{"id":4823,"date":"2011-01-06T22:39:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T18:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=4823"},"modified":"2011-01-12T12:12:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T16:12:42","slug":"job-ia-martin-agency-in-richmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2011\/01\/06\/job-ia-martin-agency-in-richmond\/","title":{"rendered":"[JOB] [IA] Martin Agency in Richmond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Information Architect<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Understand audience needs, tasks, and goals and translating them into creative concepts that match and meet business needs and objectives<\/p>\n

Ability to understand and approach any problem from a variety of perspectives and points of view. <\/em><\/strong>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<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Understand current technologies, backend systems and capabilities. Work closely with programming and development leads to determine efficacy of possible solutions.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Participate in User Experience thought leadership in both the company and the industry.\u2028Identify and implement opportunities to innovate and refine the IA process.<\/p>\n

Responsibilities<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Creating the information architecture and interaction design for transactional, informational, and marketing website<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Understanding target audiences’ needs, tasks, and goals and translating them into creative concepts and functional components<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Working closely with clients to translate business requirements into meaningful interactive experiences<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leading and\/or participating in immersive user research, concept testing, and usability testing<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Collaboratively developing prototypes for demonstration of concepts to clients<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conducting competitive audits and market research<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Developing and documenting detailed user experience specifications for highly interactive interfaces<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Participating in User Experience thought leadership in both the company and the industry<\/p>\n

Qualifications<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Demonstrated ability to execute on IA of complex transactional interfaces, taxonomies and metadata frameworks, and templates for content management systems<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Demonstrated experience conducting user research and translating user research into design decisions<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Demonstrated experience using web analytics data to inform design decisions<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Demonstrated ability to develop big ideas, and execute flawlessly against them in a highly collaborative environment<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excellent written and verbal presentation skills with an ability to communicate abstract concepts simply and demonstrate their relationship to strategic business and consumer goals.<\/p>\n

Ryan Gunn<\/p>\n

Gunn & Associates<\/p>\n

561.277.9847<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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