Azavar Technologies (www.azavar.com) is seeking a quality Information Architect.
Description
- Create clean and concise wireframes, use cases, personas, site maps, flow diagrams, screen prototypes and other work product to describe the intended user experience
- Work with clients in project scope & definition and review activities with project managers and business stakeholders
- Visualize concepts quickly and cleanly through sketching and other rapid prototyping methods
- Define site architecture and navigation that serves as a blueprint of the site upon which all other aspects are built
- Moderate and prepare documents for usability tests, including test plans, scenarios and questionnaires
- Participate in user studies to understand user behaviors/preferences and build, from this understanding, informed user interface solutions
- Participate in formal and informal design critiques
- Work collaboratively with designers and developers to develop interface functionality
- Scope, develop and understand development / engineering leads to determine efficacy of a given solution
- Participate in quality assurance checks during production
- Create and document functional specs based on user interaction and wire frame development
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s, Masters degree or equivalent work experience in HCI, Information Science, design disciplines (industrial, graphic, instructional, architecture), or other relevant field
- 3+ years of experience as either an Information Architect, or a member of an interactive design team.
- Highly demonstrable skills creating user flows, sitemaps, wireframes, screen prototypes and functional specifications
- Working knowledge of User Centered design principles and practices, including the persona approach
- Ability to research, understand and organize specialized content
- Experience working on large, complex sites
- Experience and/or interest in mentoring others
- Excellent writing, speaking, presentation and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Visio, Word, and Photoshop
- Solid understanding of HTML & CSS
Azavar is headquartered in the Chicago Loop and serves regional and national clients. This is a full-time, salaried position including benefits and performance bonus. Please send your resume, online portfolio link, and salary history/requirements immediately to Azavar via email to jobs@azavar.com.