demonstrated knowledge of current rich media technologies, particularly Flash 8, to produce work that is both seamless and beautiful o Advanced skills with Interaction Design tools such as: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Office Suite
o Minimum five to seven years experience with the following:
o Assessing existing sites/properties for usefulness, usability, visual design, content, and branding (with guidance and oversight).
o Participating in design/user testing sessions and identifying and documenting meaningful patterns from the findings
o Identifying opportunities to create business value and improve the user experience, based on user research; organizing opportunities into visually compelling matrices or maps.
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VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR, INTERACTION DESIGN
The Vice President Interactive Design at Digitas takes a dynamic part in creation of interactive experience design and advertising experiences from a conceptual standpoint, working as partner on a creative team alongside Copywriters, Art Directors and Designers. This person works closely with a Creative Director and peers of different disciplines within the agency to produce beautiful, wild and smart creative work that bonds consumers to brands and gives them a voice in the brand experience. The optimal candidate will be well versed in the underlying ideas behind Web 2.0, while being grounded in the fundamentals of usability. This person will also have balanced Interaction Design skills (IA and UI), visual design sensibilities and an understanding of how all disciplines must exist together to create experience design solutions.
Partnering with creative teams, marketing strategists and account planners, the Lead Interaction Designer will develop customer research and insights that drive the ideas within the work. Think social engagement, distributed application and content development and using marketing as a service rather than a bland sales tactic.
Responsibilities:
· Manage a team of interaction and visual designers
· Scope, plan and manage multiple design projects from strategic product definition to launch
· Create the user interaction model, workflows, information architecture, schematics, and interface guidelines/specifications
· Facilitate project communication and asset exchange across a multidisciplinary team throughout all phases of the project
· Learn our clients’ business, brand and marketing objectives, and proactively contributing to its evolution and success
Collaborate with a team of senior writers and art directors to develop next-generation interactive experiences
Maintain high standards for design artifacts, including wireframes, architecture diagrams and prototypes
Understand and develop or extend personas and scenarios for a given user population based on either primary or secondary research
Take the lead with the technology teams to identify required platforms and systems to bring the experience to life, and documents the requirements for the technology teams in a standardized set of documents (presentation, technical, functional or temporal)
Know what advanced technology can do, and recommend where to use it
Work closely with Creative & Technology teams from the standpoint of problem solving and execution
Requirements:
· Minimum of nine years design shop, agency or consulting experience, with minimum of two years experience at the director level
· Minimum of nine years experience designing wireframes, storyboards, interfaces, content, websites, applications, or mobile content
· Proven ability to partner with Clients on business requirements and goals
· Minimum nine years experience planning and conducting research, generating audience insights, and designing customer experiences
· Online portfolio showcasing user-centered design abilities, methods and techniques - samples should include some of the following: interaction design projects (and the steps/documentation required from concept through launch), functional & presentation specs, personas, use cases, user flows, wireframes, architecture diagrams and clickable prototypes, PowerPoint presentations, site maps, interaction design, style guides
· Bachelors degree preferred in design-related discipline: Interaction, Information or Interface design; Human-Computer Interaction; Design Planning; Graphic Design; Communications
· Insatiable curiosity, excited by design and technology; excited about the evolution of experience design on the web and where it could lead
· Excellent presentation, communication, organization & time management skills
· Demonstrated knowledge of current rich media technologies, particularly Flash 8, to produce work that is both seamless and beautiful
· Advanced skills with Interaction Design tools such as: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Office Suite
· Minimum nine to ten years experience with the following:
o Research and Analysis including planning and direction of appropriate research, application of research methodology to research plans, competitive or content assessments; and analysis and implementation of research results
o Assessing existing sites/properties for usefulness, usability, visual design, content, and branding (with guidance and oversight).
o Participating in design/user testing sessions and identifying and documenting meaningful patterns from the findings
o Identifying opportunities to create business value and improve the user experience, based on user research; organizing opportunities into visually compelling matrices or maps.
o Executing participatory requirements gathering sessions and participating in debrief sessions (with guidance and oversight); creating feature lists from sessions.
o Creating visually compelling representations of the solution's high-level interaction, navigation, and organization design (i.e., concept models); executing on IA complex transactional interfaces, taxonomies and metadata frameworks, and templates for content management systems
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Come find out how Digitas’ commitment to people and teams, professional opportunity and development, and an enviable company culture has earned us a spot on Boston Business Journal’s “Best Places To Work” list every year since its inception. If that’s not enough to convince you, we’ve been awarded more than 20 Best Place to Work Awards in the past two years alone. Our competitive salaries, extensive benefits programs, commitment to community service and office perks (such as Bagel Fridays, Creative Recess, Women’s Forum and Employee Art shows) help us attract and retain some of the region’s best talent, as well as highlights for clients and prospects just what makes Digitas different.
How to apply: (Please do not reply to this email, but follow instructions below)
To apply for one of the positions listed above, please submit resume & online portfolio URL at http://www.digitas.com/careers.html .
Other:
· The positions are full time during regular business hours
· Local candidates preferred; no relocation assistance available
· No visa sponsorship/assistance available.
· Digitas is an Equal Opportunity Employer
For more information, visit www.digitas.com
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