Job- Sr Information Architect, Yonkers, NY, ConsumerReports.org

Sr. Information Architect / ConsumerReports.org

Seeking a Sr. Information Architect to play a key leadership role in establishing this critical discipline within our company. The right candidate will have the strategic and execution skills to take user-experience on ConsumerReports.org and our other Web properties to the next level. The Sr. IA will lead information architecture for all development projects, from tool build-outs to complex channel integrations and new product launches. They’ll work collaboratively with a cross functional team - including editorial, design, product management, IT and marketing - to create intuitive, user-friendly solutions for complex brand, business and consumer challenges.

Duties:

* Lead information architecture efforts for all development projects: In the upfront process, work to develop creative solutions to business and consumer challenges. In the IA phase generate or manage development of storyboards, task flows, wire-frames, prototypes, and taxonomies.

* Work closely with outside design agencies and/or freelancers on projects. Help to recruit a talented freelance pool.

* Establish IA best practices for the organization. Set and evolve optimal site conversions and standards. Analyze and document existing website content structure, taxonomy, page templates, and interfaces

* Play an integral role in site usability testing. Help to plan and conduct usability tests, evaluate results, and provide recommendations for improvements

* Assist the Design Director in defining department resource needs for IA going forward.

* Be an active advocate for this discipline within the organization: mentor staff and sr. leadership around key usability concepts and practical applications. Be a spur for innovative thinking in this area.

Requirements:

* 8+ years of practical experience as an IA, with a minimum of 2 years in a lead role at either a major agency or a large commercial Web site.

* Demonstrated familiarity with user-experience best practices and standards, and a proven track record in applying them. Must be able to provide work samples of prior successes with usable interfaces, efficient page-level templates, and clear organization for large data-base driven Web sites

* Solid managerial ability and communication skills. Must have a high-degree of comfort leading creative teams; working with outside agencies; recruiting and managing freelancers etc.

* Strong consensus-building skills and a partnering, team-oriented attitude; able to work productively in a matrixed organization.

* Highly intelligent; ability to quickly evaluate the challenges and take action.

* Overall understanding of HTML, and various technologies used in building web applications (HTML, CSS, DHTML and Javascript,, Flash, XML, etc.). Knowledge of industry standard UI programs: Visio, OmniGraffle, Illustrator, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint,
Excel), Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, etc.

Contact:

Giselle Benatar: gbenatar at consumer.org

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Leah Cunningham
Sr. Information Architect

Sequel Studio
12 West 27th Street, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10001

212 660 7863 direct
646 935 0582 fax

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