Reporting to the Creative Director and Technology Director the Senior Information Architect (IA) analyzes client objectives and site user needs to assist the team in validating and refining strategic business requirements. The Senior IA articulates proposed solutions to the client and facilitates the collaborative and iterative process that culminates in detailed information architecture. The Senior IA defines the frameworks for online user experiences that are intuitively organized, efficient, and engaging. The Senior IA creates the overall site structure, task flows and page-level content priority. This position is a pivotal communication bridge between all domains and between sunKING and clients. As such, the Senior IA must possess an advanced level of business acumen, and be knowledgeable in brand expression, visual design concepts, and interactive technologies.
Essential Job Functions
• Practice Development
• Demonstrate proficiency with sunKING Interactive processes, systems, and deliverable standards
• Participate on a sunKING Interactive offering team
• Manage and/or train documentation specialists and IAs on domain tools and processes, as applicable
• Simultaneously work on 4-5 projects and/or more complex client engagements
• Contribute to the development of industry-relevant point-of-view to be published internally at sunKING.
Client Delivery
• Direct and document site and page requirements
• Define and execute project work sessions for IA phase/deliverables
• Partner with Account Strategist(s) and analyze client business objectives and user needs
• Produce logical user flows
• Create detailed wireframes and sitemaps
• Produce and maintain rapid prototypes and functional specification documents
• Document user interface rules, defaults and conventions
• Manage project tasks within the time and budget of scoped activities
• Participate in client meetings and present deliverables to the client
• Facilitate collaborative meetings and deliverable reviews
• Collaborate with partners/vendors to define impact to project requirements
• Collaborate with Account Strategists (and others) to execute site audit and comparison
• Partner with Creative, Account Strategy and Technology to evaluate and ensure the creative and functional solutions fulfill structural plan
Required Qualifications
• This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in HCI, IA, Technical Writing, Business, or other related field.
• 3-5 years of information architecture, HCI, UI Design, or usability experience with a focus on the internet
• Strong written, interpersonal and business communication skills
• Strong time-management and work prioritization skills
• Proficient knowledge and use of Axure RP Pro
• Proficient use of Visio, MS Office, Adobe Acrobat and SharePoint
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to develop solutions that address the business/customer strategy
• Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills
• Conversant with strategic ROI and metrics
• Conversant with SEO/SEM philosophy
• Conversant with usability concerns/tenets
• Conversant with development technology
• Conversant with content management
• Professional and diplomatic
• Ability to learn and adapt new ideas
• Attention to detail and high standard of quality
• Intranet and extranet experience a plus