Description:
• Create clean and concise wireframes, use cases, site maps, flow diagrams, screen prototypes and other artifacts to describe the intended user experience
• Participate 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
• 4+ 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
• 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