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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

{SAP JOBS USA:130165} Urgent Need : Information Architect / Boston, MA

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Job Title: Information Architect

Location: Boston, MA, US

Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Qualifications:

Overview:

The IA works closely with the client and a design team. S/he leads audience research and is responsible for interpreting the results of the research and making design recommendations. The IA establishes the experience design structure that will inform all subsequent aspects of the final design and development including organizational and navigational paradigms/metaphors, information taxonomy, contents and features for each screen and priority of those contents, and overall content schema

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with a team of other information architects, visual designers, editors, prototypers, researchers and usability specialists to tackle complex projects of varying size

- Serve as the client's primary point of contact for the overall user experience design process

- Develop and/or participate in the development of user personas and scenarios

- Create robust design documentation at the various stages of design, including but not limited to personas, wireframes, prototypes, scenarios, task flows, story boarding

- Create user requirement documentation including use cases, storyboards, flowcharts/process flows, and functional specs

- Recommend and prepare audience research approach

- Create research tools, such as surveys, questionnaires, and test scripts necessary to conduct research

- Conduct research activities, such as contextual inquiries and observations, one-to-one interviews, workshops, focus groups, diary/journal exercises, field studies, etc.

- Conduct heuristic evaluations and competitive audits of digital tools, including but not limited to business applications, websites, mobile applications, and identify areas for improvement in design

- Compile, analyze and document findings of the research and identify patterns and trends

- Make design recommendations as a result of research

- Present findings and recommendations to clients

- Partner with our development team to ensure technical feasibility and flawless implementation

Requirements:

- Able to work on and/or own all facets of experience design across a wide range of projects. Facets include:

- Contributing to/developing approach materials

- Moderation/facilitation

- Analysis, findings, and recommendations

- Able to manage and mentor junior members of the team

- Able to manage up/down/across a hierarchy (e.g., delegate to Associate Experience Architects and Experience Architects effectively, communicate appropriately to Strategist and clients)

- Ability to moderate an interface test and strategic sessions effectively

- Perceived as SME and primary presenter of 'their' work - internal and external

- Familiarity with a variety of qualitative and quantitative research tools: interviews, cognitive walkthroughs, surveys, contextual observation, etc.

- Working knowledge of prototyping tools, Axure preferred

- Ability to think conceptually as well as tactically and tangibly

- Strong written, verbal and visual communication skills

- The ability to multi-task and deliver under aggressive deadlines

- The ability to work in a collaborative environment.

- 5 years relevant User Experience Design or Human Factors experience preferably in a consulting environment.

ALI ........ ?

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