Hi! GSD&M Idea City is looking for an Information Architect to join our growing digital team We are the largest full service advertising agency in Austin and do amazing work. Please visit us at www.ideacity.com<http://www.ideacity.com> to learn more.
Here is some information about the position: Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: * 4+ years working as an information architect or interaction designer including experience designing organization, navigation, and search for, complex consumer websites and simpler marketing microsites * Versed in user-centered design methods and techniques * Experience conducting competitive reviews that led to strategic insights and recommendations * Excellent verbal, written, analytical and process oriented skills * Experience working on multiple project simultaneously * Prepare IA documentation: use cases, interaction models, site maps, wireframes, workflows * Ability to work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams and with clients * Thorough understanding of common web and digital interface conventions * Experience working beyond the web site with emerging mediums: mobile, social, gaming, kiosk * Proficient in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Visio, Microsoft Office * Understanding of Flash, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript and Content Management Systems * Varied client and/or agency experience a plus Job Description: Experience Planners play an integral, strategic role in planning desirable and useful customer experiences. Information Architects are responsible for information organization, navigation, interaction design, and business/user process engineering by applying user-centered design methods and interaction knowledge or emerging mediums to translate user needs, business objectives, and technology capabilities. Working with Strategy, Creative and Engineering teams to identify and define project scope and requirements. IAs lead tracks of work, work directly with clients, and create and advocate experience planning points of view both for the agency and for the client. RESPONSIBILITIES: * User experience audits and heuristic evaluations * Define and design site structure * Assess and optimize workflow processes * Lead customer persona developments * User profiling and scenarios * Wireframes * Solution prototyping * User research/user testing * Present concepts and progress to clients * Plan and estimate for projects ranging from complex consumer websites to simpler marketing microsites * Participate or lead heuristic reviews of web sites or design artifacts * Perform competitive and gap analyses * Supporting design and engineering in their work processes Percentage Travel: 05-9% To apply, please visit www.gsdm.apply2jobs.com<http://www.gsdm.apply2jobs.com> to apply. I look forward to hearing from you soon! Eric Buchanan | Talent Acquisition Manager GSD&M Idea City | 828 West 6th St. | Austin, TX 78703 512 242 4470 --------------------- This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is addressed and contains valuable business information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you received this email in error, any review, use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. Please notify us immediately of the error via email to [email protected] and please delete the email from your system, retaining no copies in any media. We appreciate your cooperation. ----------ideacity.legal.disclaimer.01112008 ________________________________________________________________ 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
