{"id":4816,"date":"2011-01-05T22:36:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T18:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=4816"},"modified":"2011-01-06T17:56:32","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T21:56:32","slug":"job-information-architectuser-experience-designer-hearst-digital-media-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2011\/01\/05\/job-information-architectuser-experience-designer-hearst-digital-media-2\/","title":{"rendered":"JOB: Information Architect\/User Experience Designer, Hearst Digital Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JOB: Information Architect\/User Experience Designer<\/p>\n<p>Job description<\/p>\n<p>Hearst Digital Media is looking for an information architect\/user experience designer with 5+ years of experience. The information architect\/user experience designer will act as the advocate for the end user throughout the process of defining and implementing the site. The IA\/UXD will work with web editors, business analysts, designers, and project managers to create new standards for a suite of content destination sites. This is a great opportunity to not only create elegant solutions for our brands in the web and mobile space but also to help shape our growing IA\/UX discipline.<\/p>\n<p>Responsibilities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apply strategic thinking to deliver end-to-end user experience solutions with a focus on user needs and business goals.<\/li>\n<li>Gather and translate business requirements into intuitive interface solutions<\/li>\n<li>Create documentation to communicate both the spirit and details of the architecture, information design, page flow and functionality to internal teams and the project client.<\/li>\n<li>Develop detailed wireframes that incorporate the technical, editorial, and usability aspects of web design projects<\/li>\n<li>Participate in user research\/usability testing<\/li>\n<li>Collaborate with business analysts, design team and project managers as well as editorial staff to define new projects<\/li>\n<li>Organize and maintain a library of patterns and templates to use across our network<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to our approach for User Experience planning, best practices, standards, guidelines and processes for the company&#8217;s offerings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Job qualifications<\/p>\n<p>A portfolio of URLs, user process flows, site maps and wireframes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proficient in interpreting usability data, common site metrics and statistical analysis skills<\/li>\n<li>Excellent communications skills &#8211; Candidate needs to be able to communicate the vision of the user experience and functionality to the team and Business Units, negotiate conflicts, build consensus and act as a strong advocate for our users.<\/li>\n<li>Strong attention to detail, excellent analytical skills<\/li>\n<li>Solid proficiency in a variety of design and prototyping tools such as Visio and Axure<\/li>\n<li>Comfortable working with tight deadlines and multiple projects<\/li>\n<li>Experience designing user-centered mobile and web based applications<\/li>\n<li>Understanding of the capabilities and limitations of HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor&#8217;s Degree or higher in Human Computer Interaction, Design or a related field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact: \u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dkakar@hearst.com\">dkakar@hearst.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOB: Information Architect\/User Experience Designer Job description Hearst Digital Media is looking for an information architect\/user experience designer with 5+ years of experience. 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