Senior Information Architect
Seattle, WA, USA
Direct Hire
Trade in your Legos for some new building blocks?
You could take some scattered Legos and build a castle in a heartbeat (and you still could). But, you've decided to trade in those old colored blocks and use your structural savvy to reshape information instead. If you're a Senior Information Architect with the ability to restructure information with the user's needs in mind, then FILTER has a a great Direct Hire opportunity with your name written all over it.
We're seeking a Senior Information Architect who can elevate the customer experience while developing and providing direction for information architecture and user centered web design. To land this gig, you need to be able to employ your extensive knowledge of human factors engineering and cognitive psychology principles while working not only as Senior IA, but also as an internal consultant. You'll coordinate closely with Product Managers, Graphic Designers, Program Managers and Web Developers while providing mentorship to other team members as well.
If you can leverage your knowledge of human factors and usability principles (and that constructive mindset from your Lego days) to create rich conceptual models, user flows and wireframes, then this is the job for you.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
- Develop conceptual models, user flows, wireframes and interaction requirements for websites based on industry best practices and human factors principals
- Provide goals and objectives to the usability engineer for user testing and transition research findings into product design
- Create and maintain design documentation and working with the business team and the developers through completion of projects * Set best practice guidelines based solidly in sensation perception and human cognition and represent a "purist" point of view to the business
- Develop the user paradigm, conceptual models, and process flows prior to design under the principles of human sensation/perception and cognition
- Develop wireframes, site maps and user interaction as part of the user interface specification
- Provide user-centered design expertise and user interface design on small-to-large projects fueled by user mental models and integration of user research feedback
- Apply principles of human-computer interaction
- Ensure fluid transition from conceptual or functional design through to project completion via close collaboration with the design team, the business and the developers
- Provide leadership and mentorship to team members and product owners as an experienced human factors professional
- Manage multiple projects while maintaining schedule and budget restrictions
- Provide the direction for the development of low fidelity prototypes and wireframes used in user testing
- Evangelize the importance of human factors in design and end to end user experience while educating key stakeholders and contributors
SKILLS YOU'LL NEED
- Masters degree in Human Factors, Cognitive or Behavioral Science, Experimental Psychology or related discipline - Bachelor's degree with additional experience may be considered
- 5+ years of direct experience as human factors engineer, information architect or similar role with demonstrable ability to translate requirements into human-friendly interaction models resulting in marked increases in user performance and satisfaction
- Expertise with Visio is required
- Experience with a graphics program (Photoshop) is preferred
- Experience with highly trafficked, consumer-facing web site(s) required
- Experience working within a variety of product development processes including agile environments
- Understanding of user centered design best practices and techniques
A BIT ABOUT FILTER
FILTER is a full-service creative resources company that connects industry-leading companies with the very best creative talent throughout the West Coast. Offering both creative staffing services and interactive media design and production, FILTER helps clients to make their ideas a reality and complete their projects with more speed, flexibility and cost efficiency. The company is headquartered in Seattle and has branch offices in Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. FILTER has been serving clients for the past two decades, which include top technology and services companies as well as many of the leading design, advertising and interactive agencies.
To apply, please send resume (.pdf, .doc or .txt only) and a brief email including samples and/or URL and contact information to:
applyps@filtertalent.com
Subject line: HR_SeniorIA_2173
If you are already registered with FILTER, please sign in to www.filtertalent.com using your email and password to express interest in this job.
Only qualified candidates will receive a response.
Received: 19-Aug-08
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