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Job title:
Information Architect
Employer:
A new media agency
Job ref:
64/IA/OJW
Location:
North West England preferred
London-based plus travel north for meetings possible (travel costs met by client)
Rate:
Negotiable
Duration:
Freelance, several weeks +
Start asap
Application closing date:
Wednesday 30th July 2003
The role:
Our client, a busy new media agency, is urgently looking for an information architect with a good grasp of knowledge management systems who can provide expertise to design and deliver classification and navigation schemas, and functional specifications for complex internet solutions. The work is anticipated to run for at least a few weeks, but the freelancer would be on a weekly rolling contract as needs are ascertained fully.
Requirements:
- Can start sometime this week (28/7 - 1/8)
- Have a good grasp of what a knowledge management system can do for a company
- Proven experience of designing information architecture solutions for medium to large internet projects (2 – 3 yrs minimum)
- Must demonstrate a comprehensive, logical design approach and attention to detail
- Work with clients and within a team environment to analyse content, determine appropriate categorisation and develop the overriding information architecture and navigation pathways
- Specify information architecture and categorisation templates
- Ability to quickly grasp the fundamental structure of complex information bodies
- The freelancer should be able to provide examples of past information architecture documentation in the form of site maps and functional specifications
- They must have experience of working in multidisciplinary teams to specify structure, navigation and interaction
- Experience of providing estimates of time and resource requirements to the project manager to assist in developing an overall project plan stage
- Have experience of planning, organising and carrying out client-based workshops and focus groups as part of a requirement capture process
- Have knowledge of usability and accessibility standards (formal standards i.e. Bobby etc)
- The ideal freelancer would also have experience of carrying out usability testing
- Through information architecture distill clarity from complexity
- Demonstrable communication skills, both written and verbal, are an essential requirement
- Experience with careers websites (not essential)
You will have a formal qualifications, and experience in a commercial web-based software development environment. You should have demonstrated experience in the development of information architectures for complex information systems. You should be able to demonstrate a user-centric approach to user interface design.
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