To clarify, these positions are full-time and available in NYC, Chicago, SF, and Ann Arbor.
> Fry, Inc. (www.fry.com) helps retailers and consumer goods manufacturers > optimize their direct-channel businesses by identifying market > opportunities and providing multi-channel solutions. From strategy and > marketing through design, development, managed services and fulfillment, > Fry provides both the strategic expertise and technical solutions that > yield real business results for clients such as Ann Taylor, Brookstone, > Crate and Barrel, Eddie Bauer, Godiva Chocolatier, Meijer, The Swiss > Colony and Whirlpool. One of the industrys leading e-commerce solutions, > Open Commerce Platform, was developed by Fry. With offices in Ann Arbor, > Chicago, New York and San Francisco, Fry is a privately held company that > has been designing and developing e-commerce applications since 1994. > > We are currently looking for an experienced user experience professional > with experience designing complex, transactional-based (preferably retail, > e-comm) websites. Full description below. Please visit us at www.fry.com > to apply online. > > Position Title: Senior Information Architect > Department: User Experience Group > Reports to: Manager of User Experience Group > > SUMMARY > Senior Information Architects help create innovative, usable Web solutions > for our clients. Our Senior > Information Architects work together with our clients to understand their > business models, channel efforts, > and goals as well as to define strategies and approaches for reaching > them. They then work with the > design and technical teams to create Web sites that will communicate > effectively with and be usable for > their target customers. > > ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES > Participates in sales efforts > Works with clients to understand their business models and goals and > leads defining business > requirements, content, and features > Participates in and/or leads consulting engagements > Conducts multiple methods of primary and secondary research including > interviews with key > stakeholders, observation, surveys, market research, etc. > Analyzes customer segments and their information and functional needs in > order to create > personas > Researches and analyzes industry trends and competitive information > Collaborates with project teams to: define strategy as well as site > architecture and navigation, > map out user flow and experience and define high-level interaction > Authors pieces of various strategy documents, analyses, and user guides > Participates in client training > Conducts ongoing usability testing and assessment > Defines metrics for assessing success > Acts as customer advocate > Participate in ongoing special projects such as white paper development, > up-to-speeds, etc. > Acts as mentor for Information Architects > > REQUIREMENTS > Minimum 4 years directly related information design and strategy > experience > Degree work in human factors, HCI, information design, industrial > design, or related area strongly > preferred > Strong knowledge of site design and usability principles, issues, and > techniques > Previous experience designing complex web sites > Ability to analyze customer needs and define strategies for meeting them > Ability to organize large bodies of information > Ability to work with design team in a collaborative, dynamic environment > Professional customer-relation skills and commitment to customer service > Excellent written (i.e., writing, editing, and proofing) and oral > communication skills > Proficiency with VISIO and MS Office suite > Strong client education skills > Team-building skills > > ATTRIBUTES > Collaborative > Commitment to learning > Accountable for your actions > Strong problem solving skills and detail-oriented to the core > Positive and constructive > Sense of humor > > The preceding job description documents the general nature and level of > work but is not intended to > be a comprehensive list of all activities, duties, and responsibilities > required of employees in the > position. Consequently, employees may be asked to perform other job duties > as required. > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
