Job Description :
JOB Description:
Job Title: UX Information Architect
Will close to submissions: Thursday 6/16/19 at 10:00am EST
Direct round 1 Onsite interviews only. No option for web cam or Phone.
UX Information Architect:
The UX Architect is responsible for creating clickable prototypes or wireframes and user flows and will work closely with a team of product managers, designers, developers to create holistic customer experience solutions for responsive web design. Attention to detail, critical thinking, and a keen respect for the customer is required.
Responsibilities:
· Work with a cross functional team using Agile methodology to define user stories and necessary UX deliverables as part of sprint planning with the project team you are assigned
· Advocate for the user’s needs and collaborate with the Product Managers to develop features that align to the needs of the user
· Create sketches, journey maps, storyboards, user flows, and other design artifacts to effectively communicate interaction, application design concepts and details
· Prepare UX documentation (navigational flows, clickable prototypes or wireframes, mock-ups, use cases, task flows prototypes, etc to be used by the development team
· Create the user experience and information architecture for digital experiences; define functionality, navigation, and interaction models through page level wireframes, site-maps, use cases, and functional requirements in an agile environment
· Create prototypes (low and high fidelity) to communicate micro interactions
· Document and communicate complex, data-driven experiences with attention to detail
· Produce design deliverables such as sketches, scenarios, wireframes, mental models and prototypes
· Lead and facilitate brainstorming and sketching sessions with product teams
· Collaborate with other UX team members and stakeholders to understand and design based on user and business needs as well as technical considerations
· Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices, and standards
· Work closely with development teams and have knowledge of HTML, JS, and/or CSS
· Plan and design responsive web applications
· Provide and receive UX feedback to/from peers
· Participate in concept testing, usability testing and analytics to understand target audiences’ needs, tasks and goals
· Collect and action UX feedback from customers/end users and manage changes to UX deliverables throughout the project lifecycle.
Skills Requirements:
· 3-5 years relevant experience in User Experience Architecture (Information Architecture)
· Portfolio of work that demonstrates ability to create understandable, well-thought wireframes and experiences
· Demonstrated ability to document complex, data-driven designs
· Significant experience documenting user interfaces with Visio, Sketch, Lunacy, InVision. or similar tools
· Significant experience developing interface mockups and annotated wireframes
· Solid understanding of UX principles
· Experience working in an Agile environment preferred
· The ability to understand complex systems and large sets of data
· Document and communicate complex experiences with attention to detail and justify UX decisions and rationale
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Understanding of accessibility standards and considerations
· History of defining application functionality and creating interfaces in the absence of business requirements
· Solid understanding of principles of information organization and user interface design
· Prototyping skills