Job Description

- Report to Director of Interaction Design

- Design the information architecture and user interface for client projects including web development and online advertising

- Work in close collaboration with internal teams and the client (as necessary) to develop initial strategy – addressing product, brand, marketing, content, and overall user experience

- Create internal and external deliverables including conceptual diagrams, site maps, interaction flows, wireframes

- Collaborate with visual designers, technical developers, and project managers to generate superb design work and happy clients

Requirements

- Minimum 3 years dedicated experience in information architecture and interaction design

- Experience conducting user research, including contextual inquiry and usability testing

- Superb writing and presentation skills

- An outstanding portfolio of detailed page schematics, functional specifications, interaction flows, site maps, navigation systems

- Ability to articulate business strategy and branding issues, and to balance these with user needs and technological constraints

- Demonstrated ability to communicate persuasively and resolve issues

- Experience working in small collaborative teams

- Familiarity with technical issues around web development and ability to work constructively with engineering teams

- Great attitude and ability to handle change

- Ability to work independently, prioritize, and solve problems proactively

- Creativity and attention to detail

Pluses

We will be building the next generation of socially enabled corporate sites that leverage the collective social capital of their employees, so we would be particularly interested in meeting with individuals who have experience in the some or all of the following areas:

-      sites relying heavily on syndicated content and/or social feeds

-      social data visualization

-      large, complex sites using multi-layered taxonomies or faceted browsing

-      Personally active in social channels